Monday, April 26, 2010

My Not-So-Brilliant Idea....

Well it has taken me three weeks to actually publish this post....
Matt and I drove out to Patterson, CA to look at houses (more on that later) and to drive around the town to get a feel for it. If one were to look on a map to find Patterson it is directly East of San Jose. But between the two cities there are mountains or foothills... so my brilliant idea was to drive back through the mountains to San Jose to see if was any faster, mind you I did this spur of the moment without researching on the web first.... BIG MISTAKE! I now look at the map at look at the winding roads and cringe a little and I am good car rider. Friends you know I will drive a good distance to get something or go to eat some where. Think somewhere past Grapevine all of my Texas friends... ;)
The beginning of this two lane road seemed so pretty with its winding roads following a meandering little creek and offering a great scenic view. There were places to go 4 wheeling, fishing, and hiking all along the way. An hour and half into this trip we had only gone 20 miles... you have to take into account altitude because we were winding up these mountains... and we could not turn around. We could not turn around, we had to keep pressing on...
We were not even to the worse part of the trip...
The Worst part of the trip came at the very end of the trip as we approached/winded/climbed Mt. Hamiliton (you can see the top of this horrific Mt. from anywhere in silicon valley because there is an observatory on top so it serves as a constant reminder of this trip.) As we started to climb this mountain the road became curvier and curvier. We eventually ended up in the cloud bank in almost white conditions next to a cliff. It. Was. Terrifying. Really. As we reached the summit there was a school zone (I know random...) and I was shaking because I just envisioned us driving off the cliff and plummeting to our death. At this point I would of paid anything for a helicopter to come and get me to take me home, and I like driving in the car remember. Now we had to go down the Mt.. It was just as bad going down as it was going up.
All of the sudden we came across this hill and we could see Silicon Valley. It was a sigh of relief that we were almost home, 3 and a half hours to drive the 40 miles from Patterson to San Jose. I can put money down that I will never be on that road ever again in my lifetime. It definitely was not my most brilliant idea....

A sight for sore eyes... Silicon Valley...



Looking back at the hill....


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Monday, April 5, 2010

Opening Day

Well it is official, "Summer" Matt is back. 2010 MLB season has officially started. Yesterday Matt had a countdown going until the first game and his fantasy baseball draft.

I don't know if Matt is more excited for baseball to start or to have an iPAD.

Brody and Matt waiting for the opening pitch...



Daddy kisses...

Fantasy baseball has been apart of lives for about 5 years. It consumes a lot of Matt's free time. Last night, he had his draft to pick the players that are going to impact my life for the next several months. The good news is that he was able to get Chase Utley, his favorite player.

Seconds before the draft started...
at this point all members of the league were tied...

Happy Opening Day to All!

The Phillies have already won their first game! Only a 185 more to go... maybe I should put a counter on the blog until the season is over, HA!


Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! This year was fun because Brody was a lot more involved. The bunny brought a big chocolate bunny, cars and toys to play in the sand.

Here is a picture of the basket pre-Brody...

Turning the corner to see the basket.....

a closer look...

Wow this is for me!

I love that he looks a little sleepy here...

lining up my new cars....

The chocolate bunny....





After playing with all his new toys, we went out to lunch. Claim Jumpers is a great restaurant with huge portions. It was yummy!

The waiter took this picture of the three of us....

When we got home it was time to Skype our families. Up first was Texas. We wanted the grandparents to see Brody open the baskets that they had sent. We were also able to see our nephews, Aunts and Uncles. We really miss them!

Brody opening his basket...
if you look closely you can see Aunt Sarah, Aunt Katie, Cousin Austin and Grandma

Brody loves the eggs with coins...

He loves to shake them....

Uncle John, Cousin Austin and Cousin Aaron

After Brody's nap he ate his first marshmallow Peep. Yummy!



Then it was time to Skype Ohio. With Grandma and Grandpa looking on Brody opened his basket.

Ooooh a musical card!
This is so much fun for Mommy and Daddy!

Grandma sent a Make your own candy necklace kit. This was a big hit. Brody and I made a necklace. Before we could start making the necklace Brody helped himself to some of the candy. Yummy!

Brody and Mommy building a necklace...

OOOOhhhhh the bunny is on the necklace....

Mommy kisses!

enjoying the necklace....


sticky sticky mess...

Well since we were on a roll with the sweets, we let Brody eat some of his chocolate bunny. This was so much fun....



Cheese!

I hope that everyone had a fabulous Easter and enjoyed spending time with their loved ones!

Happy Easter!

Matt gets his iPAD

On Saturday, April 3rd the iPAD was released. After we had the oil changed in our car we headed up to the mall to "look" at the iPAD. I think that this was just Matt's cleaver ploy to get me to the mall so that he could purchase one.

The Apple store at this mall is always packed. I mean wall to wall people buying and fixing Apple products. Well Matt zipped into lined and was pleasantly surprised to find out that there were iPADs available to purchase without a reservation. So.... Matt gets his iPad.

Matt picking out his case for the iPAD....

Look how HAPPY he looks....


I had to give Brody my iPHONE to play with while we were waiting for Matt to check out...

Tired Baby....


Can you find Matt in this picture?

Me and my iPAD...

Brody was so tired. As soon as we got him into the car he was asleep. This is what he looked like in his car seat....

Catching flies.....

Matt loves his iPAD.

I think he wants to start sleeping with it under his pillow... he he he!