Happy Easter!

Today was a good day. Ken picked Brooke, Hillary and I up and then we went to get his mom and drove to my parents house for brunch. They made scones which is a total family favorite and Susan brought a huge fruit salad. My mom had Easter baskets for all of us which was really fun. Even Bandido got new toys and treats! After brunch Ken, Susan and I drove up north to meet up with Kyle and Meghan at Meghan's sisters house. There were a lot of friends and family and we all particpated in an Easter Egg hunt. Ken and I won a gift card to a restaurant so that was pretty cool. The house was decorated really cute and Luke had a special Easter sunflower headband and Ella (Meghan's sister Kelly's daughter) wore pink bunny ears. They both looked so cute! By the time we got back to San Diego we were all exhausted but it was a really fun day! Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as we did!

Corvette Diner

My cousin Brooke and her friend Hillary flew out from Washington last week and spent four days here in San Diego. They came out to celebrate their 16th birthdays. It was a whirlwind of a trip!! They did so much in just four days! My parents took them around quite a bit, but I was able to see them here at SeaWorld and then we all went to Corvette Diner one night and had a sleepover. It was really fun. The best part of the diner was getting the balloon hats. Brooke got a dolphin hat, Hillary a killer whale hat and my dad got a penguin hat. They were hilarious. I even got Ken to wear one for a picture! We had a ton of fun at this 50's diner. The staff there does a great job of dancing and just making it really fun in their crazy wigs and light manner. Another highlight is when they throw straws and Bazooka bubble gum at you. Magically straws appeared later in both my purse and jacket...wonder who could have done that;)

Foosball time

It has been really fun to have people over to Ken's to play foosball. Anyone that walks in that door is guarateed to be bugged by Ken until they agree to play a game with him. I'm glad he loves it so much, who knows if I'll ever be able to top that present! Here are some shots of times when his dad Wolf came over to watch the Superbowl and play foosball and of his mom Susan playing him just a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty fun to watch!

Studio birthday party

Here are some of the promised pictures from Katie's fun studio party. Her mom and sister co-own a ceramic studio so we all went there and made fun projects. I was so impressed with Ken's newly discovered artistic talent! He made some coasters that have different ocean scenes (my personal favorite was the Spongebob Squarepants crew complete with Plankton!) He also whipped out a super impressive pot on the wheel. My projects of the bubble coasters and star jewelry box looked pretty pathetic next to his, but they will all be fun to have in our house! We drove up with our friends Graham and Karrie so I included some shots of them hard at work as well, and of course one of the birthday girl. We had so much fun!!

Happy Birthday Susan!!!

Today is Ken's mom Susan's birthday. Unfortunately she has been sick, but feeling much better now so we are going to take her out tomorrow night. We always have a great time when we go out with her and are so grateful for all she does for us!! Happy birthday Susan! We love you and I am so excited to be apart of your family!! Here are some cute pictures of her as a proud grandma with baby Luke.

It is also St. Patricks's Day and my grandpa Ballard's birthday as well as our friend Katie's 21st birthday. What a fun and busy day! We went to Katie's birthday celebration yesterday and had tons of fun. Pictures will be coming soon showing off our new experiences and adventures at the studio party...Happy birthday Grandpa and Katie and Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Recipes

My goal is to make a cookbook before we get married. Anyone that has a favorite recipe, send it my way. I would love to compile a book of all of your favorites! Does anyone know of a site where you can input them, or anyone can access it and input theirs? That would be the easiest way and I would have a collection. Just some thoughts....

So busy!!

Life has gotten pretty busy, I am amazed at how quickly you have to start when it comes to wedding plans. I feel like that is all I talk and think about right now. I'm not complaining because I love every second of it, but there is A LOT that goes into these things. We are off to a good start though! The official date is October 27, 2008 for the wedding and November 1, 2008 for the reception. There will be tons more details to follow; which I will try to post within the next couple of days. I did want to post some pictures though of Ken's goddaughter DrewAnn, her mom Leia sent me some super cute ones and since I promised some, here they are.