Snapshot #1055: Hotel Deluxe

April 5, 2014.  Portland, Oregon.  Dave and I got back to our hotel last night and they were filming the TV Series "Grimm," hmmm...never heard of it; but it was on TV upstairs.

Snapshot #1054: Business in Portland

April 4, 2014.  Portland, Oregon.  Dave had a quick business trip to Portland this weekend and I got to come along!

Snapshot #1053: The Jungle

March 31, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Rainy day, so we went with some friends to The Jungle.

Snapshot #1052: Point Lobos

March 29, 2014.  Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California.  My photos simply do not do this place justice.  Breathtakingly beautiful in the most unique way.

Snapshot #1051: Favorite Places

March 28, 2014.  Cupertino, California.  We took Nonnie and grandpa to one of our favorite places, Deer Hollow Farm.

Snapshot #1050: Story Time

March 27, 2014.  San Jose, California.  We are so lucky to have another set of grandparents in town!

Snapshot #1049: A Flower from Josephine

March 26, 2014.  San Jose, California.  We love you and miss you Josephine.  Save a spot for us in heaven.

Snapshot #1048: Fix-It Please

March 25, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Fix-it up chappies.

Snapshot #1047: Puppy Love

March 24, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Every night she gets to choose a family of animals to sleep with her in bed.  Tonight it was her puppies.

Snapshot #1046: Love in a Box

March 22, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Sending our love from America to Wales.  Happy Birthday Sister!

Snapshot #1045: "Cold Feet"

March 21, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Hazel's morning ritual involves standing with her back to the garage door and waving while her daddy drives away to work and then turning and running back to the house saying, "Cold feet, cold feet, cold feet." 

Exploring California: Snapshot #1044: Filoli Gardens

March 20, 2014.  Woodside, California.  The Filoli Estate was breathtaking all in bloom.  But next time remind me to leave my two-year-old at home.  I don't think I could have said, "Gentle," "Don't Touch, Just Smell," "We're not allowed on the grass," or "Don't step off the sidewalk" one more time.

Snapshot #1043: Massaging Kale

March 19, 2014.  San Jose, California.  My Relief Society Committee hosted an exceptional dinner last night serving nearly 70 women.  We made the most delicious kale salad.  It was so good that Hazel and I are making it again for dinner tonight.  Hazel is learning how to massage the kale with a touch of olive oil; this softens the kale and brings out it's natural flavor.  Add lemon juice, honey, chopped apples, sesame seeds, salt & pepper, and voila!

Snapshot #1042: Our Gym Tot

March 18, 2014.  Sunnyvale, California.  I thought going to gymnastics just once a week wouldn't be enough to make a real impact.  Boy, was I wrong.  Our little gym tot does two-foot hops all over the house now and everywhere she goes.

Snapshot #1041: Adoption Home Study

March 17, 2014.  San Jose, California.  We spent three hours at the doctor's office today getting physical exams for our adoption home study.  We're hoping and praying for Baby #2.  For more information click here.

Snapshot #1040: Shirttail Giggles

March 12, 2014.  San Jose, California.  She thought it was the FUNNIEST thing to walk around behind Daddy holding the shirttails of his tan Boy Scout Uniform.  Her laughter is music to my soul.

Snapshot #1039: Where's Waldo...I Mean, Hazel

March 11, 2014.  San Jose, California.  I swear there's a little girl asleep in there somewhere.

Snapshot #1038: Park with Daddy

March 8, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Hazel begged to go to the park with her Daddy...what a treat.

Snapshot #1037: Grandparents

March 7, 2014.  San Jose, California.  I stepped outside and Hazel was gibber-gabbering away talking to her grandparents on her play phone.

Snapshot #1036: Art & Science for Two-Year Olds

March 6, 2014.  San Jose, California.  Another trip back to the Children's Discovery Museum.  Face painting may have been the highlight this time; she giggled and giggled while painting her own.  The salad-spinner art was pretty cool also.  Too bad I forgot to go back and pick up her artwork once it was dry :( 

Snapshot #1035: Gym Tots

March 4, 2014.  Sunnyvale, California.  Our little Hazel started a gymnastics class today and LOVED it!  She picks things up so fast.

Snapshot #1034: Happy Birthday Mom!

March 2, 2014.  San Jose, California.  I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so happy you came to visit us.  Come again soon!  

Snapshot #1033: Bay Cruise

March 1, 2014.  San Francisco, California.  We took a car, then a train, then a bus, then a ferry, then a trolley, and finally a train again--and wore the little girl out. 

ps That's not a green screen behind my parents...