Shore Day!

Man, this 80 degree weather we're having aint no April Fool's joke! We headed to the Jersey shore with some other moms in our playgroup and had the best day ever! It was such a welcome relief from all the rain and cloudy March days-- and an even bigger relief when you think back to the snow we were buried in just a month ago.



We knew the water would be WAY too cold to swim in, but we went for the sun and sand anyway. And since they're my kids I sorta knew they'd find a way to get in the water anyway. And sure enough they were both splashing in the waves 3 seconds after we staked our spot-- and Zachy fell in face first a couple of times. Oops! That water made my bones ache! Lucy was off and running from the moment we got there with her buddies, so I mostly got pictures of the Zach-Attack:




Gotta love when the diaper gets so soggy it pulls your britches down! What a great field trip!

Spring Days

You know what they say, March showers bring April flowers! Okay, well, maybe they don't say that. But we've been getting a lot of rain as well as sunshine this March (luckily) so we're in for a very pretty spring. I'm sure it's a Graduation present from Mother Nature.


Somedays I can't fight both of 'em whining at me! They beg and plead to be let outdoors even in cold rainy weather, and sometimes I just cross my fingers they don't get pneumonia.:)

Spring also means cute new outfits for Luce, and a little while ago there was a bow-making party for all the women in our ward where I got to learn how to make super cute, cheap hair accessories! She loves being girly, and it was fun to actually feel crafty again.

With all of those bows and nowhere to put them I stole my sister in law's crafty idea and bought a blank artist's canvas, hot glued some ribbon on, and made it into something to hold all of her bows instead of cramming them in a drawer. Voila!

Jon's been having a little guy time too, thanks to MARCH MADNESS! He's pretty happy he has his Little Buddy to enjoy some of the basketball games with him this year.

And here's another little spring ray of sunshine! Happy Spring!

Cheese Steak Connossiuers, part 6

Location: Gooey Looie's, 213 McClellan St., Philadelphia, PA
Operation: Try-Other-Cheese Steaks (besides the Big 3) while living in Philly continues! Last night we ventured way out to Pennsport, a little neighborhood in South Philly where we'd heard from several past graduating students that it was one of their favorite neighborhood steak joints. It's also (supposedly) where the LDS missionaries do their "Challenge," because Gooey's is know for being just that-- big and GOOEY!

Me outside of Gooey's. It is SMALL and definitely hard to find!! If you go, don't plan on eating inside because there literally is no where to turn around, it was so packed with people and food.



There it is! In all of its glory and splendor...and GREASE. It should be renamed "Greasy Looie's," but then again maybe that's what they meant by gooey. Positives: It was BIG. There was lots of steak and cheese for everyone. The bread was also nice and chewy, just the way we like it! Negatives: There was no flavor there other than grease, even though we asked for onions and wiz. So, sorry Gooey, you're not hanging with the Big Boyz in our book!

(I couldn't resist snapping this little man! He is about a week away from his 1st birthday and looking so, so grown up! Where did my little baby go??)
Since the time is not far from hand that we will be moving westward ho, here are the current rankings from our Cheese Steak Connossiuer-ing over the last 4 years:
1. Tony Luke's
2. Pat's
3. Geno's
4. Chubby's
5. Dalessandro's
6. Cappy's
7. Gooey Looie's
8. TUH

I know we still haven't hit some of the big names (Jim's! Steve's!) but we're working on it... Let me know if I'm missing your favorite cheese steak joint!