Spring Break and Jeff's Birthday!

We had a great Spring Break!  It was packed with our weekly activities since it was such an odd time none of the kids after school activities took a break.  We did our best to do something fun before baseball practice, the Pit, CCD or buckets.

On Monday we headed out to Port San Luis for a day at the beach with the dogs.  Everyone had a blast and was well behaved for the most part.  

   

We made a day trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo.  It is a great zoo for the kids, just big enough to keep B's interest and not too big for Addy.  The Zoo has all the big animals elephants, giraffes (and Addy didn't hear them say anything), lions, and gorillas.  The play area with the hill for cardboard sliding was definately the highlight of the trip.

 

During B's game Blake and Addy took some groundballs in the outfield.  The Schafers were troopers because it was the coldest game of the season by far; so we introduced them to the Dirty Bird and the Pismo Wrap at Hoagies.

Jeff and B had intention of going golfing on Thursday but got rained out.  We went bowling instead.  It was fun and a good thing for all of us we played with the bumpers.

 On Saturday, the festivities for Jeff's birthday began with the neighborhood birthday block party.  BBQ at one house, eat in our driveway, and pinata up the streets.

 

It was a good time had by all.  One of my favorite moments was our neighbor Sid having the boys march like soldiers across the street.   

The celebration continued the next morning with a trip to Avila for Sunday brunch at Fats Cats.  We rode in style and took the party bus.

It is hard to believe that Jeffy and I met almost 15 years ago at his birthday party on Palm Street.  He was the guy pumping the keg with nice forearms who made me a bonfire in a trash because I was cold.  I am not even sure I knew it was his birthday...lol  Well I didn't know he real name for the longest time but that's another story.  Happy Birthday Jeffrey!