happy birthday mom edwards!!!!

boy, am i tired today!
i've been having sinus headaches since sunday and it is GETTING OLD!!! anyways, enough complaining from me!

first off, the U2 concert was AMAZING!!! you can see by matt's picture how close we were to the stage. it was a fantastic show and they played some great songs. i really can't even put it into words. it was worth every penny and i would go see them again any day. like matt said, when they sang "where the streets have no name", it was probably the best moment of the whole show.

i started my 3rd ceramics course this week, which will go through may 24th. so that will be keeping me busy on tuesdays and thursdays for awhile. and i will be crafting some new specimens for some of you (unless you specifically say, "i would be happy to entertain you and look at your completed projects but i can not have another piece of junk in my house", which believe me, i understand and would take NO offense!). why do you think i give them away???? heehee! no, when i am making something, usually i have a person in mind the whole time and i'm thinking about them when i am creating. so when/if you do get a handmade item from me, keep that in mind! and, even better than the actual products, after i'm done with this course i will go up in the pay scale-yay!

i'm trying to find a vacation spot for matt and i this summer. airline tickets are too high (and only getting higher with the price of gasoline going up) and we will not be camping--matt needs an actual vacation with a hotel and pool and air conditioning, not a working vacation with setting up camp, heat, and bugs! which we love at times, but mare reminded me that his vacation time is limited (unlike mine) and he needs something relaxing! we were maybe going to go to hawaii to celebrate our 7 year anniversary, but like i said, the ticket prices are too high. here are the requirements for this vacation at this point:
1. on/near the ocean
2. within an 8 hour driving distance
3. must be in a hotel

hmmmm.... looks like that is either mexico (and i don't really want to drive our car down there) or central coast/northern coast california. maybe we'll have to change our requirements. or maybe airline tickets will go down in price by the time we want to travel. any suggestions anyone?

moving on...
i can't wait for michelle and hannah and the peanut baby inside to come to san diego on wednesday!!! michelle and ry--what do you think about both of your kids coming to san diego while in the womb??? don't blame aunt tracey and uncle matt when they want to move here later-heehee! speaking of uncle matt, he will be babysitting on that saturday night so me, michelle, and mary can have a girls night out!!!

kev and emily, we've been thinking about you guys since you were originally planning on visiting us last week. we're praying for your pop pop and hoping for his healing. we can't wait to have you in june!

while we're on the subject of visitors, april is completely booked now, so if anyone else wants to come visit us, get your orders in soon--summer is starting to fill up as we speak!

welp, a lot has been happening, but i don't have the energy to write, so i must be off!