My Garden...

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE having a garden! It's tiny and it's our first year trying it, but it is the greatest to have tomatoes from the garden. When we planted in May I really thought it was kind of a big waste of money, because I thought nothing would produce fruit. I am happy to say I was soooo wrong.

It's hard to believe that these beautiful tomato plants started out like this......

Actually, they started out much smaller this was after a month or so of growing.

I went out last week and picked everything that was ripe......

Can you believe all this! I was so happy, and I knew I must make salsa ASAP!

I got some great help making the salsa, Estee had her butter knife and kept cutting tomato after tomato and saying "we're making Sa-sa" it was dang cute!

I love this garden so much, I know it is tiny and people have much more awesome gardens, but I think mine is perfect! I am wondering why I haven't done this every year?

Estee's Tea Party

Estee had her third birthday! She had a fun tea party with some little friends. She LOVED it so much. All the cute girls wore their twirly, fluffy skirts. Here they all are trying to pose for the picture holding hands--so cute! The stars of the party were:

Estee the birthday girl!

Beautiful Ashlyn who loved drinking her "tea" (lemonade).

Darling Lydia who loved the fruit.

Cute Esther (or Da-do) who is never without blue bear

Sweet Ellie, the girl of little expression, but still looks adorable all the time!--don't you love this outfit!

Awesome Abby the helper, who loves little Lydia because she sucks her left thumb just like Abby always did.

Delicious Barbie Cake.

The girls loved these star and flower sandwiches! Estee had so much fun at her tea party! She tells me everyday"tomorrow is my tea party mom". She wants one everyday!

By the way, she dressed herself entirely, including the flower on her arm, and stripped socks.

Thanks to all her cute friends for coming--she loved it!

Here is a video of the party. Enjoy!

boys haircuts and cute dress!

It's been a while and I'll catch up later on all the summer activities missed....
First, I have to say thanks for Elizabeth for this adorable dress she MADE for Estee's birthday. She made it from Dan's old shirt, so it's even more special! She is the most talented sewer ever. I am loving this little dress and it's even cuter on than off. Take a look!

That's my adroable little three year old! In her cute dress made by her friends mommy, from her dad's shirt.

These have to be some of the funniest pics of the boys ever! We totally buzzed their hair off. I was so sick of the long hair and it never being combed. Jake was a good sport and laughed himself silly when he saw the half way done job. Andy just saw the pictures of himself and is refusing to let me see post them. Man alive, teenagers, What do you do with them!

All the boys, including Dan shaved off the hair. I think it looks like a great summer cut. Jake looks the most like a cancer patient, but still cute. And Andy and Dan look totally normal and cute as ever. Andy has been acting like a teenager and freaking out about the cut, but he is slowly getting use to it! Yay for summer!

Finally, residency is done!

It has been the worst of times, it has been the best of times--wait it hasn't been the best of times. It has been a LONG five years, but it has also flown by. I am really proud of Dan for finishing his residency is Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery with flying colors. I am also proud of me, and the kids for making it through this hard time. Here are the boys at a dinner where they honored the four graduating residents.

Dan with his certificate for an award he received. He was happy to get it and we were all proud of him.

Abby looking beautiful and all grown up!

Vasu and Dan (friends and both finished with residency!)

With buddy Brad and Dr. Bradford (the new Chair).

Dan's year of residents--he got really close to these guys after suffering together and spending so much time together. Vasu, Dan, Brad, and Supriti.

We were so happy Grandma and Lindsay came for a fun visit and to have Estee for the night, so we could enjoy the dinner :)

We did lots of fun things while Grandma and Lindsay were visiting, including going to Greektown in Detroit for some yummy Greek food, and also going to our favorite Astoria Bakery. We also got to go and get pedicures together, it was a so much fun and here we are with our beautiful toe nails!!

We loved having grandma and Lindsay here for a visit, it's so much fun for all of us.

Look at our Dentist's Website....

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My good friend Abbi is moving today. :( It makes me sad because part of Ann Arbor is leaving for us. Ryan and Abbi were the first people we knew in AA and went out of their way to make us feel welcome. We are going to miss them tons, but are happy they will be back to visit and we will still get to see them once in a while. I went over to say good-bye and she had these beautiful peonies blooming in her yard. She said I should take them and enjoy them because she wouldn't be here to enjoy them. I was more than happy to oblige! Aren't they amazing--I love peonies.

They make my house so cheery! Thanks Abbi, I am going to miss you tons!

Jake was in the Science Olympiad last Saturday, which is a big competition where many of the schools in the area compete in science events. Jake was lucky enough to be picked as one of the two 2nd graders from his school to compete in the barge building competition. His coach (who was great) told me Jake is so good at loading up the barge, he is so patient, methodical and precise. Here he is with his friend and barge building partner, Zack. This is them right after they competed in the event.

We found out a couple hours later that Jake and Zack had won first place! Jake was so excited and we were so happy for him. He is taking after his big sister, Abby, who won first place two years ago in Mystery Architecture. They had an assembly at school this week to honor the Science Olympiad competitors and made a big deal out of these two. Here is Jake with his gold medal!


Abby was in Alice in Wonderland at her school last week. She was the Cheshire cat, and the knave of hearts. She did a great job and loved it. I forgot my camera, but did make a meat pie honoring her performance. Abby got a picture of it--in case you can't tell it says "Alice in Wonderland".

This picture of Andy makes me laugh. He is always so willing to play with Estee, they were "riding bikes" here and we were laughing at our almost 14 year old, Andy, on the pink and purple princess bike! Andy is such a good sport all the time and I love that about him. Estee does too, whenever he gets home she yells "Andy, I missed you!!".

Ann Arbor is beautiful!

WARNING--probably kind of boring

A few days ago, early in the morning I walked through my neighborhood looking dorkish with my camera around my neck taking pictures of everything. I didn't care that much I guess because I knew I looked like a dork and still did it. It was SOOO beautiful, and I know my time in AA is coming slowly to an end, so I wanted pictures of the pretty springtime here. Everything is blooming and is so green--I love it!

This little guy is only cute when he's not in my yard.

These are my favorite all time trees, Magnolia Tree. They are all over the neighborhood and get these giant flower blossoms every spring. Who would not love these?

Ok, I drive past this house mulitple times everyday with these rock tower things all over their yard. I am pretty curious about how they stay up all the time and never fall over. Well, one morning Dan and I went for a walk really early (5:30) and no one was around and it was kind of dark. We walked by this house and they have a little rock tower right by the road. Dan kept saying it was fake, so I went and touched it. It totally felt real, so I pushed it a little, and it FELL OVER! Yep, it's real and I just ruined probably hours of tower building! Sorry neighbor! Hope you never read this!