Strawberries for Merrick

A few weekends ago Dustin and I got kicked out of our house because it was infested with termites. Yeah, it was pretty disgusting. However, even though it was incredibly inconvenient it turned out to be completely worth it. We got to stay with my brother Adam, his wife Chante, and their son Merrick in Los Alamitos. Saturday we decided to go to a strawberry farm in Irvine. It was so fun! We got to sit in a little wagon pulled by a tractor while they carted us from crop to crop telling us about each one and allowing us to taste them. All I can say is I am never buying produce that isn't organic ever again. Everything they gave us to eat, even the onions, were amazing. We got sugar snap peas, carrots, onions, romaine lettuce, broccoli, and of course, strawberries. The strawberries were by far the most amazing things I have ever had! Each one tasted like it was coated with sugar inside and out! The funnest part was picking them and eating them right from the plant.

Has anyone ever read the book "Blueberries for Sal?" It was one of my favorite books when I was little. This whole berry picking adventure reminded me of that book... except for there wasn't a bear at the farm.

I think Merrick ate about 50 strawberries and Adam finally had to tell him no more. You can tell how much he loved them by the amount of strawberry on his face.



Probably the cutest picture ever taken!



Merrick ready to drive the wagon across the plains.



Loved the carrots!



Didn't love the onion so much... though he kept coming back for more.



Trying to look suave... holding an onion... doesn't work so well :)



I never thought I would actually bite into a raw onion by choice... I had onion breat the rest of the day.



Father son bonding.



Cute :)

He got one!

Dustin was determined to find the PERFECT strawberry. I think he found about 50 of them.

Best buddies!



Look at that face! :)

First Game of the Season

I don't think it matters who the Padres are playing, whenever Dustin and I attend a game they lose. However, I will have to admit that even though Trevor pitched the worst game of his life this was the most fun I have had at a game. First of all the tickets we had were amazing!! We were on the first base line on the 12 row. Second, Dustin and I got our picture taken with the friar himself. He was very friendly. Third, I achieved one of my goals in life. I danced my way onto the Jumbo Tron! I looked up on the screen and there I was "twisting and shouting." I do think Dustin was a little bitter though because he got cut out.



I was at the store right before the game and spied "Big League Chew"! I haven't had it since I was about 10 years old so I had to get it. Dustin and I had a bubble blowing contest. You can be the judge who won. ;)

Happy Birthday Dusty II

Dustin had one of those birthdays this year that seemed to last about 2 weeks. We celebrated his actual birthday in Colorado on the 24th of March. For one of his presents we went snowboarding at Copper mountain together, along with our brother in law Gabe. The conditions were perfect!! It was the most beautiful day and we pretty much had the mountain to ourselves.



If you look real close you can see the sick grab by Dustin on the half pipe. He is the red spot on the left of the picture. I was pretty proud that I caught him in the act.



After our day on the slopes my parents wanted to take Dustin out to dinner. The whole family met at Costa Vida where we ate amazing food and had a custard cake (YUM!).


Ash and Jonah at the party.

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny himself!

I can't actually remember the last time that my family was all together for Easter but this year was special.

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Things were definitely different though since I wasn't the one looking for the eggs. But I guess we all have to grow up someday. It was really fun hiding the eggs and watching the kids run all over. They would get so excited!

Jonah: Showing me his 10 eggs!

Sadie

Noah and his basket

Fun in the Rockies!

Well, I finally got to go home (Colorado) after a year and half of being deprived for my brother Josh's wedding. We spent all day Friday at the church trying to get the cultural hall as perfect as possible for the reception. Everything turned out beautiful!

The bride and groom could not have been happier and the party was a blast. My new sister in law is wonderful!





She is from El Salvador so the ceremony was in spanish,
which made things a tad difficult for Dustin and I and the others who aren't so much bilingual.
















The best part of the reception was definitely the
dancing. The music ranged from spanish punk
rock to salsa. There is nothing better!

Surprise Dustin!

March 15th I decided to throw a surprise party for Dustin. He was so surprised and everything came together so well! Thanks to everyone you came and especially to those who helped with food, decorating, and the venue (Leanne and Ryan, thanks guys!).

"Take me out to the ballgame"

Well, many of you know my obsession with baseball so it may be no surprise how Dustin and I decided to spend last weekend. We decided to drive down to Arizona to watch our teams play during spring training. I may have to admit it was one of the best weekends I have ever had! I would not have changed a single thing about it!!

Padres v. Rangers: Padres Win! 9-5


Rockies v. Giants: Rockies Win! 10-2


The happy Padres Fan!


We got to hang out right next to the bullpen!
Ashley was a little star struck.