Keeping My New Year's Resolution...Sort Of

So, I talked to my Mom today. She reminded me that I made a pledge to post on this blog once every two weeks. I feel guilty. One post and it's the end of May. At this rate, you might get three by the end of December. Anyway, here's what we've been up to in April.

Phil, Erin, Olivia, Sam, and Owen came down to San Diego over the Easter holiday. We had a great time. Particularly during the coloring of the eggs with 4 rambunctious children. Phil and I enjoyed it. We sat outside and chatted!

How can you not love that face?

It's a work of art! It belongs in a museum!

This was Lizzie's first Easter and she seemed a bit taken aback by the festivities. Andy rapidly schooled her on the important aspects, like inspect all your gifts right away.

The Easter Egg hunt was a hit. They could barely contain their excitement!

Andy was pretty motivated to find him some eggs, especially since they were plastic and filled with chocolate.

Olivia zoning in on some treasure!

Sam gets the Bravery award for climbing under the trampoline in the face of known spiders living under there. You're a braver man than I am, Sam!

Even Lizzie found some eggs (with the help of an excited 36-year-old man who was stoked that he got to hunt for Easter eggs this year)!

The group with their loot. It was a good day for egg hunting.

The decorated Easter eggs right before they were made into my favorite food of the holiday...deviled eggs!

The next day we went to the San Diego Zoo. I think this is one of two pictures of Julie. I need to turn the camera on her more often!

Sam looking at some giraffes.

Andy contemplating the meaning of it all.

Lizzie excited to be taller than everyone!

No trip to the Zoo is complete without a picture riding the saber-toothed tiger!

Looks like Sam annoyed one too many elephants!

Andy, not to be outdone, met the same fate. His answer to the question, "If Sam jumped off a bridge, would you?" is a resounding, "Yes!"

Andy and I rode the Skyfari for the first time. We had a good time, but were both happy to be back on the ground after the ride was over.

To finish the festivities during Phil and Erin's visit, we went to Legoland. Andy did very well in Lego driving school.

Meanwhile, Lizzie was content to be chauffered around.

Just had to get a picture with the Lego court jester!

Chewbacca and R2-D2. Gotta love it!

The small Darth Vader. Andy likes to say, "That's you, Daddy. I'm Luke." I've taught him well!

A life-size model of Darth Vader made out of Legos. It doesn't get any better than that!

The kids after a day at the park. They were definitely ready to go home and rest, but not as much as I was!

To close this update, here's some pictures of Lizzie. She's growing up fast! She can already do amazing things, like climb up to the counter on a step stool (all by herself, I might add).

Very proud of herself.

She can also look heart-meltingly cute at the drop of a hat!

She can hang with her brother and her cousin Reef and create absolute chaos as Mom tries to get just one picture of all of them together!

And she is not afraid of trying new foods, like fresh seaweed, recently harvested from the Pacific Ocean!

Although the seaweed was not to her liking.

Well that does it for most of April. Look out for May sometime in the not too distant future!