A little help from my friends

The other weekend we went down to babysit for Jeremy and Jamie for the weekend and decided to grill steaks for dinner. I was a little concerned that this might be difficult, since grilling is a mans job so I am told (after all there is fire, and danger) and because we did after all have all our attention focused on Noah. But we started the barbecue anyway, hoping that somehow I'd be able to get the job done.

Not long after, someone came to my rescue...not the kind of help I was longing for, though. I had hoped for someone with a free hand, but I guess a few paws were all I was gonna get, so I had better be grateful.



At least the cleanup went quickly.




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NJ weekend

Visiting family and friends NOT on a holiday and NOT in winter was a great idea. Joe behaved, and we had a really great time! It went fast but was really the right length...Here was our agenda:

Friday night
Pam, Jay, Andrea and Jessica
Grammy

Saturday
Gabriel's Fountain (pancakes with chips and nuts, of course)
Diane and Tommy
Paul and Lynn
Christa and Andy
Darlene and Ray

Sunday
Church at Zarephath
Harry and Francine
Chris and Kari
Bob, Lynn, Rick and Pam

Monday
Grandpa Longo

Then we wrapped it all up with some Jersey pizza and sub sandwich.

It all went off great thanks to a great planner/coordinator (she now officially does weddings and vacations for a reasonable fee).























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Park times

We have had a lot of outdoor park times this past month with visitors (thanks for coming, Stephanie!) and just going outside for fun because we can. This is really our "springtime" here in the desert, since summer is when we stay indoors due to extreme heat of course. So if this looks like gloating it is a little. Notice we don't comment about weather when it's 120.

Lots of pics with Elijah and Stephanie, some including Jamie and Noah and even some with Joe too. Enjoy!

The Lion "is" King

We went to a show the other night at the ASU Gammage theater in Tempe...The Lion King was in town and we had never seen it. A short ride in and a very nice evening.

(please don't ask me why when we lived in NJ and could just hop into NYC that we never went to this ...or any other show. It defies logic; we are just too cheap!)



Anyway, it was a GREAT show. We had nosebleed tickets and felt like we could fall down into the next row so easily you wouldn't believe it with the absolutely insane stadium seating, but that brought us that much closer to the stage so we cant complain. and for $24 bucks, I'm keeping my mouth shut!

If you have seen it you will appreciate that the costumes are fantastic, absolutely worth the price of admission for that alone. And I always loved the music. The story isn't bad either. Too bad we didn't know Stephanie would be with us when we bought the tickets months ago, or she would have been right along with us.

So if you get the chance go see it. You will just love it. Oh, and by the way, in case anyone should ask you, Pumbaa isn't a Javlina after all, he's a wart hog!

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Feed-back

Definition: The return of a portion of the output of a process or system to the input, especially when used to maintain performance or to control a system or process

I never realized how important your comments would be to my motivation...and conversely how much you probably appreciate feedback on all the good blog posts and emails that you have sent over the months and years.

Well I'm gonna be blunt - I really look forward to seeing comments when I make a post. So...help a brother out, will ya?

Love y'all!



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OSP

I think I did a post on this already...but Organ Stop Pizza is an amazing place. We were here once before but went there tonight with Grammy and she had a FANTASTIC time!!!



The place is filled with the pipes and other instruments all connected to a giant organ...they are spread everywhere throughout the hall you eat in - all are in working order. An expert musician plays a variety of songs in sets from marching music by John Phillip Susa (moms favorite) to Disney Mary Poppins and Mickey mouse club and Hawaii 5-0 in between.



You have to see it to believe it, and the experience is well worth it. The food is OK but the Blue Bell ice cream cones are to die for. And yes, those are cat puppets in front of the organist that dance along at times too. It's a hoot!


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Gravity 3D - oh yeah!

If you haven seen this space thriller yet, drop whatever you are doing and go to the movies right now.



This in not your ordinary sci-fi boarding flick ladies...this is a tear-jerker that will captivate the whole family. I promise if you splurge on the extra few bucks to see it in 3d you will not regret it. It had me INSIDE the movie the entire.90.minutes. Sure, there are gaping holes in the plot, but who cares. You are traveling right along with Sandra and George who are both terrific. Besides, no matter how busy you are, it will be a great diversion.


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