Dave's blueberry boats

So my brother has been raving about these 'blueberry boats' that he gets from a bakery about three times a week in Santa Cruz. Though at the rate that he eats these pastries, its a surprise that he's as slim as he is. But some people just luck out with the metabolism and I guess surfing does help.

Its only a matter of brine

Yesterday Dave and I decided to do an Iron-Chicken cook off. Before I get to that, Wendy and I also made some chocolate Nutella rice krispie treats. I'm not a big rice krispie treat fan, but they're a jazzed up version. I reduced the amount of butter and added in copious amounts of Nutella and Guittard semi-sweet mini chocolate chips. Next time I'll add the chocolate chips when its cooled a bit so they don't end up melting so much.

Cookies and car parts

It was generally a relaxing weekend. Meeting up with out of town relatives, brunch with friends, a movie, and hanging out with my brother. Dave and I... okay who am I kidding... I, baked some chocolate chip cookies. We forgot to pick up brown sugar at the grocery store, so I had to make do with some molasses, maple syrup, and regular sugar. They still were tasty though!

Love is sweet

A beautiful bride. A handsome groom. A wonderful wedding.

It was a long time coming, but my brother finally walked his girlfriend of many years down the aisle. I generally don't get very emotional at weddings, but their carefully crafted, yet very personal vows really touched me. They really are an amazing couple.

Happy hour and laughs

So tonight Chino and I met up with Marcus at Chevy's for happy hour. We haven't been there for a while and I forgot how the waitress always gives me a weird look for asking for fresh tortillas and butter. Carbs and fat.. how can you go wrong? Well it was nice venting and catching up with him anyhow.

We sadly missed knitting tonight. Sorry everyone!! I'm sure you carried on fine without us.

Went to Open Mic night at Rooster T Feathers in Sunnyvale where Preetz was debuting. Some good laughs overall. Best part of the night was when some comedian asked chino "So where did you get your hello kitty dildo?" and she replies "Its a secret!" LOVED IT. My brother introduced his friend..and did a little song.. kinda embarrassing. It was one of those things where you really need to know Preetz to get all of his jokes. I had some good laughs though... needed it.

All smiles:

Preetz getting his comedy act on:

Burn baby burn

More often then he'd like to admit, my brother and his rather irresponsible seeming friends come up with some crazy idea. They didn't wait long this year to get started. Beach... bonfire... xmas trees. Seven guys, 25+ xmas trees, a lighter, and me. I don't know what was more stupid, the idea of collecting trees just to burn them in some huge most likely illegal fire, or the fact that I decided to go with them.

Loading up the trucks: