What's a Porcupine Cake?

A Porcupine Cake is a chocolate bundt cake with 55 candles poking out of it! I can't remember the last time I had the same number of candles on my cake as my age... My friends ignored all fire and safety regulations and surprised me with a flaming Porcupine Cake. (It took a mighty big breath to blow those candles out!)

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"A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip."

~Author Unknown

Happy Valentine's Day!

Check out these sweet Valentines!

This is my mom and dad walking together down Market Sreet in San Francisco in April of 1947. I love the expression on their faces...wish I knew what their conversation was about!

Happy Birthday Brennah Claire!

I'd like to think that I helped "usher Brennah into this world...Well, at least I was there cheering Kelli and Brian on! It was a blessing to meet Brennah when she was less than one-minute old and I fell instantly in love! The world is certainly a sweeter place because of Brennah Claire!

What's Your Favorite Day of the Week?

"Perko Day" is our favorite day of the week. Once a week I pick my grand-ones up from school and we go to Perko's for "clown sundaes." We have a favorite booth in the corner where we settle in and talk about the day's events while enjoying the ice cream sundaes. Today Brennah said, "All day today I kept saying, "I can make it through the day because it's Perko Day!" (3rd grade days can be trying I suppose!) We all got the giggles when I made them promise that even when they're in high school and have their own driver's licenses, they will still let their little ol' granny pick them up for a Perko Day!

The funniest question that our kids ask...

The funniest question our kids ask us is, "What do you want for your birthday?" Check this picture out. We have everything we could ever want or imagine!

We had a fun day in Fresno celebrating two birthdays. Ted and Brian's birthdays are just a day apart. Happy Birthday guys!

A beautiful day in Applegate Park

Our family enjoyed a wonderful day together at Applegate Park and Zoo.

It seems as if the animals at the little zoo were enjoying the sunny afternoon as much as we were. They were all awake, soaking up the warmth of sun, and actually seemed happy to see all of us! The monkeys were quite the show-offs and very successful at getting our "grand-ones" to laugh outloud!

The three youngest girlies: Kinsley, Macy and Abby.

Alli and Brennah were the playground aides for the day!

And then there's the wild guy, Corbin!

Printing your 2008 Blog...

So I'm thinking about printing my blog from last year...
It would be a nice little diary from 2008. I found a website that will print your blog and bind it in book format. I'm still thinking about it. Here's the site I looked at:
http://serv.sharedbook.com/blogworld/printmyblog/index.html


Once I decide, then I will resume blogging for 2009. Hmmmmm...