Happy Mother's Day!

Yesterday we went to a BYU baseball game with all of the family. Gabe just enjoyed running up and down the bleacher stairs and flirting with the college students in front of him. Grandma Bev took Gabe to get a drink and a German exchange student noticed Gabe's hat (which has Manuel's favorite soccer team logo on it)She went to hunt Gabe down to find out where he got the hat. She ended up finding Grandma Bev and asking her. So, Grandma Bev brought her over to meet Manuel. It happened to be her favorite soccer team too. What were the odds of that? I think it made her day.

Afterwards we went to the park and had dinner. We celebrated Mother's Day early and Uncle Todd's and Cameron's birthdays. Cameron turned 30!! Afterwards everyone played and we had dessert. Today Manuel and Gabe made me breakfast for Mother's Day it was nice. Manuel also straightened the house. What a great husband!! (Oh the dinner at the bottom is a German dish called Klose. Manuel made it on Monday night. It's our favorite!)

May at Last!

It's been a busy week at the Rietzsch residence. We are having our flowerbeds all redone and are extending our patio, getting our lawn serviced, our mortgage refinanced and securing a preschool for Gabe. Juggling all of this around the rain and our regular busy schedule has been an interesting process. Oh yeah, and Paisley just started crawling last night.

Gabe was invited to a fun birthday party on Saturday for James Peterson a friend in his nursery class. It was a construction themed party and so creative. "Rocky Road" ice cream, "dump truck cake"with gravel and gummy worms, "dynamite punch" which was koolaid with pop rocks, "traffic cones" for the ice cream and cute prize bags with construction gummies and stickers. Gabe had so much fun!!

We were so worn out by Sunday, I'm glad we could finally rest even though the house needs straightening. I swear we cleaned the house 5 times this week and you can't even tell. How does that happen??

Brother and Sis!

Gabe and Paisley have become really great friends. They know how to make each other laugh and they enjoy playing together. Gabe loves helping take care of her, changing her diapers, bathing her, getting her toys and anything that she needs. Paisley loves hanging out with him and making him laugh.

On Monday we went to the park and fed the ducks. Afterwards we went out for shakes and ice cream. Later on in the week we spent a lot of time playing in the yard.

California

I had the opportunity to travel through California last week to promote my book. I started in Palm Desert on Tuesday and went to L.A. then Sacramento and ended in San Francisco. I got to see a little bit if Napa Valley and other places along the way. I have a friend who lives in Stevenson Ranch and she went with me. I met a lot of interesting people and had a great time.

Manuel held down the fort and actually had Gabe 100% potty trained when I came back. The laundry and dishes were done too. What a great husband!

Weekend Videos

Our Weekend

We went to Kyler's (Gabe's cousin) baptism on Saturday and celebrated Easter with Grandma, Grandpa and all the cousins. That night I flew to NY. I enjoyed my day there in the big apple. It was Easter so they had an Easter parade on 5th Avenue. They shut down the street for the entire day and people decorate easter bonnets and hats and parade them around in the street. I caught the Easter Bunny ice skating at the Rockefeller Center. I also witnessed the end of Easter Mass at one of the large Cathedrals on 5th Avenue. They opened the doors right as I was taking pictures. I took pictures of the priests and they posed and smiled for the crowd. It was so neat to see. I took a picture of the brooklyn bridge and the empire state building from the backseat of the cab. I also got to watch the taping on NBC's Today Show outside. I think I was on TV just for a second there. It was fun. Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe were anchoring. I also stood right next to Miss Jay from America's Next Top Model. He crossed the street next to me. Everyone was dressed in their Easter best and it was nice to see other people of other religions celebrate Easter.