This happens when MOM is in Cali and Dad @ Home alone

My Baby Brother

...graduated today! I got teary thinking that he is so grown up now. And the last Aldrich to graduate from OHS. He is such a handsome talented wonderful boy. I love you, Jolie Kitten!

sidenote: Rebecca thought Joel was a celebrity because she watched him "walk". She was a little scared of him for a second...you can see in one of those pictures.
I also ran into a student from my very first year teaching.
The fabulous Michael Bronson:

My little third graders are going out into the world!


For Joel's 18th birthday (on the 18th of May), he and I went out around town to collect 18 things. Above are pictures I took with his friends that we ran into on our journey. Um, yah...he a little bit popular. Holy COW.

Julio

(above: Stan, Jorg, Julio, Daniel, Roberto)
Monday we went to an awesome bbq for Julio. He and his beautiful wife and daughter are moving back to Mexico. Jorg's good friend, Daniel, put it all together.

The party was in Stan's backyard where they had chickens, hens, chickies, and a bee farm! Rebecca had a blast petting the chickies. And we bought 5 pounds of honey to take home with us. The house is near the Provo temple, so we think some of the nectar is from the flowers on the temple grounds. Pretty spiffy.
We are going to miss the Sonoro family!

Something New

Last week, Omi and Grandpa came down for a visit. They set up a new swing set for the luckiest girl! They also brought a little sand box. Rebecca enjoys our backyard so much, thanks to these two.

And Birgit made me a birthday cake! It is in the shape of a butterfly and has little ice cream cones on top. We all know I love ice cream!!!
Thank you sooooooo much, Birgit and Jim!

I turned 29 again!

Horray! Party! Balloons! Hor-ray!
Okay, there was no party or balloons. But there WAs:
morning cheesecake
Wii Fit hidden in the backyard
lunch with friends (thanks Tanya, Georgia, and Corinne!)
shopping
movie with Jorg
visit and babysitting from my mom
gourmet cupcakes (thanks, Em!)
phone calls, messages, mail, and email from loved ones
ice cream

playing at the park

hugs and kissies from my girl and eternal boyfriend
I liked it
Thank you so much for the birthday love!

Lane and Kim

My cutie pie brother got engaged over the weekend to Kim!
She's great and we love her.
Congratulations, you two! Check out their blog.

Cherry Baby

I have no idea how we survived the winter. Playing outside is fun!
We like it!

Terrific at Two

Party!

Thanks to our personal party photographer: Emily, of course!

The Pre-Party

Our girl was so, so, so excited for her party!

Can you tell?

Young McBecca Had a Farm,

again!Jorg took three days off this week and we played and played!
One day we went to Farm Country.

We like Farm Country!
Click here and here for past fun on the farm.

Making Stuff

for my mom's nursery,
and

for our girl's birthday party!

I got the idea for the blocks from my friend, Abby!
I got the wood cut at Lowe's,
sanded & stained them,
cut all the paper pieces (pictures also printed on paper),
modge-podged everything...layer by layer.
If you do this, don't get worried when everything puckers.
It will lay flat when it dries.
Tied ribbons.

Also,
I got the idea for the magnets from my friend, Corinne.
Tutorial here.