Happy 32nd to my love!

Chris spent the day (and a few hours a few other days!) creating a water-slip-and-slide for all ages!

Owen really wanted to make Chris a "man face cake" so this is what he got... I used a razor blade and created a stencil. It was pretty funny.

The girl cousins picked out Uncle Chris's birthday hat, which he donned in the field the whole afternoon.

Cousins all had a blast!

My beautiful moms!

And not-excited-for-photos Papas!

Ara stayed up late so we let her snuggle with Lil and zone out on photos on Wynt's phone.

Ice cream cake or popsicles? Hard choice!

Happiest birthday Chris!

Just sittin on eggs

Henny spent the month of May sitting on eggs. We've never "allowed" them to do so, but I figured we would let it ride. It really was fun to check the eggs, mark them, and to have the hope that a chick may come out of the ordeal. Well 21 days passed, 28 days passed, and then into the upper 30's. A broody hen only leaves her eggs 1 maybe 2 times per day, thus losing body weight, making horridly huge broody poops, and attempting to hydrate and eat in her quick break. Therefore, it really isn't good for a hen to brood too long. 

 It was fun but no chicks hatched. And we didn't get many eggs to eat...

 The hollyhocks started to bloom, which is one of the signs that summer is here~

  A volunteer sunflower about 4 feet tall at the time.

 My helper bringing egg cartons down to the chicken yard.

 These two spend hours playing and jumping. We had a relaxing afternoon watching airplanes, birds, and bugs fly by. We were laying on the trampoline for almost an hour!

Plum tuckered out

 One of my favorite garden sights is seeds emerging into plants. Just in this little part of dirt these sprouts are in different stages of growth, even though we planted them at the same time. That's a good reminder that we're all on our own time.

 These littles are great helpers. The metal bucket has chicken scratch in it which they share with the chickens in plentiful amounts daily. This quick snapped shot also shows them sharing with each other which is just lovely!

 Another quick snapshot~ Twins~ I haven't really realized how  much they look alike until I stared at this photo for a while. They really have the same squinty happy eyes!

 Potato harvesting was a let down this year. The drip system wasn't watering that raised bed very well so the early heat of June did not help the plants thrive. We usually harvest mid July but we pulled them out a month early.

                     Digging for treasures

 One of Gramp's old hats and a stick makes for a nice scarecrow.

 Zinnia fever is coming!!

 O helping me thin out the asparagus plants.

 Zinnias and asparagus

 Water is SO enticing to play with~

 Ooops found some plums from last year in the deep freezer... When this years tree was almost ready... We also went blueberry picking a couple of times in June and they made for a sweet galette treat.

 Very hard to see but we had a family of wild turkeys live on our property for about a week. They had 3 babies which were so sweet to watch run around the property.

Nasty! These are all over this month, inside the house mostly.

 Helping pick cherries~

 Taking in the morning~

 Owen calls them dust buddies~ chickens roll in the dirt to "clean" their feathers and body

SF for the weekend... Husband and Wife!

We decided to plan a quick getaway in less than 2 weeks... And it worked! Marsh (grandma) started out committing to one night and we asked for more. She obliged which was super duper awesome!

We started our adventure off at my favorite restaurant, Chez Panisse in Berkeley. We literally rolled up at 2:59 with reservations at 3. I was stressing a little but it all worked out. Even though we were really hungry I couldn't decide on a salad so I just waited patiently for my main. The spring pasta dish was finger licking good, and the mushrooms were so meaty.

In our 10 years together we were pretty sure that we haven't eaten here together. Although I think we may have about 9-10 years ago. Come on that was a while ago! So yum! Love watching the crew in the open kitchen prep everything.

We didn't really have an agenda which was really great. The only place we needed to be was the ball park at 5 on Saturday night. My priorities were: see something pretty, get some exercise in, and connect with Chris. Check, check, check! We walked to the ferry building on Saturday, took in the farmer's market, and sat outside on the back deck area for a while.

We had a bench to ourselves for a while~ quiet, calm, peaceful, good for the soul.

After a relaxing lunch at an organic cafe near the Ferry building, we decided to walk some more, and walked down to the ball park. My dad purchased a family brick that I had never seen in person. We looked for a while and then found it.

Because, you know, CB2 is us, Chris/Chelsea :). a General contracting business. Kinda works both ways, ha!

I did clock the second half of our walk that day, from the Ferry building, to the ball park, and then to our hotel. Round trip it was about 7 miles. We soaked up some vitamin D that day. Little did we know we would add another 3 miles later on!

We got to the park early so Chris could go through his routine. He likes to go try to catch balls when the teams are warming up. It was a new experience for me, I made sure to pay attention. I grabbed the backpack and ran a few times for fear of a ball hitting me!

Our seats were by the Braves side bull pen, second row. It was RAD!

WE ARE HAPPY! To be free and reconnect is pretty sweet!!

Oh! Look who also made it!!! My sister! Jac and Colin actually cooked up this weekend and that is what inspired me to copycat them and make our own getaway! You can see how sweet the seats were!

All four of us freezing our tushies off but having a great time (despite the giants loss...)

KISS CAM!

After the game we walked back (more steps!) to Jac's car since Chris and I had taken a taxi. Chris had some friends who were also visiting the city so we decided to go for it and met up with them at the tipsy pig. The boys couldn't handle my flash and look like deer in the headlights here.

We went to a teensy cozy yummy restaurant both mornings called farm:table. The "restaurant" had literally one small square communal farm table. Our second morning we ordered what we should have ordered the first morning- daily toast (focaccia with marscapone, fresh fruit, and pistachios... SO GOOD! Everyone at the table was visiting SF- one side of the table from Santa Monica, and the other from Spain. The couple from LA was having remorse for ordering a pastry. I reassured them no judgement from my department. We cozied up, took down this breakfast, and really enjoyed spending quiet meals together. We rarely sit together for any period of time, and we did this a lot in the 48 hours we were gone. It was so priceless!