Easter Table

Even though it's just me Tom and the kids, I still like to make everything nice for them. Here is the tablescape for Easter. I saw this centerpiece at Ralphs. I loved the three different colors of daisys they used, perfect for my table, since I always use pastels for Easter and spring.

Happy Birthday Christian

Christian turned the big double digits, 10!! He invited two of his best friends, Collin and Evan out to Chinese dinner with. Christians favorite dishes were ordered, chow mien, house special crab, and Peking duck. We also ordered orange chicken for one of his friends who is a little more shy when it comes to Chinese food. We ordered sauteed shrimp and sizzling rice soup, and my favorite, beef with black pepper sauce. After that we went back to our house for cake and presents. I love the picture with just Christian, Collin, and Evan. They just look like best buddies, and their smiles are just truly genuine.

An Evening at Lawry's

We decided to take the boys on our date night to Lawry's of Beverly Hills (something I told my husband will only happen this once). Of course, they loved it. What's not to love. Prim rib, cream spinach, mashed potatoes and auju sauce, yorkshire pudding, hot fresh sourdough bread, and Shirley Temples. And of course if that wasn't enough, the kids wanted dessert as well. Christian had Haagen Daz chocolate ice cream, and Jordan had the infamous Lawry's hot fudge sundae.

The Good Life

SERVICE PROJECT

We had the opportunity to do a fun service project through the church. We each made a quilt that had to be tied. I did all the cutting and measuring. We then took our quilts and ourselves to the church where we sat in the cultural hall and as a family each tied there own quilt. The kids were really into it and seemed to enjoy doing this. I liked it because we all got to sit together and just talk and tie quilts. It was part of the Disneyland "Give a Day Get a Day" program. If you volunteer your time to a local charity off of a list that Disneyland gives you, Disneyland then gives you a free ticket in return for your efforts for anyone over the age of 6. I didn't tell the kids they were getting free Disneyland tickets out of it because I don't want them to expect that you should get something every time you give something. So they don't know it, but we will be using our passes to go to Disneyland at Christmas time. There were very few blackout dates which is nice. The quilts were then donated to a local charity that will distribute them to babies in need. We hope our quilts go to Haiti or Chile.

Want To Buy Some Girl Scout Cookies?

Well, it's that time of year again. Mallory is selling Girl Scout cookies.

Christian had to dress up as a Mexican Vasquero, (a mexican cowboy) for a play called "Walk through California" that he and the fourth grade class did at his school. This was the costume that I came up with.