Happy Birhday to One of My Favorite People

In commemoration of this special day I have put together something just for you...enjoy!

Ten things I love about about my sister, Ceri:
1. she smells nice
2. she's got great hair
3. she's got nice handwritng
4. she's a crazy spoon stealing skills (remember the flan?)
5. She's great at interpreting directions
6. She needs me
7. She makes me laugh
8. she loves learning new things
9. she can throw random patterns together and make them flow
10. She helps me be a better person

Everyone needs a Ceri in their life. I love you!

I'm Free!

I got the okay from the Dr. and it's official...I'm boot free!!!!

So this weekend I'm free to this in Coronado...only a few more days!!!

YIPEE!!!!!

Enjoying it while it lasted

ahhh...remember a few weeks ago when it was still kind of cool...er...warm outside? Here are some pictures of one of our park trips when it was still bearable!

I love this picture...so sweet!

She used to HATE swings - now she can't get enough!

Playing store

25

Here's to another year!

(you can't really see it...but we ran out of candles so it's just a match...on a wonderful cream puff - yum!)

Tried and True

Ceri and I tried it out this afternoon and it worked! Very fun, very easy, and very fast.

This Tuesday, June 16, 6:00pm @ my place
it's coming out to be about $5 each...less if more decide to come!

We are excited for Tuesday! It's not to late to RSVP! leave a comment and I'll send you my address

One of the Wonders - Day 3

As we looked forward to this day Dad Coleman assured us that after two full days of walking the great wall would be a "restful" one. HA! It sounded restful at the time....drive an hour and a half, take a cable car to the top, walk as much as you want...or don't walk at all...how ever much we wanted to do was up to us. After 2 very full days of walking I was kind of looking forward to a "restful Wall experience". But then I got to the top and I was overcome by the coolness of it. This monstrosity was put together by hand over an enormous span of time and I could not just sit by and pass up the opportunity - regardless of my foot situation...you can see it from space for heavens sake!

The plan was just to go until my foot started to hurt...but it never did (coincidence? hum...maybe) So we just kept going and going and going and we did (most of) the whole thing. (Matt went a little farther than me....but it's just because the last push was pure stairs...I got 3/4th the way up them...then realized I had to go down...I let the boot win than one...I try not to regret it.)

I felt like I was walking in history - so cool. I just can't imagine what it would have been like to be a guard who had to live on the wall in one of those towers....or a worker who just slaved his life away to build it. I bet they have some amazing stories I'd like to hear about! Anyways - it is something I will forever remember. We had an amazing day!

Matt and I at the beginning

The view from the first tower

Got to go up to get out

The view from the end

Matt and Dave, the 2 Coleman's who did it!

just get a look at that view...beautiful...

The final stretch...pure stairs

Matt swiping a piece of history...just kidding! (or are we??)

"Everybody was Kung-foo fighting"

The Coleman's conquered the wall!

Coleman girls...where was Ame???

A view from the outside

Walking the wallDoes this picture look like it should be in a music video?

I wasn't the only one! This is my booted friend from Australia...conquering the wall one stair at a time...he had it worse than me - Achilles heal problems - I'll take a stress fracture over that any day!

waking the wall in real time! enjoy!

CRAFT NIGHT! COME JOIN US!!!

After a nice potluck do you ever think to yourself "oh crud...why didn't I label my pan?" Well, problem solved - Come join us on Tuesday as we etch all of our glass ware! What we're doing is way better than masking tape and a sharpie!
Tuesday June 16 at 6:00pm
more people = cheaper...so don't be shy! We'd love to have you!
RSVP by leaving a comment if you'd like to come so we can have enough supplies ready! Also leave your email and I'll send you my address and phone number.

I came home from work yesterday and found...

...my girl all dolled up. Matt and Emmie had been playing beauty shop earlier with some Mary Kay samples I had on my table. She loved it. A true girl through and through.

"Those" Parents...

Today we became one of "those parents". We took our toddler to the movies and I have to say, Emmie did wonderful! She LOVED it! I didn't know what to expect. How I saw it, the outing could have gone 2 ways... either she would watch for a few minutes, get restless/cranky, and we would get those looks from people (you know, the looks that say "I cannot believe you brought a toddler to the movie theater....what kind of a parent are you?") and then quickly excuse ourselves, spending the majority of the time in the lobby, or... she would love it and be a perfect angel. Fortunately it was the second one. She was so cute sitting on Matt's lap one hand in the pop corn and an expression on her face like 'wow...this is the biggest TV ever!' She also had some cute commentary throughout the show. It was such a success that I think we may try it again sometime!

Oh, and just a plug for the Movie....Up was as good as the critics say! I laughed, I cried, I loved it! Go. See. Enjoy.

p.s. Please excuse the horrible picture. A nice combo of phone camera and Arizona sun equals bad picture!

p.p.s. Sorry about the lack of China posts...My brother-in-law is sending us a CD with all the China pictures on it because I'm too computer illiterate to figure out how to format them the right way from the group picture site....agh...it will be worth the wait!