Exciting News!

No, I am not pregnant. A few weeks ago, Neko was acting suspicious. Then his dad asked me a surprising question. "Are you excited about your piano?" i got an electronic keyboard for my birthday, but that was in January. The next week we had to pick up some furniture for Neko's parents at a place called the Restore (awesome place! They resell and used furniture overstock building materials so they won't go into landfills). I left in the truck to drop off the furniture and then went home. Neko was behind me with his dad and they brought in a beautiful upright piano! I took lessons when i was younger (thanks MOM!!) but I was not the most motivated student. So I can pluck out most tunes, but nothing spectacular. But I am so grateful to have such a wonderful instrument in my home. Thank you Neko, I love it!

Ragno's the Birthday Boy!

ragno turned four years old on july 27th, 2009. he had a birthday week. on sunday he had a small cake with the family. it had a train on it, he liked that.

we were going to go swimming, but with the sunburns and weather, we changed our plans. we invited one other family with ragno's best friend (noah) and went to chuck e cheese. it was so much fun for everyone!!




i have been watching food networks challenge, and i tried my hand at a cool cake. ragno wanted a train cake at the commissary (too much) so i baked it and shaped it. neko helped. it was supposed to be gordon, but his front kinda fell in. oh well, it looked good. and it was fun. .


he got some fun stuff, but his favorite was a new bike. he likes to be out on it all day, he races it up and down the driveway. it makes me hot just looking at him! happy birthday ragno, we love you.