Wait, What's Your Name?

So, we bought a bookcase from someone on OYS. Her name was Jessica. Guess what her husband's name was? Go ahead, guess. Yeah, Jeremy. I know. Freaky. So then she looks at Garrett and says "what's his name?".

Happy Birthday Vaughn!

The birthday train is still rolling along here. Vaughn is twelve now! Geez. I am starting to feel a little old. He had a good day; he had a field trip at school (mom and Garrett came too), Valentine's Day party at school, the dinner he picked, then presents and cake too.

You have to lick the candles.

Happy Birthday Boo Boo, we love you.

Liz, Carly, and Bree's V-Day E-Party 2009

So Liz (the fischpond and two cars) is this creative young woman I got to know after she moved away from me in California. She is funny,opinionated, sometimes odd, and creative to boot. Too bad I didn't know her better when she lived 3 houses away. Anyway, she and her beautiful little girls are hosting a Valentine's Day E-Party for all the blog friends. See, I told you she was creative, I would have never thought of that. So, I gave the boys some recipes and told them to get busy; Liz, Carly, and Bree are waiting.
Here are the fruits of their labor. Please disregard the fact that I uploaded the pictures in the complete opposite order of what they should be. Mistakes happen.

First, Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies, courtesy of Bakerella.

Mmmmmmm.....tasty.

Vaughn were you frosting the cookies, or your fingers??

Seth did a great job, look at those neat little rows.

Second, they made a Cherry Blackberry Cobbler.

Mmmmmm, butter.

Garrett was very careful.

Vaughn was very precise.

This recipe was super easy, and everyone loved it.

Liz, thanks for the invite. Happy Valentine's day.

You Should Have Been a Comedian...

****Edited to add****I do not have a cat, this is from this website. I unfortunately, do not have the patience to have such a cat. Kudos to the comedian that does. This is really all Liz's fault, do not click on her links they are evil and will suck up your day before you realize what has happened. Off to check failblog now....

Quoted from "One Sentence"

wildpen

My cat challenged me to a game of "Guess Where I Pooped Before You Step In It" and I lost.

I am STILL laughing.

Say Hello to....

Thomas (aka Tom Tom)
We adopted a dog today.
Seth has been begging.
We felt bad.
He's high energy, but so is Seth.
We are hoping they are a good match.
So far, so good, let's hope Jer's allergies hold out.

Happy Birthday Steven!

Steven turned 14, fourteen, juushi.
We will have a high schooler (yikes!) this fall, I think that means we are getting old.

Everyday Okinawa

Back in December I had taken some photos of just stuff around Okinawa to share with all of you, but they kind of got lost in the holiday shuffle.

I took this picture because there is someone in the sidecar on that scooter! See the helmet? It had Jer and I cracking up. Sometimes we are not good ambassadors.

This is one of the roads I travel down often. It is my chosen way to get to the Air Force base. It is not a big road. I really have to get pictures of the mirrored curve on this road that is only wide enough for one car at a time.

Jerry took this photo. This tree in on Kadena AFB. We just think it is really cool.

Around Christmas we were out shopping at Makeman (read Home Depot) and these orchids amazed me. They were so gorgeous. Some of them were HUGE. When I think I have read enough about their care not to kill it, I may get one.