Surprise!

Sunshine Roll

Brad and Kyra--Kevin got a phone call Friday afternoon from Kyra telling him they were coming to visit us. The traffic was pretty bad so we met at Yanagi in downtown Paso for Sushi at about 8:45. We were led right to a table and of course, I recognized the busboy. Kyra said she shouldn't be surprised that everywhere I go, I see someone I know. We've only lived here for 30 years!

Sorry this picture is blurry but I must have had my camera on the wrong setting. They're still cute!

Perfection Roll--This was very good! I'm going to try this next time!

Kevin ordered the Firecracker Roll. Spicy! I forgot to take a picture of my "Crunchy Roll". It was very good. Thanks for dinner, Brad!

Zucchini!

Look what I found when I went out to my garden this morning. A blossom on one of my zucchini plants! I'm so excited! At work one day, a customer told me that you could batter-fry zucchini blossoms. Maybe I'll try it.This is one of our potato plants. It has a blossom too. I'll throw out a question to you--how do you know when to harvest potatoes?

Jenny is 21!

Today is my daughter-in-law, Jenny's birthday! I am still getting used to saying "my daughter-in-law" and "my son's wife". I love Jenny so much! She is such a wonderful person, so thoughtful and sensitive--a perfect match for Danny. They really go together well. I'm posting random pictures of her today--most of them with someone else. I think the above picture is the only one I have of her, by herself. Happy birthday, Jenny!

Here's a bunch of relatives at Mandi's house--Ryan holding Rachel, Mitchell, Austin, Danny and Jenny with her head on Danny's lap.

This was taken last year at my son-in-law, Brad's convocation. I frequently take candid shots.

me with Jenny--we're twins! matching sunglasses

I love Jenny's expression in this shot because she's wrinkling her nose! So cute!

This was taken at the rehearsal dinner the night before Danny and Jenny got married. That's Ryan sitting with his "best side' toward the camera. Jenny is modeling the garter I let her wear from my wedding. It was the "something old". I'm so glad you are part of our family!

Rrrrip!

There's a funny story to go along with this picture. One night last week I was lying on my bed watching TV with the window and atrium door open to let some fresh air in, when I heard meowing. I looked at the window but I couldn't tell if it was Nori or not and she was really meowing loudly! So a few minutes later I went upstairs to make sure she wasn't already in the house and when I got back downstairs, Nori was in the house! I went into the bedroom and there was this huge hole in the screen. Nori's claw had gotten caught and she couldn't get it out. Repair time! This is my life.

weekend fun

This is what Kevin did yesterday while I was at work. In case you can't tell, its a circuit box for our new generator, which is outside on the other side of the pantry wall. Fun, fun, fun!

Tomatoes!

Look! There are tomatoes on my plant! I am so excited. I love vine-ripened tomatoes. I'm really looking forward to my first tomato of the season.

and here's my corn. Its really coming along. I've made a promise to myself that next year I will plant earlier, like May 1st instead of the 25th!! The corn is supposed to be ready to pick in about a month. Can't wait for that either!

I didn't want to get the whole section because there are too many weeds. While I'm waiting for the water to get to the end of the row, I pull weeds. Wow, there are a lot of weeds.

"Reunited and it feels so good"

After being apart for 4 days, Kevin is returning to SLO airport (its regional).

His plane is coming in for a landing.

Maybe if you click on this picture, you can pick out Kevin. He went to Oregon to help care for his father post surgery. It gave his brother, Dave and his wife Cheryl, a much-needed break. Kevin also got to see a lumber processing plant there in Roseburg where Weyrick gets their lumber.