Mothers Day and Claire's Baptism

This past weekend Tom and I went to California for Claire's baptism. We had an amazing weekend playing with Kaitlyn, snuggling with Claire, and eating fabulous food.

Day 1

Since Tom loves pizza almost as much as me, Matt and Erika thought a pizza night was must. At Zelo's they serve deep dish pizzas and it totally hit the spot.

This is a short clip of Kaitlyn singing...she kept singing the same thing and sticking everyone's name at the end. :)

Day 2

Before the baptism Kaitlyn and Tom had time to play a little soccer.

Claire slept through pretty much the entire ceremony. Kaitlyn on the other hand freaked out when they pour water on Claire's head saying things like "What doing to Claire? Claire not okay!" When we made it back to our pew, Kaitlyn turned to me teary-eyed asking, "Claire blessed now? Claire blessed now?"....Adorable.

We were both a little tired after the baptism. :)

Matt was jealous and wanted to wear Claire's bonnet too.

Since it was such a nice day, we decided to spend a little time in the park...

After the park, we did a little video chatting with Big Bob and Loi-Babe...

Day 3

Kaitlyn woke us up on our last day saying, "Adrienne and Tommy sleepy" over and over...it was adorable so I woke up to join Kaitlyn for a little breakfast. As soon as she saw me she said, "Good morning, Adrienne. I have a doughnut!" She was so polite and happy at 7am, I couldn't help but smile at her.

Tom and I were treated to a special breakfast at Julienne's. It was SOOOOO ridiculously good. Above is a pic of Tom's chocolate chip waffles and berries.

We got a chance to do a little shopping. (yay!) After, we went back to the apartment to hang out one last time with the family before our flight to Oregon.

Matt and Erika, we had a great time and are very honored you asked us to be Claire's godparents. I can't wait to see the whole family again in a few months!

XOXO

Happy Belated Birtday Maria!

Yesterday was Maria's actual bday, but since she left for China last week, we actually celebrated it earlier. Below are pics from her bday party a few weeks ago at Shane and Maria's house.

This cute little girl is named Tru. She is probably the coolest 5 year old I've ever met. As soon as she was introduced to us, she said, "I have a boyfriend. He's 4 and I'm 5. I like him a lot...and... I love him a lot. " She helped me put sprinkles on the cupcakes and after I asked her what she wanted to do...she said, "I don't know...hang out?" So we hung out and played around Maria and Shane's house. :) It's fun to be a kid.

Maria, I know it's a little belated, but I hope you had a fabulous birthday in China! Come home soon...We miss you!

XOXO

Teaser Trailer for "The First Day"

This is the teaser trailer for David Garcia's next movie called "The First Day". I first mentioned it a few weeks ago. The title of that post is "Moving Making Saturday" if you want to read up about it. Enjoy!




XOXO

Our Trip to Woodburn, OR

Hey Folks! Yesterday, Tom and I took a little day trip to Woodburn, OR to go to the Woodburn Tulip Festival and do a little shopping. We arrived in the afternoon and luckily had fabulous weather to take gorgeous pictures of the beautiful fields. A few hours after we got there it started to pour (grrr!). We took shelter by running from tent to tent seeing all the different crafts and things people made to sell. We finished our day in Woodburn doing a little shopping at the outlets. Despite the rainy weather, we had a great time and really enjoyed the festival and shopping. Below are pics from my camera...if you want to see more photos check out Tom's blog. His blog link is under my Blog List located on the side panel :) Enjoy!

We were stuck in traffic when we saw this lovely bumper sticker.

These are Tom's new unnecessary shoes. As you can see they glow in the dark.

XOXO

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Hey All!! I hope you're all doing well. I wanted to post a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe. This recipe is soooo good! This recipe makes plump and chewy cookies...Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 cup softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1-3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3-1/2 quick cooking oats

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325

In a large bowl cream together butter, brown sugar, white sugar until light and fluffy (about 3-4 min). Beat in eggs one at a time then stir in vanilla.

In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix these dry ingredients well. Stir this mixture into the large bowl with the creamed mixture until just blended. (I would recommend mix this part by hand. You don't want to over mix the dry ingredients with the creamed mixture because that can make your cookies come out flat)

Next, mix in quick oats, chocolate chips, and walnuts (optional). Drop spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets and bake for 12 min. Let them cook on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring somewhere else to cool.

This recipe is very, very easy...and it's very, very yummy! If you try this recipe, let me know how it turns out!

XOXO

Happy Birthday Linda!

Since a lot of Tom's co-workers are leaving for China today, we decided to celebrate a few birthdays last weekend. Last Friday, we celebrated Linda's birthday. We had fabulous food at this little Italian restaurant called Iorio and then we went out to the clubs. :) Today is Linda's actual birthday; therefore, I wanted to give a bday shout out! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA!

Linda is on the left and Maria is on the right. :)

Linda and Maria making birthday wishes. (I'll post later about Maria's bday party)

This is the pic that I took after dinner.

This is the pic Tom took after I took the picture above. He told me to leave space and he would photoshop all of us onto one photo...no problem. Well...

This is the final product. Since Tom didn't see that I zoomed in for the picture I took...he had a hard time photoshopping me in. Oh well! :)

xoxo