Catching Up On Easter Continued

We also made plans to get together with Robert's parents and 

sister for a nice bike ride on the strand starting from Hermosa Beach and riding North. 

It was somewhat overcast and cool so it made for a nice bike ride.

It was so fun to all be together and do something active.

The Fam!

Catching up on Easter

This year my parents came to visit us for Easter weekend. We cooked our first Easter meal at our apartment and enjoyed together a great Easter Sunday service at our church Journey of Faith.

Having some fun playing with little Robert Ezekiel!

Celebrating Jesus's Resurrection!

I decided to make guacamole deviled eggs along with regular, and they were fantastic!

This picture is for my mom. When I was a little girl my mom always let me lick the batter! This was the frosting for our fluffy coconut cake we made. So yummy.

And here are the pictures of me when I was a little girl licking the batter! 

Also, a side note. Many people say that Zek looks like Robert, and I do agree. 

But check out that face when I was little. Especially in the second picture down.

I totally see some Zek there! We have the similar faces I think.

Here is my mom frosting the cake!

Meanwhile while the women were cooking up a delicious Easter meal, 

the men were outside doing what they love best, being constructive! 

Always, when there is a chance to use their tools, they will gladly. 

So what are they up to? 

Robert has mentioned a lot that he loved his sandbox when he was little, 

so he decided to build one for Zek!

Here is the Fluffy Coconut cake. For those of you who like coconut, 

this is the cake for you! 

The frosting has no powdered sugar in it or butter. 

It's a very light whipped egg white frosting. 

And the cake is a white cake made with coconut milk so there are some healthy benefits to eating it;) 

This is one of my favorites. Delish!

Zek is enjoying his first deviled egg. Nummy.

The boys still working hard!

Here are the handsome men with the finished product. 

Oh and the black board above it is a chalk board.

Thank you Dad and Grandpa!

My fist Easter basket!

 

Prime Rib, Green Beans and Rosemary Potatoes

Raspberry Jello

And Rolls. 

A shout out to our Aunt Barb and Uncle Michael for giving us this cool wooden basket

 that collapses into a trivet. Thank you!

Saying our goodbyes and hitting the road. 

It was a good weekend.

Mommy & Me Easter Egg Hunt

At our mommy and me class on Tuesday we had an Easter egg hunt.
It was difficult trying to take the video and assist Zek in the hunt.
It was so cute to see him search for the eggs,
eat the contents and throw the egg back on the ground.

 

It's Spring!

We have been wanting to plant grass in our backyard for a while. 

Previously half the backyard was all dirt and weeds. 

Last year we started pulling up the weeds and realized our efforts were in vain if not attacked immediately before new weeds grew. 

So we first killed all the weeds using roundup. 

Then we used a rototiller on the yard to break up the ground. 

We found so many things in the ground including, TONS of broken glass and ceramic, broken bottles, cans, marbles, wires, a toy helicopter, an old wrench, brick, metal pieces etc. 

Trash can after trash can was empty each week with weeds and other waste.

Our parents Rick and Nancy came one Saturday last week and help us plant grass seed. 

It was so awesome that they came to help because we got so much done in one day! 

We first leveled out the ground. 

Then we brought in a truck load of soil and spread that around. 

After that we spread out the grass seed evenly. 

Then we spread out a layer of nitrate manure mix on top to cover the seed and protect it.

We hooked up a couple hoses with an automatic timer set to water the seed four times a day.

We blocked off sections for flower beds and a sand box, so no grass will grow in those areas.

Week 0

Robert and his parents spreading the seed.

We set up the watering system.

 Week 1

After just one week grass starting growing!

And we added some other things to our backyard too!

Naval Orange tree

Beautiful blossoms...

Avocado Tree

Some color...

 

Wilson Park

On a Saturday early last month we went to Wilson park in Torrance with 

our friends the Greiners and played some paddle tennis and hung out at the park. 

Zek was still a pretty new walker so he was getting a lot of practice in.