dad day

i'm late! my dad is in Guam as he has been for the last 5 weeks on some military duty. i try not to as too many questions because if you know my dad then you know he'd still be talking to me about what exactly he's doing over there. but anyway like i said i'm late... it's tomorrow already in Guam so i missed his Father's Day but i'm hoping to catch him on Skype in a few hours so i'll make the cut off for the EST Father's Day.

I am by no means "Daddy's little girl" but i do have great respect for all he has accomplished in this life already. nobody i know works harder then he did/does. in fact i'd say he is very much overworked most of the time and should probably add the word "no" (not to me) to his vocabulary. Chris (my husband) and i have been talking about how we'd like our kids to think of us as they grow up. the following is a list of my top 5 adjectives that best describe my dad:
1. confident
2. talkative
3. opinionated
4. committed
5. busy

P.S. don't you think Cameron looks a little like me??? maybe just a little?!?!?

Easter Pictures

weekend happenings

DOHNERS- we finally had our Christmas get-together with the Dohner clan. great food great people what more can you ask for? they have a new addition in their family... a 300lb beautiful brown horse! i can't wait for spring so we can spend more time in their ever expanding backyard/farm.

PF CHANGS- yesterday we were able to snag Danica to watch our kids while Chris and i went out to eat at PF Changs. neither of us have ever been there before but we'd both wanted to give it a try. Chris ordered the 'Double Pan-Friend Noodles' w/ shrimp and i got 'Vegetarian Ma Po Tofu' (i think i learned the Chinese word for spicy...Ma Po...whoa!). they serve family style so we we're able to share and they were both great dishes. then we splurged on dessert (something we never do) and ordered the Banana Spring Rolls.... OH MY LORD!!!! sooooooooooooo good!!! i'm tempted to go back just for that desert. wow.

YOGURT- i found this great new yogurt for babies under 1 year. i was so excited about this find, unfortunately Cameron wasn't quite as excited as i was. he is not digging it at all! poor guy. i'll try a few bites again over the next few days but i don't think he's going to change his mind about this one.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN SNOWMAN:

so sad. Mayden isn't very happy about this new development. i keep assuring her that next time it snows (in 2010??) we'll make another one.

EXERCISE- last week was bad. i missed 3 of 7 days at the gym. plus i ate really poorly. i didn't loose a single pound and i'm beginning to think my theory of 'eat whatever you want and just add exercise = weight lose' is wrong?!?! i guess im going to have to start eating healthy or i'll just be undoing all the work i do at the gym. but i love sugar....i really do! i went this morning and i'm starting to feel like i can redeem myself. pray for me :o)

a gem

am i wrong here or is this one of the funniest (read: scariest) kid pictures you've ever seen?!? if i'm not mistaken this is baby Chris with none other than "Wendy" from Wendy's fast food chain....woah! your instinct is right....run baby Chris, run!

i'm in the middle of scanning a bunch of pictures from Chris's childhood. it's something that's been on the "to do" list since September. i'm tired of looking at this box in our livingroom so i'm working fast so they can go back to the in-laws. it will feel so good to get this job out of the way.

there are some really cute, and really funny pictures in these albums. i wish i could post them all.