Happy Family times

Mom looking all cute here!!!

Sweet Minnie May wondering when we are all going to go to sleep.

Ariel's Baby Shower Pictures

Mom, Shelly and Saint Val

I LOVE THIS PICTURE, Ariel and Milly.

EVERYONE loves a baby!!!

Me making this poor child cry, lol.

I have a way with babies, LMAO!!

Ariel pregnant with Johnathan Daniel O'Brien. I say we nickname him JD!!!

Mom and myself!

My niece Milly and her friend.

Ariel opening gifts with her little helpers.

My step-dad, Tim, showing his awesome harmonica skills. Tim is always so entertaining!!! You ROCK!!!

Forest Home Farms is part of the San Ramon Historic Foundation and is used as a learning facility to enrich peoples lives with history and knowledge of the wonders of a farm. Its glorious really! Dan and I are local volunteers and we have recently become involved in caring for the organic garden and wildlife garden. The goal of the garden is to produce fruit and vegetables that are shared with the children who tour the farm. The farm consists of sheep, horses, chickens, bee keepers, tractor museum, historical buildings and antiques unique to the farm. The students meet with various Grandma's and Grandpa's who teach the children the importance of bees, worms in the garden, juicing your own fruit, churning butter, caring for chickens and herding sheep. The farm also hosts a Farmers Market every Saturday, sheep sheering day, Civil War re-enactment day and a train and/or tractor ride around the entire farm. Below you will see a series of pictures of the garden that Dan and I are working on.

Above we planted baby pepper plants and provided them with a green house effect by cutting the bottoms of gallon milk jugs and placing them over the baby starts that were planted in the ground. A branch off of a tree is used to keep the green houses sturdy and in the ground.

Tomato plants are the best. This week I hope to obtain some donated tomato starts from local suppliers.

Dan and I frolicking in the garden during the Farmers Market. Dan fixed the fence behind us so that the chickens couldn't sneak in and steal all of our worms. We use the worms during the tours, the kids love them for some reason and we love to teach them the benefits of worms in your garden.

We currently have over 10 large beds to grow in, its awesome!!! Along with weekly garden maintenance, we are going to take over the irrigation project for both farms. Looks like I will have a list of questions for mom and dad when it comes to this project! I guess green thumbs run in the family!

Pumpkin starts on the bottom right were planted by us on 05/07/09...they are suppose to be the really BIG pumpkins so stay tuned for an updated photo of this one! Currently they are covered to protect from critters and heat stroke.

The lettuce has gone to seed. This week I will be pulling out most of the lettuce seen in the back row and replacing it with sunflowers and corn. The seeds are currently being germinated for their big day. The children are currently sampling lettuce during tours so I hope to have something tastier like corn. We are also growing artichokes as the sacrificial lamb. Apparently as long as you have artichokes, the bugs won't bother any other plant in the garden. Between them and the lady bugs, we seem to be infestation free.

Taking pictures of me because its just fun to be a girl!!!!

The Lilly and me! I planted this Lilly in memory of Uncle Darrel Miller on the day of his passing.

Vanity is fun!

Happy Spring! Cheers to another year of sun and fun!!

Tanis and I hanging out for the first time since the 6th grade!!! What a rare opportunity!!! This is what can come from MySpace and Facebook. Lets do it again soon and thank you for the cheese from Italy...vunderful!

Hiking our way through Spring!!! This perfect setting is only 6 miles away from our home!!! Ohlone wilnerness or something to that effect. We heard there are caves to spelunk through but we haven't found them just yet.

But we did find snakes. This one would not cross the "road" so we had to take the long way home.

Me, enjoying the creekside view and the sun in my face, now this is the good life!!!

Next time we hike in our bathing suits!

What a view from up here, and this is only half way up!

Playing in the City of San Francisco on a sunny January day!!!

Even the unemployed need a day off! We escaped our insanity by taking a peak at some real insanity. Visit the Musee Mecanique for a disturbing time. Take a look below and you will see what I mean! http://www.museemechanique.org/

The Picture above is me at Hard Rock Cafe on Pier 39...I believe this is officially my 4th Hard Rock Cafe location experience....I loved this one for the Grateful Dead Dancing Bear ceiling.

The Island...

Yep, Drunkerds Dream...put in a quarter and watch a drunk roll around in a barrel.

An amusement park made out of toothpicks. Something tells me this was built in the Great Depression...

A six shooter!

This one was kind of weird...

This is Dan, his sign is below. To get Dan drunk, drop in a quarter. I WISH it only cost a quarter to get Dan drunk.

Ferris Wheel made out of toothpicks, it really spins!!!

The Dancing Amigos???

Bowling alley

Part of a big scene that moves, it got kind of rascist in here...very old machines. Dan looks a little dismayed, these "penny machines" were hostile at times.

My favorite kind of Den!

Part of a fully functioning carnival!!!

My favorite, a Hash House! Now that's a carnival!!!

An official boxing ring.

Put in a quarter to watch a man get hung...wow, really??? Why did I come here?

The funny video below ought to make you laugh! I haven't figured out how to turn the video over just yet but the laughing is the important part.