On Saturday we did something that I’ve meant to do for the past couple of summers but never got around to: attended Cypress’ Concert on the Green. The Cypress Pops Orchestra did a tribute to “The Greatest Generation”. The weather was perfect, and there were a bunch of trees that provided some nice shade. We arrived a half hour early, but there were tons of people already there. We couldn’t see the stage very well, but we could hear the music fine. According to the program, my jr. high band teacher was playing lead clarinet!

For our dinner we brought food from a new favorite local place: Cambinos! I wanted to order just one Mixed Plate for all of us (it’s a lot of food!), but D said he was famished, so we also ordered a chicken skewer bowl. We were stuffed, but the only thing we couldn’t finish was the rice.

We just happened to run into someone from my CBS group (her family is in the background).

k brought her doll Abby, because “Abby will cry if we leave her at home.”

Aren’t the mascots for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics cute? I like “Sumi”, myself. When D and I went to Vancouver/Whistler in 2005 they were already preparing for the games by working on the highway between Vancouver and Whistler. Back then it seemed like 2010 was so far away, and now it is just around the corner.

Last night we watched fireworks put on by the Irvine Police Association. D got free tickets, so we went with my parents. We sat in the bleachers of the Irvine High School football stadium, and the fireworks were set off very close to us. I was kind of concerned about how k and n would handle the noise. However, n slept through the whole thing and k fell asleep half way through! (We were covering their ears).

Getting out of the parking lot was a nightmare. You would think an event put on by the police would have better parking control. It was a good show, but the parking situation will probably keep us from returning any time soon. We got home past 10:30…D and I couldn’t think of a time when we have stayed out so late while having kids (I’m serious, we are NOT night owls).

Update: Our offer on the Tustin Ranch home was accepted! Two other offers fell through, and we were third in line. The inspection is tomorrow, so hopefully everything goes well.

Wow, June was a record-bad blogging month for us. I didn’t even write about Father’s Day or k’s 2 1/2 birthday. I can’t believe that the year is already half over!

Our buyer released contingencies, so apartment hunting we will go this weekend.

Father’s Day 2009

Also, n flipped over on the bed tonight (back to stomach). We’ll see if he can repeat this move, or if it was just a fluke.

As you may have noticed, our blogging has become a lot less frequent. Lots of stuff to do, plus must watch our Tivo’d episodes of The Bachelorette and Top Chef Masters! (We were just cheering on Rick Bayless, who we saw at Frontera Grill in Chicago). One update is that we have put an offer on a house in Tustin Ranch, but we’re still waiting to hear back. Part of the problem is that the sale of our place is still “contingent”. We just need to be patient, I guess. We haven’t started packing yet, and probably won’t, until the contingencies are released. Not really looking forward to that part.

The title of our last post was a little misleading, because we’ve been doing much more than just “hanging around” lately. This past week was my first week back to work (from home). PLUS, we are in escrow on our place! Yes, we have outgrown our 1,026 square foot condo. So now, we are on the hunt for another home. We have done a lot of research online, but we’re going with a real estate agent tomorrow to take a look inside some of the possibilities.

On Tues. morning we took full advantage of the free continental breakfast at the hotel. After checking out we drove to the Santa Barbara Zoo. k seemed much more interested in seeing the animals compared to our previous visits to other zoos/aquariums.

How come zoos seem to always put the flamingos near the entrance?

k got a kick out of seeing the elephant do its “business”.

Giraffes are my favorite animal at the zoo. These giraffes have a view of the Pacific!

D thought this display was funny because it looks so much like a domestic cat. (Here, kitty, kitty!) We didn’t see the actual cat, though.

Thankfully, n slept most of the time in his stroller. When he woke up, D had to hold him again while pushing n’s stroller. He slept most of the way home, though, so that was nice.