Sacramento Zoo

We took Mason to the zoo today since we had such nice weather. It was quite fun! But I had to parallel park at the zoo so that caused some frustration for Allen! Oh well! Mason had a great time. Next time we will call up our friends the Quicks - since they are so close maybe we can go together! Here is the link to the rest of the pictures - http://picasaweb.google.com/cloud7ar/SacramentoZoo

Our Day with Thomas the Tank Engine

He rode on Thomas today. Thanks to Nana and Papa for the tickets! We saw Sir Topham Hat, played with trains, got a Gordon stamp, had snow cones, rode on little train go carts.......... Mason fell asleep on the way home. It was a nice day! See the pics here - http://picasaweb.google.com/cloud7ar/DayWithThomasTheTankEngine

Happy Mothers Day!

Tracie had a really nice mothers Day with Mason and me. See her pretty necklace? She was thrilled! We had breakfast and went to the park in the evening for a nice picnic. It was a special day for her and her "boys". See more pics here - http://picasaweb.google.com/cloud7ar/MothersDay2008

A man and his SledgeHammer

Ok, so I have had a leak for the past couple months, but haven't gotten around to fixing it. It was ok during the rainy season because the water running down my sidewalk and along the gutter was hidden in with the rain run off. But since it is no longer rain season, and we will not see any rain until November, I could no longer ignore it.

So, Papa brought over the sledge hammer for me and gave me a quick demo on how to use it. Pretty simple: hold hammer, swing hammer over head, bring down the wrath of hammer to concrete. After a few whacks, the cement gives way. I had a company come out and verify for me where the leak was, I knew it was there but I didn't "want" it to be there. You get me? I didn't want to dig up the darn cement. Grrrr.

So anyway, I got the leak patched up, and no water is running down the sidewalk now. I uploaded a few pictures of the process to the Yard Work album. Enjoy.