Easter

This Easter, David & I went to Sacrament meeting and then left. We drove up to Santa Monica, CA to meet David's youngest sister for Easter dinner. Bekah drove down from Santa Barbara, where she is in her last semester for school. It was about half way for both of us, which was nice and we were able to have a great time. We walked the Santa Monica Pier. I can't believe how much weight that pier can sustain!

We then walked a little bit around the Promenade area (not the whole thing) as we didn't want to miss our dinner reservation.

We ate dinner at this yummy Italian Place that had the best bread! Some of the bread even had olives cooked into it! That was all mine as Bekah doesn't like olives and David just didn't take any. We shared a "salad" for an appetizer. It was grilled tomatoes with fresh mozzarella on top. It was SO good! This is something I am going to have to learn for an appetizer when family comes to visit. DAvid & Bekah had ravioli, I believe different kinds and I had a fluted pasta, with vodka cream sauce with bacon. It was to die for! We all got the small sizes, so it was just enough.

After dinner, we continued to walk the whole promenade. It was fun to see the street performers. Then afterwards, we went for dessert at Pink Berry. It's a frozen yogurt spot with toppings. It was extremely yummy as well and would recommend it to anyone

After that, we said our goodbyes and headed home. It was really nice to see Bekah and just have a fun afternoon together.

Padres!

This past weekend, David & I had a ton of fun.

On Saturday, we took the trolley and saw San Diego Padres play Philadelphia. It was a lot of fun sitting next to everyone. People jumping up and down, dancing, booing when the opposing team would come up to bat. It was a lot of fun. We lost in the 11th inning. Here are some photos from the base ball field.

Baby Stella

Stella as a puppy. She was so small and cute. the dog toy was about the same size.

Watching

They love to people watch as much as we do!

Fun Weekend

This weekend David & I hosted my oldest sister, husband and 2 boys for a long weekend. We had TONS of fun!

It started off going down to La Jolla Beach.





The next day, David & I both worked all day while our fun visitors went back to the beach and cove.

That evening, we went to MCAS Miramar (where David works) and walked around the base exchange, looked at old airplanes and drove real slow by the air strip to look at all the cool airplanes & helicopters!

On Saturday, we were going to go the zoo, but unforunately, I had to take David to the emergency room instead.


The visitors went to old town and checked out the mormon battalion and then we all met up for lunch.

We had a great time together and sad to see my sister and husband and boys to leave early Sunday morning.

Nap Time!

Cooking Adventures

The last couple of weeks, David & I have been trying lots of new recipes for different reasons.

1. We are tired of the things I make normally

2. We are trying to be more healthy.

The cookbook we have been using is It's Good For You by Pampered Chef. Most people know I covet anything Pampered Chef, so while using my cookbook, I'm using all of my items too!

Last week, I was making Quick Curried Chicken for dinner. I bought the wrong spice at the grocery store the weekend before hand. I bought Cumin Powder, thinking Curry Powder (I know, silly me). Not even realizing it even when making the meal, I used the Cumin Powder. Now for the spices, the Curry Powder is the big ingredient in the recipe. Once I poured all the Cumin powder into the bowl, I was choking. I couldn't even finish making the dish, so I bagged it all up and threw it in the trash. David came into the house about 15 minutes later and started choking as soon as he walked in the door, from the Cumin powder. We ended up eating out that night.

Tonight, i re-tried making the Quick Curried Chicken, with curry powder this time. It was a big success. We LOVED it! Glad that when I use the correct spices, dinner is a big hit!

Our Children

Sally has inspired me to post a picture every Sunday our children, Moose & Stella. Since we don't have children and have 2 doggies, we have lots of pictures!



Stella is a bit of a loner dog. She kind of reminds me of a cat. She doesn't like to be touched unless she wants to be touched. She would rather sleep upstairs while everyone is downstairs. It just cracks me up!