Spring break part 2

My mom does an annual Easter egg hunt for the grandkids and cousins. This year, she brought it to us!

 Another spring break adventure: Cannery Row and Lover's Point. An unexpected beach trip, so we were in jeans with no towels but no one cared in the end. 

My buff brother, Ben.

A reluctant merman. 

All these amazing spring break pictures were taken by this gorgeous photographer, my sister Laura!

This trip was divine--thanks to my lovely family for coming!

Ian's baptism

Ian was baptized in the same ceremony with his buddy Boston, who is my best friend Beth's son. It was so special to have the Gardner and the Rood families together.

Rochelle Gardner and Louise Rood were high school best friends. Their daughters, Beth Bernards and me, Bonnie Brien, were also high school best friends. Now our daughters, Claire and Audrey are buddies. This is a happy reunion.

Ian's birthday shenanigans

Ian celebrated his birthday by taking his friend Gavin to Jump 'n Around and then back to our house for pizza, brownies and video games. Happy birthday Ian!

March fun

Early March: hiking with the family; Audrey gets a bold new haircut; and Paul came for an impromptu visit to be my date to Matilda: the Broadway Musical. We have fun!

Ian is eight!

This beautiful boy turned 8, got baptized, and we had these gorgeous pictures taken!

February

Mr. B took Audrey to the school Daddy-daughter dance and they had a great time!

Meanwhile, I took the boys on a date to the Lego Batman movie--loved it!

 I pulled out sewing stuff after a year of neglect and made the kids and their stuffies fleece scarves. Actually no sewing was required...but I'm signed up for a class in March!

 A family walk to the Monarch Sanctuary. We didn't see any butterflies because they've moved on, but we have seen some flying around PG.

 There has been a lot of rain this winter, bringing us out of a years-long drought. Apparently the rain brought us salamanders too, right to our own backyard. Love it!

 Beth graciously watched our kids for four days so Mr. B and I could run off to Vegas and relax, eat, adventure and see Finding Neverland, the Broadway musical. It was a lovely weekend away. And I tried Uber and thought it was great.