Birthday's!!

First things first.. this is a picture of Alissa in her new wet suit!! We found it at a yard sale and Ali is in love! It keeps her warm so she can swim in the backyard any time! She is such a string bean she usually turns blue after no time at all -- problem solved!!

We had a fun day today. It was Grandpa George, and Great Grandma Jensen's birthdays so the kids and I went on Birthday Patrol!!

First we stopped by Grandpa George's work and dropped off some yummy treats. Alissa hammed it up a bit when she met his co-workers.. she thinks she is cute, I think she is right. Jonathan was a bit bashful but in terrible need of a nap, so you can't blame him.

After this visit the Birthday Patrol moved on to Dallas where we picked up Great-Grandma Jensen and went out to lunch. We decided on Murphy's. Now, normally that would be a good thing.. but Murphy's is on my bad list now. The food was ok, but expensive.. and that alone wouldn't be so bad but the service was AWFUL. Our waitress hid from us in the kitchen and has quite an attitude. Oooh well, I left a tiny tip so maybe I should thank her for saving me money..hehe. Jonathan has this thing recently with throwing all of his food overboard, it was cute the first 4,000 times.. now it's getting old. Time to put the proverbial foot down and nip this nasty habit. Alissa was a bit rowdy due to lack of nap but she did pretty good.

After lunch we went to Great Grandma Jensen's (sheesh thats a mouth full) house so she could let the neighbors dogs out to piddle. Piddling complete we piled in the car and headed to Eola Hills Winery. We got to see the bottling line which was pretty cool.. but the highlight was definately the Coy pond out back!! WOW! Great big giant coy!! Alissa was in love. She called it "The River" because there was a waterfall.. and hey, when you are 3 a waterfall equals a river any day of the week -- who am I to disagree?? She put her toes in the water for the fish to nibble on.. they weren't interested. Great Grandma says it's because of her stinky feet.. Alissa happily agreed.

After the visit to the coy pond (oh yeah, and the winery too) we headed back to Great Grandma's house and said fairwell. The plan was to head back to Salem so Ali could get some sleep -- but what the heck.. it was already WAY past nap time so we stopped by GG's house for a quick visit. Jonathan ended up falling asleep so Alissa and I ran out to the Dallas Crazy Days thingy at the capitol and got some chow. Yummy chinese (or japenese I never know the difference) and some bbq. Mmmmm! Alissa got a free tape measure from a booth and was pleased as punch all evening.

After dinner we said goodbye to GG and came home just in time to say good morning to Matt! What craaazy hours he has. Then it was off to bed for Alissa who was asleep in .03 seconds.

Birthday Patrol is officially retired. Oh! And if you read this Debbie -- HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! (You too Tom, lol.. )