Luke and I are trying to get back to Seattle for a friends wedding at the end of May, but we don’t know if it will happen. Gas prices have sored which means plane tickets have also sored. We are looking at about $450-500.00 for the two of us and that’s just airfare. Yikes! It’s possible that we might be able to stay with some people the bride-to-be knows, but that’s all up in the air. The other thing is that my mom has already agreed to watch Corbin for the weekend, so we don’t have to worry about traveling with a 6 month old if we choose to go. The question is, do we shut up about it and put it on the credit card or do we tell our friend we can’t make it and lose out on a weekend alone in Seattle?

What a jumbled up day. The plan was to go to the Zoo and arrive by 9am, but I ended up babysitting. Everyone I had originally planned on going to the Zoo with either got sick or had a change of plans and I didn’t find out till the night before or the morning of, so I thought I’d try to kidnap my friend Angie who was house sitting up in Carmel Mountain and take her with me. That didn’t go as well as I imagined in my mind. She accidentally turned her phone off instead of the alarm (that’s what she told me later that day). So much for my attempt at being spontaneous. While I was waiting for Angie to call back, my friend Hope called and asked if I could do her the biggest favor and watch Heather’s kids so she could help her with her tile floor. I accepted because I knew by then Angie wasn’t going to call me back and I was already out and about. The good thing is that I was ready to be gone for the day and had plenty of food, bottles, water, clothes, toys and the pack and play. We were set! We headed down the 163 and made good time. When I arrived Heather walked me through the routine and took off. Her kids were awesome and are for the most part self sufficient. They ate lunch and played outside…so easy! Corbin enjoyed sitting outside and watching the boys play. He just starred and laughed. After about an hour Heather returned and said after all that she couldn’t help Hope out after all. What!?! She could only cut tile, not marble…BUMMER! Thankfully Heather is super resourceful and got on her phone and started calling around to find someone who could help Hope out. I love her for that. Anyways…I left soon after and went home. What a day…not what I thought it was going to be, but nonetheless it was nice to be outside.

Today Corbin celebrated his first Easter (3 months 3 weeks old). We spent the day with my family. They get together every year for lunch and my nieces have several egg hunts (Uncle Ed gets to hide them over and over and over again) throughout the day. Don’t worry, the eggs are plastic. This year Corbin was unable to participate, but those girls better watch out next year. Corbin will definitely be walking by then, if not running and I know he’ll want to play too.

We were invited to join some people at Mission Bay today and I’m so glad we went. It was an absolutely beautiful day at the bay…75 degrees with a light breeze. Awesome! Corbin also loved being outside. He didn’t nap well, but who could blame him. There was so much to see and the weather was fantastic. We spent the day lounging, playing volleyball, eating burgers and chips and soaking up the sun. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else on such a beautiful day in San Diego. We are truly blessed to live in a sunny place all year round.

I was running an errand this morning and as I was driving I couldn’t help but notice the truck in front of me. The bumper stickers said things like “Taking Drugs are Bad, The Drug War is Worse” and “PFLAG”, as well as having a Darwin fish with legs, and the big one was his license plate holder that said “Godless American”. My first reaction was “Wow, that’s bold” and then I got sad. Just the idea of being a Godless American cut me deep in the heart. It makes me wonder what had happened to this older gentleman lifetime that would make him so bold to denounce God’s existence and to reject him in a way where if he was looking God in the face he would be giving him the bird. I prayed for that gentleman because I know one day every knee will bow and I hope at that time he will know the real gospel.