Someday

Someday, I would love to drive (yes, drive) to Ocean City, Maryland. I love this sign. The only time that I get to see it is when we come into West Sacramento on 80. I have told the kids for a number of years that someday I am going to take a trip and drive all the way to Ocean City, Maryland (3073 miles to go). Coast to Coast!!!!

Anyone up for the trip with me???????

Scrapbooking In San Jose 2-21-09

Kris and I signed up for a all day scrap at a Scrapbook Store not far from Nikki's house. I love this store(Scrapbook Island. It is such a cool store and has a ton of stuff the stores in our area don't have. So we got up early (6:00 a.m.) left at 7:00 a.m. and drove down to San Jose, we dropped Carly off at Nikki's apartment on the way and then headed for the Scrapbook Store. We got there a little early but that was totally ok because there is a Michaels Craft Store right next door. The day was so great and relaxed. I got so much done. Dinner was awesome, they have it catered by a little deli from across the street. It was fantastic food and we were so full. We ended up leaving about a hour early because we were so tired. We headed back to Nikki's to spend the night with her at her apartment. Her and Carly had spent the day shopping, going to the movies and hanging out. It was a very nice weekend for all of us.

The Beach 2-16-09

So today was a school holiday (President's Day). So Carly and I decided that we wanted to go to the beach. So Carly asked her friend Jessica to go with us. We got up early and drove down to Dillon Beach. Rained the whole way down there, I was thinking that we were going to be in for a very wet beach trip. We can over the last hill before you can see the ocean and it miracously cleared up. The sun started to shine and it was beautiful. We got to the beach and started walking toward the tide pools. The tide was out but not far enough that we could see a lot of sea life (bummer). But we had a lot of fun.



We talked the lady at the gate to let us into the campground to see the trailer that we once owned. It has changed a lot. I am glad that we don't have it anymore, only because of the changes that we would have had to make to it. I am still very sad that we don't have a place by the ocean to go to when we want to get a way.

On the way home we got to see the brightest rainbow that I have ever seen. It was so amazing. All in all the day was a total blast. It was a nice day trip getaway.

Valentine' Day Dinner 2-14-09

For Valentine's Day I made reservation at McCormick and Schmicks (downtown). So some friends of ours and us drove down for a very early seating (4:45 p.m.) We got a table that had a curtain to close off the rest of the restuarant if we wanted. The food was amazing. The desserts were even more amazing. We ended up spending about 4 hours there. Oops, sorry for the people that had reservations after us. If was a very fun evening out.

Kevin Fishing 2-13-09

Kevin was fishing on the Delta today. This is what he saw.... It's pretty cool. Apparently these sea lions have been seen "sunning" themselves on this bouy before.

Friday the 13th

I thought that it was only appropriate to let you all know today that I have officially sold my (possessed)Escalade. Can you believe I didn't even cry!!!! HAHA

An unusual email 2-10-09

This is from Nikki......

Some comments on the blog..

- ewww on the lobster dinner. Yuckkkkk. :]
- carly and elly are cute.
- Dads tattoo is cool
- The boys at the PBR that carly took pics with are really cute! She should have got some numbers! Duhhh
- I am nowhere in the recents blogs. Uhh I have a life too. Haha im going to make my own blog so that I can share what I do since I don’t get to be in yours. Hahaha :]

Love youuuuuu!
<3. (that’s a heart in case you didn’t know)

Apparently she thinks that I dont have enough about her on my blog(since she doesn't live here) so she created a blog for herself....... Check it out at Nicholestewart.blogspot.com
Way to go Nikki!!!! I am very proud of you!!!

Birds at the Post Office 2-6-09

So I had to go to the Post Office for something. So as I parked the car startled a few of these little birds. So I sat and watched them for a few moments. They were so cute, like little kids playing in the bushes with no parents around. I just had to take pictures of them. The poor little birdies are so confused since the weather has been so nice.....

Kevin in the boat on the water 2-1-09

Brian and Kevin took pictures of each other as they were "running" the boats. These are actually really neat pictures of Kevin and his boat.

More Pictures of My Goof Ball Carly 1-26-09

Whose child is this anyways?????

Cooking with Kevin and Susan January 09

So for Christmas Kevin bought me 4 of the Gordon Ramsay Cookbooks (the guy from Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares). I love him. Anyway, we decided that once a month we would go pick a recipe out of a book and then go to the grocery store and then cook the meal together. So in January, we went to the grocery store with the recipe of spaghetti with lobster. We had a few issues with not knowing what some of the items were and many people have laughed at us since when telling the story. So we went to the meat counter to get the lobster, at the same time we ask the lady if the have any scallions in right now. She looks in the back and comes back and says that maybe sometime this week they will get them. So I told Kevin we'd have to go to a different store to get them. So on we went in the first grocery store and we get to the wine. Ok, so we have no idea what DRY wine to buy or what IS a dry wine, so Kevin called his mom. Chuck ended up helping us and we got a Pignot Noir. I still have no idea if this was the best choice or not but it worked. So we got the rest of the items and then rushed to Bel Air's meat counter to ask if they had any scallions in, he looked at us kind of funny and said that in the year and a half that he has been working there that he had never seen those. So a lightbulb finally went off in my head that just maybe it was produce. So off we go to the other end of the store, where we find Ken in produce. We tell him what we are looking for and he says very quickly "oh yeah, that's green onions!" So we tell him the story and he laughs at us of course, who wouldn't. So the moral of my story is that you always need to research the items in your recipe before you go to the store (or two stores) and make a complete fool of yourself. Anyway we came home and made the dish together and had a really great time and really enjoyed the dish. Since I update my blog in massive sections, we have already cooked the Spaghetti 2 more times for different people. Each time it seems to get better.

Carly and Elly 1-25-09

Carly and Elly love to play together. Carly seems to always have her around her somewhere. Today though she thought it would be cute to have her literally hang out with her in her scarf. Elly actually looks pretty comfortable there.

Kevin's New Tattoo 1-23-09

So I broke down and went with Kevin to get his new tattoo. Nope I did not get one. So here it is......

Before the wind effects

After the wind effects

Elly 1-20-09

Yes, Elly still continues to be the hamster of our eye. She is the cutest little thing and is so calm and nice. We take her out all the time to hold her and so far she ahs not got mad at us for waking her during her shut eye hours. I think that she is somewhat used to the fact and has just resigned herself to the fact that she is not going to get sleep unless we aren't home.

Professional Bull Riders Rodeo 1-18-09

So Carly and I wanted to see a PBR, we watch it on TV ocassionally and Kevin has to tell us what everything is, so we found out that they were coming to town and we got tickets to go see the PBR. We arrived at Arco Arena not knowing what to expect (at least Carly and I didn't. We decided to walk around the concourse before it started to see what they had and to get some food. We ended up running into Jeanne Strong (a family friend) and her son does PR for the PBR. So she ended up getting her son to give us a backstage tour before the show. It was so cool to see where all the bulls were and the chutes. Some of the cowboys had come out as well so Carly was fortunate enough to get soem pictures with them before the show. The show was amazing and we were in awe of everything that happens during the show. At the end the cowboys come out and sign autographs. So of course we waited for Carly to get all of their signatures. We had bought her a white hat at the beginning, but by the end it was no longer white(too many signatures). It was a blast for all of us.

Carly's Winter Homecoming 1-17-09

So for Carly's Winter Homecoming, her date was Grant(a friend of hers). As it turns out, I went to school with both his mom and dad. Small world. Anyway, the went to Chevy's for dinner and has a blast. Then there chaffuer (me) took them to the dance. The had a really great time there as well. I heard a lot of good feedback in the car on the way home (inlike some of the other dances). So it was all good. Of course Carly looked smokin hot in her dress that we purchased while we were in San Francisco at Christmastime. She looked so grown up (that quote actually came from her sister)

The Corsage Giving

Grant and Carly

The Group

The Girls

The Guys

Carly's New Bedroom 1-10-09

So I have been promising Carly new bedroom furniture for a few months, but everytime that we go out to look for it, neither one of us is willing to give in to what each of us wants from the furniture. So we decided that today was the day we were heading towards Roseville and we were stopping at all the places that we could find along the way. We stopped at American Galleries on Mack Rd (7 miles from our house). We walked in and saw one that we both could live with, bought it and left. The sales lady was a little shocked. Oh well. So Carly and I came home and gutted her room of all the furniture. She had boxed everything up and stuck it into Nikki's old room and gave herself just enough room to get to and from Nikki's bed, where she would be sleeping for the next couple of nights. The next morning Kevin and I started painting it and on Monday the furniture was delivered. Her room looks so nice and she has so much more room in it now with the smaller bed. She loves it. We are still however working on getting all the pictures put back on the wall. I will post pictures of that when we have completed.

Escalade got broken into 1-9-09

So my cursed vehicle yet again has issues. I have been parking it at the shop and not driving it, but unfortunately I had not taken it back from the holiday use. We had a guy call on it off of craig's list and wanted to come by and take a look at it. Kevin happened to be meeting a friend at our house and so he gave this guy our home address. Of course the guy never showed and the next night it was broken into. It was a very clean job and he was very careful in getting the monitors out of the head rests. Unfortunately he did NOT take the car and only did minimal damage that yet again wasn't worth turning it into insurance. So back to the shop it went, straight from the shop that replaced the window.

Our pathetic Dogs 1-7-09

Delta and Bella are very pathetic dogs. Delta recently has been standing on the firewood near the kitchen so that she can look into the kitchen window. So every once in a while she catches me off guard and startles me. Of course after I am done cursing her, I look at her and she looks so pathetic.

Then there is Bella, obviously height deficient, so she can not see into the kitchen window at all, she just waits for you to notice Delta and then you can see her wagging her tail. Sometimes when I look out the window she is stretching, which to me looks like she is bowing to me...... AHHHHH what pathetic little dogs they are, but we wouldn't trade them for the world.