Family Time

Last weekend, Jason's mom came to visit. She used to live over here for years, but now lives in Bend with her husband. The last time she was here visiting was about 2 years ago. On Saturday we spent time with our nephew Michael, while Rachel (Jason's sister) was working, and his mom....we even went to Real Deals for fun. Michael is a sweet little boy. He loves to "ride" in our laundry basket with his "seat belt" (the pillow) all around the living room.

Michael really thought that he was pushing Jason and it was really funny!!

Later that evening we had a barbecue with Rachel's family, and Kevin (his younger brother). The last time Jason's mom and siblings were all together was about five years ago. After dinner we played cards and games. It was a fun evening. Somehow James (Rachel's husband) and I weren't in the pictures...we were taking them =0).

Ever Wonder Where Easter Eggs Come From?

Yesterday Kristina surprised me with a Get Well/Easter basket. It was really sweet and thoughtful of her. Below is a video of the best gift in the basket, which explains where Easter eggs truly come from.

The Beach

A few weekends ago we all went to Bandon for a day. It was a gorgeous sunny day when we got there and then by the afternoon it turned stormy. It was still as beautiful as ever.

Silly boy! Jason forgot his sunglasses as we were waiting in the sun for our fish and chips.

We found a great spot on the beach to look for agates. The tide was on its way in which made the agate hunting kinda tough. At least we remembered our rain boots! We even saw some of our students on the same shore.

A sneaker wave got Jason as he was looking for agates. I couldn't help but laugh....he got SOAKED. Then on the way home Kristina fell asleep and spilled a full glass of hot chocolate all over the front of me.....I was SOAKED. They all kept teasing me that I had an "accident." Then on her way home, she spilled coffee creamer all in her purse.....who do you think we were laughing at then?!?!

Funny Story

It was such a beautiful day yesterday! Jason and I decided to go for what started out to be a short walk. We got to walking, and walking, and walking and before we knew it we were close to the Green bridge. We decided to continue walking into Winston and when I realized I needed to go to the bathroom badly. The nice people at Figaro's let me use their very clean bathroom, which I greatly appreciated. Then, we noticed that Muchas Gracias was in sight and decided once we got there we would turn around. Well, we got there and I suggested that we just continue and walk to the church and then turn around, which we did. However at that point we were pretty pooped. We walked home a little more tired with feet that were a little sore and starting to blister. Reaching home seemed like the longest journey ever! We finally arrived home and then got in the car to clock how many miles we walked in the last two hours. My guess was five miles. The grand total ended up being 8.4 miles! Whew! My feet were so sore and blistery today that I contemplated going to church bare footed (although I didn't think the other members of the worship team would appreciate the state of my feet.) Needless to say we are enjoying today's sunshine from our deck!

Look What I Won!

I am so excited! As many of you know my favorite place to shop is Real Deals, which is a home decor store. I am there so often that they know me by first name. It is such a great store that has super cheap prices for quality pieces and various genres of home decor ranging from americana and coutnry to shabby chic. Last Saturday Kristina and I went to see their Spring open house. There were all kinds of goodies and special deals. I entered my name into a drawing. Kristina and I went back on Thursday and Kim, the owner, informed me that I won this Easter wreath! I was so thrilled!!

Then, we rag painted our bathroom over Christmas break. I had been waiting to re-decorate and had been saving a collection of gift certificates to spend at Real Deals. Here is the final outcome of our guest bathroom. I just love it. I like to walk in there several times a day just to admire the satisfaction of my handy work!

This is a picture of the opposite bathroom wall.

.....and, Jason's sister, Rachel, and her family came to visit us over the vacation. I tried to get a family picture, but little ones just weren't cooperating. I thought it would be nice to have a picture of the two of them instead.

Five Years

Friday night, which was the start of Spring Break, Jason and I celebrated our fifth anniversary. We had a beautiful gourmet dinner at D's Magnolias in old town. Jason had prime rib and I had artichoke and spinach stuffed raviolis. Everything was delicous and the atmosphere was very quaint and romantic.
After looking at the dessert menu, I decided I could make most of them at home. So, we went to Shari's (of all places) and bought a whole S'mores pie which is one of our favorites. It was sooooo yummy!

A Special Guy

We had a quiet celebration for my dad's 60th birthday. On Friday his students (along with their parents) surprised him with a huge sheet cake and gifts. He was shocked and said in all of his years of teaching, students hadn't done anything that special for him on his birthday! Then we sent him balloons. Saturday evening we were going to all go out and celebrate, but I was really sick from some meds. Instead, they came over and my mom made a really nice dinner. We also got him a DQ ice cream cake, gifts, and then played several rounds of Sequence.