Still Lucky in Love after 13 Years

"Take my picture!"

We sat down to put on shoes before leaving for preschool and I stopped to grab my camera in hopes to finally remember to get some pics of Caden's classmates to keep up with my room-mom duties. Caden saw the camera and said his usual, "Take my picture!" so we had an impromptu photo shoot.

and I forgot to take pics at school AGAIN!

...hurry up and bring your jukebox money...

4 o'clock Friday @ the Del Mar Races

We played the ponies...

and danced to the B-52s...one of just a handful of bands that Shawn and I BOTH love. Different songs, of course and they played a mix of them all. What a great concert!!

Established 1998

July 31st XOXO

20th Reunion - Saturday Night @ Torrey Pines Hilton

What a wonderful evening with great friends!

At his point in the evening, Shawn was attempting to change his identity.

And then it was time to hit the dance floor...

I know I'm lucky to have grown up with such an incredible group of friends...and all these years later, we still share so much together. Only now, our stories revolve around family, work, home repairs and travel destinations.

20th Reunion - Friday nite @ Bangin Burgers

.. To kick off our reunion weekend, we had a mixer at Bangin Burgers on Mira Mar road. It's owned by a classmate of mine who knows how to throw a party. The Burgers and Fries were delish (I had a peanut better bacon burger, DELISH!) but it was the company that really made the night.

Some of the greatest friends on Earth! I'm so lucky!!

Those Jackson Sisters are still lookers!

Can't wait to show this pic to Champ. Two soccer players from the 1990 CIF winning team.

Party Crashers from '89 & '91, glad they came to play

Jen tries out a new look

and shows off her guard skills, silly girl!

What a fun night! Round Two tomorrow!

more plum craziness

I experimented a little more this year, since we had plums breaking limbs off the tree, we couldn't pick them fast enough.

I tried a plum jalapeno salsa...it was interesting. I'm not a big fan of jalapenos, but I liked it with chips. Shawn liked it too but after a day or two in the fridge, it was done. This is a salsa that needs to be eaten the same day it is made.

I also made Upside-down plum blueberry cupcakes...so delish! I adapted this recipe. I will DEFINITELY make this again and again and again! I wish I could make another batch but I don't dare buy plums from the store, they just don't taste the same! I also made homemade turnovers using frozen puff pastry...super easy and super yummy. I just put about a tablespoon of jam in a square of dough, egg washed the sides and top and baked according to directions. So super yummy!