CDM and Fair

I'm finally able to venture out on adventures with the kids. Here are some pics from the Museum:

And we rode the bus and light rail to the fairgrounds:

Eden's Favorite Bridge

Eden loves the Golden Gate Bridge. I tell her how lucky she is we live sooooo close to it. We spent last Saturday at Crissy Field.

Inspiration

Another month gone by and no posts.... Not that there wasn't blog worthy stuff going on around here I just never found the inspiration to write it all down.
But there were two posts in my reader today that I wanted to pass on:

From SFGate:
When the Pope visited San Francisco

Considering I wasn't even Catholic in 1987 and 12 years old, this was not in my memory banks. A very surprising blast to the past with one of my favorites!

From Archbishop Dolan:
A Blessed Pentecost Sunday 

 I love Pentecost because I love the Holy Spirit. And I always love the words from Dolan.

JP Two, We Love You!

The upcoming beatification of John Paul II has brought me back to my visit to Rome in the Jubilee year 2000. I feel so grateful and blessed that I was able to see this great man in person. I can't believe it has been 11 years.....

This was a photo from his Wednesday audience in May 2000.

Thanks to Cathy's friend, Fr. Joe Fowler, we were able to sit above the square just to the left of where JP II sat. We were so close to him, it was awesome!

This is my "posed" picture with the Swiss Guard. I LOVE those guys! My favorite part of the picture is his strict gaze on the pope.

We also happened upon his appearance at the Colosseum for an ecumenical service. Since we didn't know it was happening, we are very far away but I promise he is there on that stage.

We had such a great time!
We love you Papa!!

Some Easter Pics

Let's get shopping.....

Ironic that I read this blog post when I did:
http://www.bettybeguiles.com/2011/04/no-more-yoga-pants.html

As I was coming up with an ode to my yoga pants because I loved them so...
But no longer!

Ha, schedules.....

So I lasted three weeks on a blog writing schedule and then nothing......
Two weeks ago, everything started out great, hence the Coco mini-vacation post. At the end of the week, we were dealt two not so good news that has taken some time for me to process. I needed last week to process.
But now I am out of that funk, kicking those bad newsies to the curb and moving on.
We are really looking forward to Easter as I'm sure many are during this stage of Lent. We've been sneaking a few chocolate eggs or as Eden calls them, "candy easter" and jelly beans.
I've forgotten to update a few things about Anna that have happened in the past month or so: she is officially down to one afternoon nap and no more bottles. Kind of convenient for these to happen right around 18 months, makes it easier to remember. She had no problem transitioning away from the bottle. We just started to give her one a day for a week and then none but she didn't even care. We couldn't remember when Eden stopped the bottle, probably around the same time. We were thrilled that her two naps lasted as long as they did because Eden gave up her morning nap around 11 or 12 months and then nap altogether around 2 years. Here's hoping Anna can keep hers up awhile longer.
I will expand more on our news as I gather more information.....