5 months old

Happy Birthday Owen!

A low-key bday for Owen this year. We had a fondue dinner on Friday night! Saturday, his actual bday, after he took Hazel to Gymboree (while I was at a spin-in) we had lunch with my mom at Red Robin. After lunch she baby snatched Hazel and the two of us went to see the new A Christmas Carol movie. I liked this version. Of course, I think it is probably scary for smaller children, and I'm surprised that Disney would make it scary! But, it is my favorite Christmas story so I was expecting it to be creepy. The animation was so realistic, I forgot that it was animation some times.

For his present, he got this Blendtec blender. Tonight we made Tortilla Soup


It was the smoothest soup I've ever had! A little too much jalepeno though, but it was only 2 servings and we have enough ingredients for a couple more soups. At least they will be fresh each time:)


I also promised to make him a hat and I proposed a few I thought he would like, but he found this one online all by himself - Habitat by Jared Flood. Of course, it would have a million cables. Did I mention the yarn is a charcoal gray (almost black). Yes, I love him that much :)

Spinning App!

Do you have an iPhone or iPod Touch? Are you a spinner? If so, you NEED the iSpin Toolkit app! There are so many great features in this handy, user-friendly app. Each tool on this app has instructions on how to use it, what the calculation is for and why it is helpful to use it while you are spinning.

My favorite feature is the WPI gauge. I have yet to find one that is so easy to use, and there is even a chart with the standardized yarn weight to compare your yarn to!

Another great feature on this app is the calculators, there are 13!! With all of the calculators, it will be easy to replicate your yarn if you run out and need to spin more! The calculator I can see myself using ALL THE TIME will be the niddy noddy calculator (it even remembers your niddy noddy length!) It is so convenient to have!

With all of the great features of this app and having it handy on my iPod Touch I can see myself becoming a better spinner!!

In-n-Out

Last in n out of the year

Goin' to the chapel

at my cousin's wedding.

Trio of Turtles

Water baby

Hazel loves going for her nightly swim. The pools here are gorgeous! she also likes getting dipped in the hot tub

Street fair

Went to the palm springs street fair tonight and found some spinners! too bad i left my turkish delight at the hotel and lucky there was an extra spindle in the booth. hi to leslie of lollyarn!

Bad ass

My baby is a bad ass!

Bad Ass Coffee

Salton Sea

View of the salton sea from the top of keys point

Sunset

Sunset from the top of keys point in joshua tree.

Joshua tree

Listening to U2's Joshua Tree album in Joshree Tree. So awesome!

Gingerbread latte

First gingerbread latte of the season. and It's 91 degrees outside!

Grilled cheese and a chocolate shake

Joshua tree

Hazel got a national park passport book and her first cancellation stamp today (they even had a tortoise regional stamp)

View

The view from our living room. Complete with a mini cactus.

Long day

Made it safely to California. Can't wait to see what this place looks like in the daytime. Our suite is so nice and it even has a kitchen.

Hazel was such a good traveler that we got complimented on how quiet she was on the plane!

Vacation

Sitting at the airport waiting to board an airplane to go to sunny palm springs! I couldn't believe that I got on the free wifi. Every other time I've been here I only got the paid access wifi and was very p.o'd. I'll try to update with pix messages this week!