Catch up

We have been doing pretty good at getting out every weekend since we have been here so I have lots of pictures that tell the story better than I do. So bear with me on the slide show...

Vasona Creek Park: This was a lot of fun with the boys. They had a bit of everything.

Carousels to ride on...

Trains to ride on and whistles to blow...

Geese to gawk at...

and trails for little boys to run on and expend the maximum amount of energy. It was a great park. I think we are going back with our bikes next time.

I got sick and so we had a weekend in with plenty of brother bonding time. Luke showed Noah the ropes on how to operate Mom's Iphone.

Because I was sick, we left the cooking up to Biscuit.


My brother Aaron decided to take his spring break in sunny California, only it was not so sunny, we had a huge series of rain storms roll in just as he got here. We didn't let it ruin our fun. We had one good day and took it to go to Santa Cruz.

Monarch butterflies are supposed to winter here but we didn't see any.... we didn't look super hard either.

We did catch the seals at the wharf. The boys loved watching them and listening to the barking.

We decided to investigate the Mystery Spot on our way home. It was pretty cool. As you can see the laws of gravity don't apply here.

This is rumored to be due to the alien spaceship buried under the spot. Sounds logical to me.

Aaron is a big NHL fan so we got tickets to see our local San Jose Sharks. They played the St.Louis Blues and stomped them. It was a lot of fun. I had never been to an NHL game and haven't followed it much but after watching the game I could get on the wagon.

Proof that we were there!

We took Aaron to Carmel to see the beautiful coast line. It was cold with driving rain but that kicked up the waves and made it quite interesting. We ventured out of the car to get a picture on the beach and not much longer than that.


This past weekend Ryan's sister Callie was coming to town (Laguna Hills) so we decided to drive down and see her and all Ryan's siblings. It was an unofficial Rasmussen reunion. Luke and Kevin became best buds.


They played together so well, it was heaven. Noah feeling a little left out turned to ketchup for comfort...


Always best straight off the spoon.

We got to see all of Ryan's siblings. Unfortunately Jessie flew in just as we were leaving but we caught her at the airport so we could at least say hi and see Haddie. (No pictures of her but trust me she is cute)


We are excited for Jessie to come see us and spend some more time together. April can't come soon enough!!

Jacob & Deidre come to visit!!

So I am about 3 weeks late posting about their visit but it was definitely noteworthy enough for a post. Jacob and Deidre flew out for a couple of days to visit and to watch the kids for me for a couple of days so I could get caught up on some work. What a good aunt and uncle....

seriously.... they were great. I don't have pictures of what they did with the boys b/c they are on their camera but they took them out.

We didn't make them babysit the whole time they were here. Over the weekend we hit San Francisco. We ventured into China Town and got some silk PJs for the boys. Totally worth it.

On Sunday we took a drive out to Half Moon Bay and up to Pacifica. It was beautiful but a little chilly. We got out only a couple of times because it was a little nippy.

Ryan and Luke are both warm-blooded and didn't seem to mind.


Noah and I on the other hand were a little cold.

Luke had so much fun with Uncle Jacob and Deidre. He has set places for them at the table for weeks and still talks about them. Thanks again for the visit you guys!