Let Them Eat Cake

Just a quick post!

This past Saturday Emma and I worked for some friends of ours, Pete and Jen, for a party they were throwing for a wedding reception. Emma made the cake and I was hired to take some photos of the goings on. It was fun to do and Emma's cake turned out wonderful!! It was super tasty too.

Once I get a minute I will post some more photos of the event.

Wine Tasting and Education at Erath Vineyards

A couple of weeks ago Emma and I went with a group from her school to learn more about wine and how the affects of the ground that the grapes are grown in affect the taste of the wine. I learned probably more then I ever thought I would have about wine but it was fun. Afterwords some of use followed John, a co-worker of Emma's to where he makes his own wine. It was really cool to taste the different types of wine that he is producing and to see what the difference was between the wines grown at different locations. I am not that into wine like I am with beer but it was great to learn more about it.

The picture above is some of the group and the below pictures are from John's warehouse. The final picture is the press that he uses to get all the goodness out of the grapes!!!

Cell Phone Ban!

For everyone in California and Washington...good times!!

The 4th and Past Weekend

Have you ever wanted to have your very own fireworks display in your very own backyard??? Have you ever wanted to blow up so much stuff that you yourself could burst?? Have you ever wanted to "legally" burn your neighbors house down?? If so....come to Oregon where the fireworks are illegal but Washington state is just a stone's throw away and filled with fireworks stands!

Ok I admit I was being goofy but this year it really got to me. I am not sure if we have been around the house during the 4th but this year it was crazy. It was like a war zone and the streets were filled with so much smoke we had to shut all the windows to stop the smell of sulfur from getting in. I guess I was a bit more sensitive also because we were babysitting some pups for some friends. Nina and Marco came over on Wednesday night and stayed till Sunday. Luckily the fireworks didn't bother them too bad and we tried turning the sound up on the tv and made sure to reassure them that the world wasn't at war!!

Other then that crazy evening it was a nice weekend. The weather was nice and not too warm. The pups all had a nice time playing with each other and took lots of naps.

In the evenings we manged to get everyone asleep in a short amount of time. Nina joined us on the bed and Emma designated a "Doggy Lane" down the middle of the bed. Nina sometimes went under the sheets but was a bit tricky with the 70 pound pup at the bottom of the bed!!

Here are some pictures from their visit.



Puma was pretty bummed when they left. I think he is still waiting for them to come back to play.


Also, our garden has really started to spring up again this year. From what I can remember, we are growing, peppers, tomatoes, onions, Jalapeno's, green beans, peas, zucchini and two kinds of blueberries. We have a bunch of different varieties of the peppers and tomatoes but none have gotten past the flowering stage. Should be a great year for veggies.

Here is a picture of the green beans out front and a flower from one of the peppers: