getting caught up

i can't believe how much i have to catch up on!

• before we went on vacation, we celebrated chris' 30th birthday w/dinner at earl's and then everyone came back to our place and played guitar hero. fun :-) that weekend happened to coincide with having cary again. double fun!

• father's day weekend - action-packed! on saturday we had dinner at my parents' house, and i got to see my cousin's baby, bethany, who was born while we were away. that fateful weekend i discovered i'm somewhat baby-challenged. i was given one of the feeding and burping duties...apparently i'm not very coordinated w/"floppy" unswadled babies. nonetheless, i gave it my best shot, and bethany was not harmed (well, she didn't cry!) :P

• and then on sunday, we went to provence for brunch w/my family. the service was a bit slow, but the food was excellent. even though i can make it, i always enjoy eggs benedict...this one came w/smoked salmon :-)
  
• this week also marked my return to my puppy-cuddling! i was overjoyed when i got to the kennel and saw two new dogs....grace (a 3 month old yellow lab) and delaney (a black goldendoodle). lucy and cary are still in the kennel awaiting puppyraisers within the next month or so.
  
• on thursday chris finally put our new bbq to use. we had his parents over for dinner and chris fired up the steaks. he's had to adjust his cooking time because our bbq has more burners so it cooks a lot faster than he was used to. mmmm, looking forward to a lot more bbq-ing this summer! maui ribs, baby :-)
  
• and now, i'm taking it easy this weekend. sort of. we have buster w/us, and he's just as cute as can be! i'm booked for back-to-back puppies...after we say farewell to buster on thursday, i've been asked to puppysit for linus! we'll see how the rest of this weekend goes...