There is a Breeze

There is a breeze that comes by here every day
freshens the spirit
takes the dead away
there is a light that shines for you, and you, and me
it's been healing nights for centuries
-Mark Henley

Happy thanks to the breeze that has helped so many of my friends lately.

Walk

This is the park I try to get to almost every day: Cuesta Park. I have been walking here for 20 years. I know all the "park people": No shirt guy, Hans (I gave him this name: the guy who is there every single day, all day long), Crazy talks to himself guy, Lady with the cute little dog, Three older ladies, Hairdo lady with the annoying dogs...the list goes on. The walk is good for me, I know. What is better for me is the time with the trees. The time with music, and the time with the thoughts in my head. The trees have started to turn... little pink blossoms are starting to pop up.... ALWAYS makes me think of my mom, who loved trees...

Sunday Fun Day

I really love it when a Sunday rolls around when we have nothing on the books. This is a rare and much relished event. We call it "jammy day", and additionally for Ryan, "splints off day". It usually starts with pancakes. Then some sitting around, followed by TV, video games, and more sitting around. Sometimes we even HANG around-for a change of venue. Then eventually it turns in to "bath day" and then "get over it; tomorrow is Monday day", but not until much, much later in the day!

Mother Daughter Tea

Emily's friend Mikayla and her mom invited us to a lovely event at their home. Beautiful surroundings, lemonade and tea, and much delicious assorted yummy stuff. Eventually the sugared up kids ran around and played while the moms swapped kid stories. It was really cool. Please note Emily's very tasteful expression in the picture (double click on the picture for the full effect).. =P

We're BAAAAACK

I lost the camera for a while there. OOps. I had some cute pictures of the Valentine's Day party at Emily's school. I enjoyed the fact that her teacher got REALLY in to the "stack the candy hearts" thing I brought. I was afraid the kids would think it was stupid; it was actually a big hit. I think maybe "Big Amber" gave me this idea...thanks, Amber.
OK, here are the pictures. I am going to try to blog a little more often or I may be in danger of losing my HUGE audience. =P

The Light (for Erickson)

HILLARY for PRESIDENT!

She'd be, like, totally AWESOME!



Credit to Emily for this one.
Fretty punny! (Ryan language)

Emily's Cafe

Our daughter is a pretty darn good cook. This morning she prepared made to order breakfasts for all three of us-and it was deeeliciouso. Not the "Oh honey that was wonderful" kind of good. I mean it was seriously GOOD. My plan is this: three years from now, I will no longer be the cook in this house. It JUST may come true! You go, girl!

Aloha, Michael

A sad goodbye to our friend Michael who passed away last night. He was a fixture at the Children's Theatre for 3 decades; a grouchy on the outside, cushy on the inside character who will be missed by countless kids and used-to-be kids!