Baby BBQ

Yesterday we had a delightful time celebrating our baby-on-the-way with many good friends--and look, I'm actually posting photos the VERY NEXT DAY! (Don't expect this trend to continue.)

Many thanks to those of you who were able to come and share your well-wishes and good company with us!

Adam, meet Ella--Ella, this is Adam. No, he is in no way related to you, but seeing as those are probably cheerios in his hand, I think you two will get along just fine.

Natalie, Brian, & Toby--and their baby-on-the-way--arrive on the scene.

With Erica & Alex comes baby-on-the-way number three--it was practically a pregnancy convention!

Dane & Sigard, who chose to be photographed sans parental units...

...giving their parents their own photo opp; Marc & Katherine.

Jess, Sara, Nikki, & Paloma--the knitting contingent :-)

Paloma, managing to entertain both Mia (2 years) and Ella (1 year), neither of whom is actually her child, whilst reading my favorite children's book: My Many Colored Days, by Dr. Seuss.

Toby, a.k.a. Mr. Cool.

Ioan, looking incredulous..."you really want to take my picture?"

Proof that time flies: I was particularly excited to see these good friends again--I used to work as a nanny for this family. Billy, far left, was only 10 months old when I started working for them--here he is, almost 5 years old already!

Snow Days :)

Sorry folks, for the long delay in posting. Turns out that storm really did come (eventually), and dropped about 13 inches of snow on us here in Saint Paul...and then we got another 18 inches over the past 48 hours!

We and our friends hate snow...so this was a terrible hardship for us, as you can see below.

Andria & Matt pose by their mini-snowman creation
Andrea and Spencer suspiciously look like they're preparing for a snowball fight...
"Wheee!" says Andria (and "burrr!" as snow flies up the back of her coat)
We learned that tire swings weren't really designed for two adults...
Andrea the snow-angel


Snowball? What snowball? I'm not holding a snowball.


"Neither am I," thinks Spencer, as he suspiciously hides behind the slide, waiting to attack


I think Andy knows where Spencer is hiding.

Sushi Night

Recently, we here in Gubbins-land enjoyed a lovely night of sushi-making with some friends. While the result was by no means a gourmet banquet, it was lovely enough to convince us that we need to buy our own sushi mat!