The Wedekings

Wow, I haven’t posted in over a month!  Sorry ’bout that we’ve just been busy!  I’m going to tell you about Matt.  He’s decided that he can build things.  He’s always been pretty handy, but I’ve never seen him build anything like this.  About 2 weeks ago he decided that he wanted some new cabinets for the garage.  We have acquired several tables…we have 2 6 foot banquet tables, a card table with 4 chairs and a 3 foot table.  I guess he just got tired of seeing them everyday, so he built some cabinets!  I don’t have any before pics of the garage but here are a couple of during and after shots.  I have to say that he did a mighty fine job!  The are all pretty much straight and level.  The cabinet on the right houses the tables and chairs and the cabinet on the left has shelves and housing random garage stuff like my giant roasting oven, the ice cream maker and legos. And yes, he wears flip flops while operating saws…just as a true Californian should!

June 14, 2003

June 14, 2008

Since my grandparents were in town for my sisters graduation we decided to have them over for a BBQ. So, this past Saturday my mom and grandparents came over. I whipped up some of my homemade barbeque sauce and we grilled some ribs.

When I was a kid my grandparents would spoil us with homemade ice cream. My sister and I would sit and wait for what seemed to be an eternity for the ice cream to be done. I mostly remember the banana ice cream they would make…it was heaven. So, when we decided to have the fam over I declared that I was brining the ice cream making tradition back. For our wedding my mom had given us an ice cream maker. I have never been able to get the darn thing to work right. I figured I could utilize my grandparents expertise and they could get it to work. With my mom and grandmother, I prepared the ice cream for the freezer. Then we took it out to the backyard and put it in the bucket thing. Matt and my grandfather took over from there. There was an issue with it getting stuck, so us gals headed to The Walmarts. My sweet grandmother bought me a new ice cream maker. Upon getting it home we realized that it kept getting stuck as well. But in the end the ice cream came out pretty good. I can’t wait to make more this summer! Sorry, I really only have one pic to show off the entire process…

After the ribs and ice cream we headed inside to play some Wii. My mom and grandparents had a blast! My mom and Matt even boxed!

Yesterday Matt and I had the pleasure of attending my sisters graduation at Cal State Long Beach. Yes, we had the pleasure of parking far, far away. We also had the pleasure of sitting in the hot sun for nearly 3 hours. But in the end we got to see my baby sister graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies. Yes, the smarty pants double majored! And now she is off to get her masters degree. We couldn’t be more proud!

We spent the day with Jessy and Wes who are two of the coolest people I know. They drove all the way down from Oakland this weekend and chose to spend an entire day with us. Probably because Matt and I are equally as cool as them and us cool folks tend to stick together. Anyways, we had a tasty yet disappointing lunch at BJ’s. It’s the second or third time we’ve had really bad service there. Actually, I think a majority of the restaurants in Temecula have poor service, but that’s a different blog for a different day.

After lunch we headed out to do some wine tasting. First stop was Falkner Winery, which Matt and I have been to in the past. I had a coupon for $8 combo tasting, which is usually $16. The tasting included 5 regular wines and 3 premium wines, so it wasn’t a bad deal. Jessy and I shared our tastings with the boys. I think my favorite there was the Riesling, which isn’t a surprise since that’s always my favorite. Next we decided to try a couple of the “cheaper” wineries that we had never been to. We stopped at Baily Vineyard & Winery. This was my favorite of the day and at five bucks for 5 tastings it’s not a bad deal. I really enjoyed the Riesling and the Muscat Blanc and ended up buying a bottle of the Muscat. I always advise people to wait and buy the wine at Longs on their way back because it’s usually several dollars cheaper. I never follow my own advice. Our last stop was Hart Winery, which was also $5 for 5 tastings. I probably will not go back to this one nor recommend it to others. The wines seemed too acidic and burned a little going down. Definitely not my thing. One perk of going wine tasting with me is that I will always give you my free glass. I have an issue with having mismatched glasses in my cabinets. I happily gave Jessy my 3 glasses from today.

Once we were done with wine tasting we headed over to our local Harley dealer (told you we were cool), but they had just closed. Yeah, I was going to buy everyone a Harley. Sorry Wes.

Then we decided to head back to our house and play some Wii. It was so much fun and I can’t wait for them to come back and visit again!

We had some funky weather earlier.  First I heard the thunder, then saw some lightning.  A couple of minutes later came the hail and then the rain.  It was 100 degrees a few days ago.

…maybe it’s not over, I just heard more thunder.

This one time we went to Maui and go LEIed…

There was this other time we went wine tasting in Napa and got drunk…

Oh and there was this time in New York when we went sight seeing…

Then this one time we went to Vegas and got really drunk…

Where will our next adventure take us? Our 5th wedding anniversary is coming up in June and there were talks of a trip. But nothing was ever really decided or planned. I would really like to take a trip to Italy before we have children. And we’ve talked about going to Jamaica. We shall see. In the mean time some long weekend trips will have to do…Vegas, Pismo Beach, San Francisco, Seattle, etc.

~What do all these photos have in common?~

He’s such a hard worker (and still has a smile on his face)…

I justed realized that we haven’t posted in almost 2 weeks, so I suppose it’s time! What have The Wedekings been up to? Well, for the past couple of weeks we’ve been working hard on our yard. Actually, Matt’s done most of the work. I organize, schedule and buy. Matt’s the laborer.

First we had to decide what to do with the slight slope at the back of the yard. We thought about building a block or brick wall or using railroad ties to hold it up. But ultimately we decided upon concrete curbing. I called and got quotes from about 5 curbing companies. The contractor we chose came to the house and gave us a written quote and gave us a few pointers as to what we should do before he did the curbing. Matt ended up having to move most of the sprinklers that were near where we wanted the curbing to go.

The rest came pretty quickly. Once the curbing was done Matt had to pull up the remaining weeds and grass. Then we were able to put the black weed liner down and cover it all in wood chips. The next step will be to put the plants in. The problem is the ground it pretty hard, so we’ll have to go rent a hole-digger-thing at Home Depot. We’ll do that later this summer when we put a new fence up.

Anyways, here are before and after pictures (more pics can be found here)…

Our weekend was pretty fabulous! Friday night started out with Aaron’s birthday party. They boys all went to Pole Position for some kart racing. Then off to their house for dinner and drinks.

Saturday night we met up with Alfred and Jen and headed to Downtown Disney. They had extra tickets to see Richard Cheese at the House of Blues. But first we started with Tapas and drinks. The concert was OK; not sure we are fans of Richard Cheese though. Our favorite was Cashed Out, who opened the show. We would definitely like to see them again!

Sunday was pretty uneventful. Matt worked in the yard most of the day. Then we discussed where the curbing should go. Which by the way is scheduled to be done on the 4th!

That’s it kids! I leave you with some eye candy…