Twin Tuesday: Aloha

Today in 1898 Hawaii was annexed to the United States.  

19th century American imperialism or benefitting the common good?

Hmmm...

Discuss amongst yourselves.

THIS is our favorite treat to bring back from the islands.

4th of July Weekend

For the long weekend we went up to Folsom to see the grandparents and go to great-nana's house for a bbq.

Matthew is getting ready to walk and great grandma helps out.

Swimming with the cousins.

Music time with Melody.

Newest cousin Sophia and great-Nana.

Story time with Grandpa

Swinging together is fun!!

Twin Tuesday: Happy 4th of July

Matthew is overcome with patriotism.

"I have this overwhelming desire to sing God Bless America.

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

One of Blog Man's Father's Day gifts was a date night to see SpamALot. Wednesday we drove to SF to enjoy the show. Very funny! I highly recommend it. Not for those who get offended easily by anything.

I still don't understand why Blog Man refused to get one of these for the twinners:

What child wouldn't want a Killer Rabbit puppet?

How I Know I'm Old

So I'm sitting in my summer school class today. With all the drastic budget cuts in the CSU system the history department cancelled all its summer school and I'm having the take an undergraduate, upper division class in the American Studies department to substitute as one of my electives. Me and all the twenty one year olds. The professor is talking about the civil rights movement and the sit ins at the Woolworth's lunch counters by college students. 

Student asks,"What's a Woolworth?"

Professor: "Like a dimestore." 

Student: "A what?"

Professor: "Low budget Target."

Next question: "What's a lunch counter?"

Maybe the engineering majors are in this class for the GE credit?

Then the professor goes on to talk about Bobby Kennedy.

Student: "Was Bobby Kennedy related to JFK?"

How did this person get to be a senior in college?

Then you can hear everyone's cell phone vibrating on the desks all at once and people start checking and text messaging. Apparently all their friends needed to let them know Michael Jackson had died. (The joke here is that the professor and myself were the only ones alive when Thriller was released.)

My phone, of course, remained silent. 

Excuse me while I pluck the gray hairs and botox my wrinkles.

Twin Tuesday: One Year Old, June 20, 2009

Happy Birthday!!!

We can not believe Sarah and Matthew are one. Where did the time go? Weren't we just holding our newborns yesterday? We are so lucky to have you as our children. We love you and thank God for the blessings your presence has brought to our lives.

love,

Mom and Dad

Two Birthdays and a Wedding

We spent the weekend in San Diego for the wedding of Blog Man's cousin Ken. Although the weather wasn't perfect it was a great convergence of family from both sides of the country. It was fun to see everyone and catch up. There are still pictures on Louis' camera he hasn't sent me yet. Here are some I took. I realized it's hard to take pictures when you always have at least one baby in your arms. I didn't take many during the reception because I did not have a pocket and got sick of dragging around the diaper bag. Here is the best I could do. 

Waiting for the plane in San Jose

We arrive in San Diego. Why didn't we take a stroller?

Matthew's opinion of his first taste of nachos.

"Hey Ladies, the Matthew Man is in town."

"For some reason this bottle thing isn't working."

Ready for the big event.

Thanks K & K for letting us borrow the tux for Matthew.

The sword ceremony after the wedding. Ken is a Marine officer. Go HERE for the youtube video.

Louis' sister Malinda and cousins Andrew and Melody. Aren't they cute? Andy is waiting for his mission call.

( I did take more pictures of family but certain people tend to close their eyes (every time) and would not be pleased if I posted the pics.)

The Happy Couple, Ken and Nicole

All Partied Out

"I'm the Birthday Boy!"

 We celebrated the twinners 1st birthday the next morning at brunch.

Pinky, the Birthday Girl!

"I'm not sure this hat is the right "look" for me."