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Monday, May 11, 2009

Visit with Michelle

My softball teammate and friend from college came to stay with us this past week for a few days. We had a blast, catching up, playing with Emma, and, of course, eating.



I introduced Michelle to Swagbucks. Its a search engine (like Google) but it gives you points (called swagbucks) as you search on the internet. It is powered by Google and Ask.com, so the searches return decent results. (and yes, this has turned into a shameless plug)

I used Google all the time for my searches, but I have switched to Swagbucks because I can be rewarded for just searching on the internet. Since the search engine isn't quite as good, I will occasionally still have to use Google to find what I'm after.

If you are interested in signing up, click on this link, and I will refer you! (And you will automatically get 3 swagbucks!) Referring a friend is one way to earn additional Swagbucks. I believe you can win up to 100 Swagbucks from each friend that you refer. (Once you join, you can start referring too!)

I actually have not traded in any of my Swagbucks yet. I have enough for a $5 Amazon gift card, but I think I'm holding out for something a little bigger. There are some pretty sweet prizes like iPhones, etc, but they require A TON of swagbucks. The way to go is definitely to refer people; you can earn a lot more that way. You can also make many of your online purchases through the swagbucks website and earn swagbucks that way too.
(here ends my shameless plug)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Emma's first pitching lesson


She's gonna be great with such a great teacher!!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Emma laughing

Finally! Daddy making Emma laugh...caught on camera...

Cinco de Mayo - and birthdays!

Happy birthday, Sarah!

Happy birthday, Dad!



We had guacamole last night in preparation for Cinco de Mayo...it is the best recipe ever (courtasy of Sarah!)


Perfectly ripened avocados, onions, tomatos, fresh squeezed lime...

Hot sauce, cumin, and cilanto that I grew myself!

No final picture :-( it was just so good!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Homemade and new Emma pictures

I had quite a busy few days last week, making lots of things at home. The only picture that I have so far is of this french bread pizza:


Not only was the pizza homemade, but so was the french bread and the sauce! I also made granola (which we ate all of in just a week), as well as homemade yogurt (to go with the granola that is now gone...).


Emma rolled over on Thursday, 2 different times.

She had fun playing with Daddy:
And posing while Mommy took pictures:

You learn something every day...

Today I realized why I don't put those cute headbands on Emma:


She's sacked out

Happy Star Wars Day!

May the 4th be with you.
(Martin sent this to me this morning)