Fine Dining

Tonight was a first - we dined on our china.  We were blessed in our wedding showers to recieve many different sets of dishes.  The first year of our marriage the china was packed away in boxes.  Every since it has been in the top cabinet.  I always intend to get it down for a special occasion or anniversary dinner, but it seems that our anniversaries are always spent somewhere other than home.  So one of my "things to do"this summer was to get the china down and use it.  When Joey came home he was wondering if he "missed" something!

We had crunchy onion chicken, broccoli and rice, carrots, and squash casserole.  It all seemed to taste better on the fine dinnerware.  :)  We had to have dessert so we could use the dessert plate as well, so I made a cheesecake too.

We enjoyed our fine dining!

Nursery Part 2

The nursery has made a transfomation!  We FINALLY have furniture after all the saga!  We love it and love the bedding all in its place!  Here's a few pictures of the lastest changes.  We are still waiting on the curtain rod, so pictures of that to come later!

Nursery Part 1

This past weekend Bill and Donna came to help paint the nursery and make curtains.  We also had a quick run to the metroplex after the furniture saga (I will spare the blog of that saga!).  It was a fun quick run because we went to Lone Star Baby, Babies R Us, and we happened upon a Carters and added some more cute clothes to Keaton's wardrobe. 

Here are a few picture of the nursery painting. 

Before

During

After

We are still waiting for the curtain rod, so I will post a picture of the curtains that Donna worked so hard on.  We all know that I didn't sew a stictch!

This weekend, we are getting the furniture, so look for more updates to come!

PS - I had a doctor appointment yesterday and everything is good!  Keaton is growing and moving around just has he should be!

Let's Go Rangers!

Last night we went to the Rangers game and continued the winning streak.  In the last two seasons, everytime we have been to a Rangers game they have won.  Joey is 14-0 in his Rangers record.  He thinks they should pay him to come to every game!  :)

We had wonderful seats and had a great time!  Joey took the "good camera" and took over 600 pictures!  Not going to upload all those! :)  Here are a few we took after the game with the other camera.

This is the view of the field from our seats.  Right behind the Rangers dugout.  By the way, you can tell Cliff Lee's uniform is new.  It is a different color red than all the other Rangers!

2nd Preggo Pic at the Ranger's Game - Can't wait till next year when Keaton can go with us!

Fun times!  Way to go Rangers!

The Last Few Days

We've been back in Texas for almost a week, so I decided I should post the last few days of our San Francisco trip. 

We rode the trolley cars (cable cars) down to the waterfront.  It was much more enjoyable than the walk we took down there on the 4th! 

I sat on the bench and Joey hung onto the side.

We rode down Hyde Street.  The steepest street in San Francisco.  I told Joey it was the closest he was getting to a roller coaster this year!  It really wasn't that fast or as bad as I thought it might have been.

When we got down to the waterfront we first went to Ghirardalli Square.  It was the first Ghirardalli Factory, but is not in operation anymore.

We enjoyed the evening on the waterfront walking around and seeing it all without all the people that were there on the 4th of July.  We also went and had some more mini donuts for dessert!  They were so good!

Our ride back!  It was neat to see everything at night.

On Wednesday evening, we rode the BART (train) to Oakland to the A's game. Check another ballpark off the list!  We were not very impressed with the Coliseum.  It was old and not well taken care of.

Not to mention it was very cool!  I have never been so cold at a baseball game before! 

We had a great trip, but we're glad to be home!

4th of July

On Saturday, Mom, Dad, and Zach drove Joey and I into the city and dropped us off at the hotel. We have done some exploring and walking and last night we made the long walk to Pier 39 for the 4th of July Celebration.Along the way we got close to Coit Tower.

We also stopped to take a picture at the Fisherman's Wharf sign.
And then we made it to Pier 39.

With all these people. It was a bit crazy!! We did find a place to sit and eat. We were hungry and ready to sit after our walk. Then I waited in what I think may be the longest line ever to go to the restroom. I think Joey took this picture while he was waiting on me.

This 4th of July we traded in homeade ice cream for...

Hot Chocolate and Mini Donuts! The donuts were delicious!

Sitting on the grass waiting for the fireworks to start.

A few firework pictures
The layer of fog was right where the fireworks were, so we had trouble seeing all of the fireworks. The colored fog did have a neat effect. We started walking back up the hill before the show was over and could actually see better.
Hope you all had a Happy 4th of July!

The Beach and The Bay

On Friday, we packed a picnic and headed to the beach and later in the day took the ferry across the bay.

This is the very curvy road down that we drove to get to the beach. Thankfully, Zach drove very cautiously and I tried to get a view of the ocean while keeping my eyes closed. Zach knows this road well because he often rides his bike on this road. Actually he had ridden this route earlier that morning.

This is the one of the many beautiful views Joey took from the car on the way down.The waves were very pretty, but very cold. We only put our feet in the water.

Shasta had a great time playing at the beach.

Our spot at the beach. Not the most glamorous picture of me. This photo could have used some photoshop magic and could have the bottom part cropped off, but Joey is in a meeting! Oh well!

After the beach, we went back to Zach and Ali's house and had a traditional Independence Day weekend meal - brisket and fixings. Then we drove to Larkspur to board the ferry to go into the city. The ferry we rode into the city was the "Napa".

Family Ferry Ride

Coit Tower from the ferry

The Bay Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge and Sailboat Races

The Port of San Francisco
Again, there are many more pictures on Mom's camera that I'm sure will get posted later!