Big Day!

We had a picnic dinner in the park by our house last night. Nothing fancy. Just leftovers and we ate out of tupperware.  We sat on the top of the hill overlooking the Marina and the Bay. It was a beautiful night.  I made John take a picture of me and Cole at the top of the stairs, so we could remember it forever. We're so happy here. And yesterday was a good day for all of the us!

The Big Donut Temptation

I had a bite of a donut today at church. I think that means I broke my Lenten fast.  It was so good. Maple glaze. I went back for a second bite, but then John caught me. I ended up giving it to him. I rationalized it as "breakfast food, " so technically it wasn't a "sweet."  But John didn't agree. I think he's right.  I've definitely reflected a lot on the sacrifice Jesus made for me on the cross during this Lenten season, but it hasn't made my temptation for sweets any easier.  Only two weeks to go. I guess I should have rethought this one once I realized my birthday falls during Lent. What was I thinking? A birthday without cake?  Let alone MINE! I'm the Queen of Sweets! I'm thinking a little birthday cake action will be in order when I get to San Diego for Easter?  Hint...hint!

Mom's Visit

Mom came to visit us last weekend and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect weekend.  She flew all by herself from St. Louis!  Friday we took the ferry over to Sausalito and met John for dinner at Spinnakers.  Saturday we went shopping in Marin, dinner at Amici's (New Haven style pizza) and Sunday John made us breakfast before we went to church and heard an amazing sermon on "Sloth" (we're doing a Seven Deadly Sins series). Afterwards we went back to Marin to visit Aunt Eva and then ran some errands.  All in all it was a fantastic visit.

Here are some pictures. A few from the marina over in Sausalito, at dinner on Saturday night and before breakfast on Sunday in our apartment.

The day finally arrived...

Shotgun Valentine's Day.

We spent the afternoon at Pacific Rod and Gun Club. Our instructor was named Walt. Sharp as a tack. Well, maybe not on everything. But definitely when it came to guns. Bossier than heck. Says working at the gun club keeps him young.  When he opened his trunk, I about fell over.  It looked EXACTLY like the inside of dad's trunk  full of all his "gun toys!"  

All in all, we had a blast shooting at clay pigeons and getting instructions from Walt.  Of course, more misses than hits.   And I've got a big bruise on my arm to prove where I was positioning my guy WRONG.  Oh well. I'll know better for next time.

Here are some pictures of our outing.  

It's a shotgun Valentine's Day

John surprised me with a great idea to go skeet shooting together for Valentine's Day!!  Our outing is planned for next Saturday.  

Here's how he "gifted" it to me in the picture up top.  I was equally excited about shooting as I was disappointed that he didn't leave a SINGLE piece of chocolate in the box!!!

I'll definitely post pictures from the event. Stay tuned.  We can't wait to get our (I mean, John's) shotgun out!

One of my new favorite places.

Cole and I stopped at Bayfront Park in Mill Valley today in between his vet visit and picking John up from work in Sausalito.   Bayfront Park is right on Richardson Bay and it looks out to Mount Tamalpais.  In fact, it was the views of Richardson Bay from our hotel, The Aqua, when we were out in November that made us fall in love with it out here.  It has to be one of the most picturesque places I've seen since we've gotten here. 

We ride through here pretty much every time we go on bike ride and I'm always admiring the awesome walking path, dog run, tennis courts and playing fields. Anyway, I've wanted to take Cole here for quite some time, and today was the perfect day.  It was absolutely gorgeous out and he deserved it considering all the vet visits I've had to drag him to.  

Too, I think I might have found the perfect "picture spot."  Take a look. I even got Cole to pose (you guys all know that wasn't very hard. :)). I can't wait to take all of our out-of-town guests here! 

Not my kind of salon, but...

We went to the only barbershop in Sausalito yesterday morning. Well, according to the barber.  Caledonia Street Barbers.  John is getting his picture taken for work on Monday, so he needed to trim up. 

I told him it's cool if he wants to keep going back as long as his hair doesn't start looking like the guy who's cutting it! The guy has a total mullet with the top dyed blonde!  A real California dude complete with Hawaiian shirt.  Originally from Jersey, he came out to CA in 1963.  

The whole thing was a hoot.  From the lassie magazines he has laying around to letting customers answer his phone. 

Much different from my regular trips to the salon, I gotta say.