Sunday, April 20, 2014

egg hunt #1


the gang's all here (except for sammy, who was napping)
jackson, ben, maya & misaki
the hunt is ON
lots and lots of eggs
tiny hunter
ben found a gold egg (with $1 inside! thanks, uncle spence!)

maya & misaki

the bubbles were a big hit
eggs, toys, crayons, candy, bubbles!

bubble boys

easter bubbles...fun with friends

easter bunny

the easter bunny strikes again!
mister, surveying the merchandise
look at all these treats!!!

sammy got a lollipop!


hmmm...gotta read these instructions....


Saturday, April 19, 2014

easter prep

we were thrilled to have the entire schmid crew in town for easter weekend. ben & jackson got along great and were instant buddies, bonded by their love of all things nintendo ds related. they even let little brother sammy in on their fun. thad & kyle got some golf in and we all had a great time catching up.
goofballs on the loose!

kyle & corey on late nite easter egg hunt egg-filling duty (thad is doing quality control)
lots of loot!
traditional easter cupcakes are a MUST

this takes concentration...

the finished product! happy easter!


Friday, April 11, 2014

yvr-lax-hnl

whirlwind work trip to vancouver (canada), la and hawaii for the lotte golf tournament. i'm lucky to work with such a fun crew!!!!
stop 1 on the cupcake tour- georgetown cupcake
vanilla birthday was the clear winner

taste test subjects: chocolate, red velvet, vanilla birthday, salted caramel

delish

after work hike up runyon canyon with abby

no la trip is complete without a trip to sprinkles

next stop...hawaii!!!! the view of waikiki beach from my lanai at the moana

maitai lunch!

wowing winnie & abby with a quick stop at lanikai

matsumotos!!!!!! 


ramen date with my fonsey
a pretty birdie in waikiki

malasadas for everyone!!!!! the best

fonsey brought us cupcakes from hokulani.  ono!


winnie & posing with the lotte sign out at ko'olina golf club
ko'olina sunset...aloha hawaii!!!

Sunday, April 6, 2014

these two

they don't make 'em much cuter

Sunday, March 23, 2014

cousin fun

enjoying a sunny spring hike

digging with olivia at the playground sandpit
we took a couple wrong turns...someone needed a lift


Sunday, March 2, 2014

happy birthday...to me!

another year older...grammie & grampie treated us to a great birthday dinner at Decarli in downtown beaverton. the food is excellent!!! i got showered with presents (love that!) and of course i loved spending my birthday with my favorite people!!!
birthday fam. jackie LOVES eating out, as you can see

the original 3.

semi close up of just one of the awesome desserts...salted caramel cheesecake. YUM