All I want from Easter are my 2 front teeth.

Ronny lost his top two front teeth within the last 6 weeks. We are having problems understanding him when he talks and he spits alot. Ronny had a great report card in Kindergarten and is reading short stories to us. He likes to build his legos and play sports. He makes up his own games alot such as playing snow leapord in the back yard or of course army games. Since watching Battlestar Gallatica he also really likes to use nukes to blow things up and often roots for the bad guys since they don't really win much.

Ronny very much misses his friends in Sacramento, particularly Atticus and Joey. He really has only 1 friend from school who he can invite over or visit. We tried 5 kids until 1 finally said yes. This friend Kayden, has 1 older brother and 2 younger brothers so they have something in common.

Pictures are of Ronny with no front teeth, with his dog Princess, and at Big Lagoon.

Galoons and other fun places to visit.

What the heck is a galoon? Well in 6 year old language with no front teeth it is a lagoon. We finally had a nice weather weekend. Not too much wind, enough sun and some fog. Easter weekend was great even if it ended with rain Sunday evening. Frank's parents came for the weekend and we had a great time.

Saturday we went to Trinidad head for its 1 mile loop walk and to Big Lagoon. Trinidad head is about 30 minutes away with a trail that walks up along the hill above the ocean. The views of the bay and ocean were beautiful. Big Lagoon is 10 minutes north of Trinidad on the freeway. It is the first of 3 nearby lagoons. Big Lagoon is a freshwater lagoon seperated from the ocean by a sandbar creating what looks like a pond. The ocean side had lots of high, breaking waves and surf. The lagoon was calm and we watched a otter play in the water and people were out in canoes and kayaks. It was interesting to stand and turn to watch both areas. Ben did not come out with us since he came home too late in the morning from a friend's house and needed a nap. In the evening we played Foodie Fight a food trivia game, that actually is difficult.

Sunday, the Easter Bunny brought Ronny and Ben a basket of candy and Ronny some new lego toys. After a breakfast of fresh banana chocolate chip bread (yes, Amy cooks for visitors) we walked the dogs to through Sequoia park, a nearby park and then had our easter egg hunt. Lunch/dinner was a t 1pm of ham, scalloped potatoes and asparagus. Frank's parents left by 2pm. Frank, Amy and Ronny spent the rest of the day watching Battle Star Galatica, the new series on DVD and Ben cleaned his room.

Pictures are from Tinidad Head, Town of Trinidad, and Big Lagoon.

February Updates

February may be the shorted month of the year, but the Whitlatch's made more than the most of it. Amy was gone for two weekends in a row. The first was to Seattle to have a girls weekend with BF Lisa Martin. It was alot of fun packed into a 3 day weekend. Lots of hot chocolate at cafes, the underground tour, Pikes Market, Chinese New Year Parade, bookstores to browse and brunch at the Space Needle. We decided we needed to get away from our kids more often, Lisa has 4 of her own at home in Minneapolis. While Amy was gone Frank took Ben and Ronny to Santa Rosa to help his parents lay new tile in their entryway and around the wood buring stove. The tile turned out great.

The next weekend Amy took the boys to Sacramento for 5 days during the Eureka President's week holiday. Jeremy took an extra day off and came as well from San Luis Obispo. It was great having all the boys together. We spent our time visiting old friends and neighbors, playing poker with Bill's family (Amy's brother) and just relaxing. Frank stayed home, not having the President's days off, but also to get over the flu that had be holding on for over 1 week. I think it took almost 2 weeks for him to get better. Amy and Ronny also had the flu prior to this but not as bad.

February also saw the Sacramento house finally go to new owners hands. Glad to be done with 2 mortgage payments.

We also managed a few weekend days at the beach and Ronny had tryouts for baseball. All in all a busy month.

Pictures: All the Whitlatch boys in Grandma Susie's backyard, Amy and Lisa in Seattle, Ronny and friend Atticus and Amy and niece Layla.

Manila Dunes

Hi Everyone,
I am attaching pictures from a beach nearby, Manila Dunes, about 10 minutes to parking lot. It is across the bay from us on the ocean side. As a kid, I camped nearby about 2 miles on the bayside with my parents and my Dad's parents. It was always fun. We like to go there because it is different each time and the dogs can walk/run off the leash. Last week I found sand dollars on the beach, none where whole, but it was neat to see. This past Saturday Ronny and I went out, it was clear and sunny at our house and cold and windy at the beach and it rained as we left.
From the pictures you can see very happy dogs, almost smiling for the camera.
Amy