What's been going on?

Happy Belated Mothers Day!
This picture was taken minutes ago. Cory thought I looked kinda of funny. I was just being practical. I was going back and forth from home and the laundry mat.Last weekend. We planted our vegetable garden. I will still be planting tomato plants too!It is amazing how fast plants can grow in just one week. All of the rain really helps. in of closest bed (bottom left) the seeds are already sprouting. Also, we added one more raised bed yesterday. I now have lots of vegetables growing including: chives, broccoli, swiss chard, yellow squash, zucchini, basil, parsley, cilantro, radishes, rosemary, 3 types of mint, dill, and lemon thyme.

There is a lot of green in this picture! The park is amazing!

Joel and his girlfriend, Kira came and stayed with us last weekend. They both live and go to school in Rochester, NY. Also pictured is Kira's friend who lives in Manhattan. We ate at Bonnie's Grill in Park Slope for our Mother's Day meal. They have the best burgers. This is what we have heard. However, when four vegi-eaters go into a place like this we have to get the vegi burgers of course! The meaty burgers did look really good.


We took a stroll through Prospect Park after lunch.Pretty view!


Wow, what's going on inside of my belly? I am at about 4 1/1 months in this picture.Cory loves his hammock. He has been working really hard in our backyard. I will have to take more pictures later.
A couple of weeks ago, my school had there annual bennefit dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. This year was extra special because they are celebrating the 70th year of the organization which was started by this man...Tony Duke. Also, of Duke university. He is a really neat man!
The hotel is amazing. If you want to come and visit I recommend this hotel if you have a few extra pennies to spare.

The dessert may not look like much but it was amazing. Basically it is ice cream with toasted meringue on the outside.


Pictured below are 3 out of the 5 teachers that I work with. Ed, Matt, and Tim. We all get along nicely.
Waheeda (school secretary/administrator) and I are making a Chevy Chase sandwich. He was one of the speakers at the benefit which was hosted by Stone Phillips. I can also point out that Waheeda is wearing a $14,000 diamond Tiffany bracelet on her right wrist. It was one of the items that was auctioned off.
Hans Hageman is the school director (my boss)!
A group of students also attended. The students painted pictures that were sold in a silent auction to help raise money for Aids in Africa.
The Grand Ballroom before everyone entered.
Some of my girl students!
Artwork done by two of the girls pictured above and my growing belly bump.
Pretty Pretty

How the city feels today...

Spring Things

Meet our back yard buddy. I call her "Shelia" or "Pumpkin." She visits us when we are working in our back yard. She is the most affectionate cat I have met. I wish she could talk so she could tell me where she is from. I don't think that she has a home now but it sure seems like she has had one in the past. She want to make a home with us but unfortunately we can't do that.We visited the Brooklyn Botanical Garden on Saturday. It was packed because all of the tress are in bloom.

Tulips are also in full bloom everywhere.

I love how vibrant they are.

On Thursday I had a day off (Congrats to Anthony who graduated from boot camp: The school went to his graduation and let everyone else have the day off) and Cory and I met Clem and Ryan in Prospect Park for a picnic and frisbee outing.

Cory loves flying his shark kite. He found it at the park because it was missing a piece but it still flies thanks to a good old fashion stick!

An early morning before work picture.

Beautiful bulbs in front of a Park Slope house.

Prospect Park

A busy day at the Dog Beach. My favorite place to hang out in the park because there is always a show happening.

How do you like our new table and chairs? I love it! It was manufactered by Arvin company (I'm not familar), as it says on the original label underneath. It was posted on Craigs List as a "yellow metal 50's style table" and would be put out at 10pm. So, we showed up at 9:30 and there it was. We were a few miles away from home so we were happy to have a cab pull up next to us. So, this free table just cost us a cab ride home. Well worth it! In this picture you can also see out three tomato plants growing on our window sill. We will plant them in the back yard when they are big enough. On Sunday after church we went to Union Square for the annual Gardan Grows Festival. It is my favorite festival of all year. They give out plants and food at every booth. Planted already in the backyard is an ivy plant and a marigold plant. I also won a raffle prize of a hand held outdoor radio and pruning shears. Good Times.

New Beginnings

Happy Easter from the Happy couple

Me and the Clemster
For Easter Sunday after church we got together with friends to eat and celebrate. Joe's mom who was in town for a few days made a wonderful dinner for all of us!
My new shirt than Nathan made for me. Room to grow!
Spring has Sprung
Cory and Jamie in the subway.
On Easter we also celebrated Will's baptism from the night before.
There was the annual world wide pillow fight in Union Square. It was crazy. Feathers were flying in the air for miles.



I met Christina and Jessica at a bakery to celebrate the child in my womb.
Cory and Jamie performed three songs at a bar in Williamsburg!
For 10 minuntes I watched Cory and the man in the background. They were unaware that they were doing the exact same thing.