A Lot of Random: June 2011

How Does My Garden Grow...

... A lot like this!

Raspberries

Red Bell Pepper

(hopefully it will be red soon!)

Lettuce variety

Celebrity Tomatoes

I love having a garden to tend and to pick my veggies from!

Two weekends ago my Father-in-law and Sister-in-law put together a surprise retirement party for my Mother-in-law, Heather. As part of the surprise Jade and I flew out to Colorado for the party without her knowing.

The first night we hung out with family down at Daisha and Greg's to keep the secret.

The next day was the party and we all had a great time... I think Heather was surprised!

Areese with her Great-grandma Doe.

Areese with Grandpa Harry and Uncle Jade.

Areese with Grandma Heather, who can't wait to take care of her in the fall when mom has to go back to work!

On Monday we got to spend a few more precious hours with Areese before flying back to California.

Laura's White Coat Ceremony

On May 23rd Laura had her White Coat Ceremony for her Physical Therapy degree. Although I'm not exactly sure what that means, I think it's a lot like our nursing pinning was... a ceremony to mark how far you have come, to take the oath of your profession, and to mark the beginning of your (hopefully) long and prosperous career... although, you still have classes left to take, internships left to do and you still don't yet have your degree!

In any case, we were all very proud to be there to share in the moment with her and to take pictures...

Just after being "white coated"... haha

With the girls... college roommate Ashley, friend Julie, Laura, Me and current roommate Jackie.

With the boys... Ashley's fiance Eli and Jade.

Proud of you Laura... you've work hard to get here and you're almost there! Love you!

Maryland Blue Crabs!

With the help of Melinda, Matt and Sam, I was able to surprise Sarah with her all time favorite... Maryland Blue Crabs! Sarah is always telling Jade and I about how the crabs you get here aren't the same and when you order crab cakes, "they're not real crab cakes." So when Melinda mentioned she found a place in San Diego that sells fresh, live Maryland Blue Crabs we came up with a plan to surprise her fellow Marylander ;-)

We covered the table in news paper and had a real crab cookout! It was delicious! Thanks Mel for making this all possible... we gotta do it again sometime!

Easter

I was able to spend a wonderful Easter with Matt and Sarah at their house (although we are actually standing in front of their neighbor's house prior to our all adult Easter egg hunt!)