I can't decide whether it's time to retire this blog or not. I mean there is a part of me that really likes to have a good record of the things that we've done, but then so much of our day to day life is working/cooking/eating/sleeping. What's the point of that?
But then again there have been some big things that happened. My mom stayed with us for a month or so, we went to So Cal with some friends and met up with some others and that was awesome, Little Stephen turned 1 (and is as cute as ever), Easter Pig Picking, I'm going to UT in 10 days (work trip), and we have some fun upcoming things planned too.
Well, I'll try to sum up some things and then hopefully do a better job of keeping up the blog.
Right around Thanksgiving last year my dad started a job up in MA and they sold their house. Since they moved from a 6 bedroom house to a one bedroom apt they moved a lot of their things into our shops out back. My mom came out to help move things in and avoid the MA winter (for someone who lived in CA, HI and AZ somehow the snow just doesn't agree with her). She stayed with us for about a month or so in January. It was interesting at times but overall pretty good to spend time with her because I realized I hadn't really lived with her since I was about 20 (and that was only for a couple months) so it's been a long time. Also my mom is pretty awesome at keeping busy and she helped get a lot of things done. I don't mean to try and take advantage of her visit, but she's just that kind of person that doesn't really sit still and not do anything. She keeps herself busy and she's always doing things for other people (rarely do I see her doing things for herself). She stayed with us for a couple weeks before Christmas, then went up to MA for a week or so, after that came back down and stayed another month.
Stephen turned 1 on 2/13! We skyped with him for some bday cake and he loved it!
This is my new fav picture of Stephen, I'm obsessed with it.
This year for V-day Craig was sweet and brought me some roses and sweet treats and I made some cupcakes for him.
At the end of Feb we went to the Queen Mary and Disneyland. Our friends Brian and Eric also came out and then we met up with some friends that we met on our crossing last year and had a great time! I'll put up pics of that trip in another post.
For Easter we had the annual Anderson Pig Picking and it was awesome. We had a great time with aunts/uncles and cousins and delicious food. Uncle Ferrell and Craig cooked a great pig.
Of course I made cupcakes and found a cute idea for peep cupcakes on pinterest
One of the best parts about my parents moving all their things out here was I got my childhood piano! I've been practicing a little bit here and there, but today Boots discovered the piano. He was so interested in the keys and pushing them down, but the notes scared him. He wasn't sure what to make of it!
We've also acquired some new awesome furnishings for the Queen Mary collection. Some of them are getting restored and I'll put up those pictures later when they're finished.
Well that will sum it up for now. I'll try to get the QM/Dland pics up soon!