it's about time for spring...

"winter is the season
in which people try to keep the house
as warm as it was in the summer,
when they complained about the heat."
- anonymous

it's almost april.

the snow is almost completely melted from last week's 5ish inches...and opening day is tomorrow for the mariners...which means spring should be in the air!

we've got tickets to the mariners game against the rangers on tuesday...more commonly known as april fools day...which is more commonly known as the day of jonathan's birth! what a coincidence... :)

spent yesterday at the food & wine festival at st. martin's, and hit the 5 pm mass at st. michael's with brent and sandra. they came out to the house for a little skii wii action, and loved catching up with them.

the brownrices came down today to the farm for brunch and a game day. the boys vs. girls tournament was pretty heavy...encompassing the wii, balderdash, scene-it squabble and scene-it disney. though the guys ultimately came out ahead...there's definitely room for a rematch.

for the brunch...

• baked french toast
• fresh fruit salad (minus the blueberries & raspberry vinaigrette, plus brianna's blush wine vinaigrette)
• white chocolate orange muffins (minus plain yogurt, plus orange yogurt)
• my aunt sue's famous meatballs (chili sauce and grape jelly)
• and for dessert, the incredible mountain dew apple dumplings (stella, eat your heart out!)