Lazy day

Mainly we had a relaxing day at home today. We had to run some small errands. Took Sherri's car in, went to Blockbuster to rent "Gone Baby Gone" (haven't seen it yet - not sure when we'll get to it), then went to JoAnn's to pic up some fabric for Sherri to sew together.

Here's Sherri making something

Mother's Day

We went to my brother's house last night for Mother's Day. The hamburgers were huge and I could barely get my mouth around them. They were also very good and looked like hamburgers you'd see on a commercial. As mentioned before, Sherri made cakes for the occasion. The lemon cake was amazing! And the chocolate cake tastes just like Claim Jumper's Mother Lode.

I liked this note from my dad to my mom - "Mrs. Jackman I hereby express my sincere + profound admiration of you on this Mother's Day 2008 in my capacity as the presumptive father of your children. Respectfully Yours"

Opening gifts Abby and Shira

Transfixed by video games

Long Day

This morning I went to Irvine Park with my in-laws, sister-in-law, nephew and a family friend with her two boys. We spent a couple hours there, walking around and then ate lunch. Then I went to my parents' house and helped my Dad clean his workshop. We got some stuff done, but much more needs to be done so that I can start building my next project with him.
This evening, Sherri finished up the cakes for Mother's Day, and I got to sample the chocolate frosting.

Yummy.

Friday Night Dinner at Home

Sherri's family came over for dinner tonight. Sherri made her excellent honey chicken and then we watched "Who killed the Electric Car" which I've been wanting to see for a while now. It was interesting, and it showed the car I want for about 2 seconds, the Tesla.
Also, Sherri is baking a cake for Mother's Day on Sunday, and since she forgot one ingredient in one of the layers, we got to eat that layer tonight. It was great. Even with the ingredient missing it was great. Sherri says buttermilk will help make it smoother and other things for stacking and frosting, but it tastes good without it.
Anyway, here's some picts of the night:

Sherri and her mom

Sherri's Dad

Sherri's Sister

A picture on the blog of someone reading the blog

Sherri's sister's son (our nephew) watching disney channel

Dave and Amy at Coffee Bean

We left home last night meeting friends enthused

To Victoria Gardens and Cheesecake Factory we did choose

Hunger was upon me so food I did not refuse

Though abated I was, for dessert I could not recuse

Cheesecake to go, over to Coffee Bean we did cruise

Dave and I, Amy and Sherri we broke into twos

To different interests boys and girls did peruse

At Coffee Bean we met anew for cheesecake and drinks for chews

I ate too much dinner with chai with cheesecake - I did misuse

Although it was fun, no more food for me, my stomach I did abuse

So ends my story, but you can go here for more news.

Fun Night

We had a fun night tonight. We went out bowling with Robin (Sherri's sister) and Logan (Robin's son). We bowled two games in which I did pretty bad the first game (>110), but got my rhythm the second (>160). Afterwards Sherri and I went to my brother's house for a bit and then stopped for Pinkberrys on the way home. It was the first time we've been to Pinkberrys, and both of us will not go there again. It was pretty awful. They have three flavors: original, coffee and green tea. We shared an original, but I wanted to try the coffee, so I got a sample. THE COFFEE TASTED LIKE HOTDOGS!!! Honestly. Pinkberrys coffee frozen yogurt tastes like hotdog!?! It was very disgusting. Other than that, the yogurt tastes like plain yogurt you would get at the grocery store. I don't like plain yogurt, and even mixed in with the admittedly amazing blueberries they had, it was not my type of dessert. Anyway, I'm going to go have an Otterpop now - much better tasting, and less calories.

Bye Bye Piano

Yesterday we donated our piano to the temple I went to as a kid. They were very happy to get it. Now they have an organ, electric piano, guitar and piano in the sanctuary. I'm sure it will go to better use there than being a place to put picture frames.
Eventually, when we have kids old enough I want to get another piano - probably a Yamaha Clavinova.

Here is the temple's new piano at its prominent position.