Photo of the Week: Week 29

This week we began a remodel of my Mom's bedroom. She/We have been wanting to do this for a long time, so it is nice that we were finally able to make it happen.I will have a whole blog dedicated to this DIY Weekend... so stay tuned.

A nice surprise was that my brother brought my nephew over to "see Grandma on her birthday." I thought that was pretty sweet.

 

Also, on an unrelated note...I killed a ginormous black widow in my garage. I *hate* crunchy black spiders. I feel really bad putting a picture of this heinous nasty creature next to my super cute nephew, but I want all of the internet-reading black widows of the world to see what their futures would look like if they decide to reside in my house. Ug. I *hate* crunchy black spiders.

Photo of the Week: Week 23

This week was one of those Best of Times, Worst of Times weeks.


This included my last Renaissance Rally... 

The kids decided to form "Team Plattner,"
and to write it on their arms so as to be sure
you know who they were.  

my birthday...

Hubby took me to Cheesecake Factory! YUM!

my last day of school...

My red carpet of admiration! 

The girls rewrote the words to a popular song, just for me. 

and my last CF Staff Party.

But it also ended in another fabulous weekend away with the girls in Tahoe!

Taking a photo with the very sweet Aaron Hagar at Cabo Wabo Cantina. 

Photo of the Week: Week 17

I can hardly believe that this week begins the month of May! Oh my gosh! Time has certainly flown by.

Things are insane here at the Plattner Place. Last week we had CST testing at work. Those kids worked their booties off and tried their best.

 Great job, kids! You did wonderfully! I really am so proud of you!

All the while Aaron and I are trying to get the Turlock house packed up to move into the San Jose house. But more importantly, we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday this weekend.

If I was a good daughter, I would have taken tons of photos of my dad. Instead, I took photos of my nephew. I did get a few of Dad with his new grandbaby!

Happy 60th Birthday, Dad! 

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Guess what? Today marks the second anniversary of this blog. :) YAY!



Thank you to all of you who have read my ramblings, and an even bigger thanks to those of you who come back!

You may have noticed I made a few updates for the big day --  we have a new background, and some cool headers that lead you to particular labels. This is just the beginning! I plan on doing a lot more this year. (I won't be wedding planning, so I hope to be posting more frequently.) Check back for my new Photo of the Week label, frequent Edible Adventures and lots more!

Thanks! ♥

Bloggin' Birthdays!

Today is my blog birthday! I started blogging a year ago today!

Thank you to the wonderful people who have read, continue to read or will ever read this blog.

I am very grateful to all of my readers, whether you are one of my truly awesome three followers or a random reader! I extend even bigger thanks to those of you who have left comments throughout the year -- I really appreciate your thoughts and your willingness to share them. I welcome anyone and everyone to stop a share a comment or two... I love to hear what you have to say!

Thank you ♥ Thank you ♥ Thank you

{Photo from Graceful Cake Creations on Flickr}

Mmmm. Birthday cake. Let's all have some, shall we? (Yes, I think I shall!)