tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331257402012-02-07T06:12:21.970-08:00All about life as kids, parents, grad student and artist.Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-71948015965288951892010-09-14T22:55:00.000-07:002010-09-14T22:59:57.139-07:00

Bronson's First day of SchoolHe did great - Mommy had a bit of a hard time though.He's so cute in his little uniform :)

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AND A NOTE ABOUT THE SIDEBAR ADS:You may have noticed that there are now ads in the side bar of this blog. It may be tacky, yes, but in general I've noticed that Google Ads does a good job of matching their particular advertisement to the content of the blog, so there may be some interesting offers popping up there. In all honesty, however, I thought I'd see if I'm able to make any money in

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Happy Birthday Aunty Laura! We had a special birthday dinner and cake for aunty Laura last Saturday.Daddy came back from OVRO today and the boys were excited to play with him (and his guitar)OLD PICTURES:My Valentine gift to MatthewBronson & I on a rainy day @ Butchart Gardens (Vancouver Island Dec 2009)The outdoor ice rink @ ButchartDaddy took Bronson skating there for the first time! A

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Edmund is 1!!!Suprisingly my little guy who eats turnips and spinach and mango and papaya and dried apricots for lunch wasn't too interested in his carrot cake (I just had to make that for my little red head).Bronson and I went to Toys R Us last weekend and Bronson bought a special present for Edmund ( a little piano with animals that spin and flip when you play it) He picked it all out on his

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We're back to our regularly scheduled programming!AKA We're still here, and life is still crazy. Everything Bronson says is true! We have moved (within the past month), both boys have contracted the chicken pox (within the past week)! and N has been removed from the alphabet (within the past hour).We're now in a smaller, cheaper Caltech owned apartment building that is further from campus,

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I'm trying to win my Christmas wish!Lifestyle Crafts Personal letterpress.Happy Holidays, Love Jenn

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The StacheIt has been requested that The Moustache be photographed and subsequently documented on the web. Well, here's it is:Whoops! Wrong stache!Let's try again:Yup, there it is.If you love it, you should donate to Matt, or his team Stache-Stronomy for Movember.If you HATE it, you should donate to Matt or his team Stache-stronomy for Movember.

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Movember - weeks gone by (in reverse)As every month, November was busy. Matthew has been cultivating a wicked handle bar mustache to raise funds for prostate cancer research as a part of Movember .This month Grandma Diane visited and Aunty Denise, Grandma Helen, Amber, Aaron, Ethan and Kaiden came down for the SoCal experience. We joined them at a few theme parks, add to that our own busy

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This is a nice blog for all of you creative types.Yes, I will get to a family update soon... just been busy crafting crafting crafting!

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Happy Halloween!We did the same as usual this year, but because Bronson is older, it was way more exciting and enjoyable!We decorated Halloween cookies - I forgot to get a shot of the finished ones, but let's just say about half of them had bite marks taken out of them, and Bronson had icing on his face.(You can see Matthew's telescope pumpkin in the background)We went to the Annual Astro Grad

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It's that time again...Time to pull out the thin sweaters, there's a minor chill to the air in California! Oh, and Halloween is coming too. Bronson loves his pumpkin sweater and insisted Edmund get one too. He wants them both to wear them all the time. He either is wearing the pumpkin sweater or no shirt at all.... a nifty little trick he picked up from some boys at daycare.In other news Matthew

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The boysSpoiler Alert: Edmund sneezes around and Bronson counts.

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Where's the fire? don't worry grandmas, he did not actually have any candy at all.

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What am I forgetting...Well, we've had a visit from Grandma Diane since last we spoke. We also had a visit from our dear friends Fraser and Sarah who drove down from Victoria to play boardgames with us. We've spent the past 6 weeks doing 3 days down in Pasadena, and 4 days up in Owens Valley. It's been crazy busy, but fun. Makes us feel young to pile the kids in the car and drive 5 hours up into

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Fire Photos and InfoSo, there's this bloody huge fire a few miles North of us. They're calling it the Station fire because it started 1.5 miles up highway 2 from the L.A. Forest fire station. The number 2 is the highway we usually take to go up to OVRO, but apparently we won't be taking that road anytime soon... the fire has reportedly loosened rockslides onto it, burned railing posts, and

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FireJust a quick post to let you know what's going on with the Station fire, relative to our family.We can see the fire burning on the mountains, big clouds of smoke during the day and red flames at night. It's very strange going about our daily business knowing there's a natural disaster RIGHT there and 2600 firemen fighting it.As I left Target yesterday after my weekly grocery shopping I could

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Looking at Old Photos...August 2007

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Edmund eats!Edmund had his first real food on Sunday evening. When B had his first meal it was well planned and he wore a cute new bib. E's was more of a whim. A messy whim. He really enjoyed the food, he was very focused on the spoon and he shook his arms excitedly between spoonfuls. Bronson really enjoyed watching Edmund eat he ran around and around shrieking with delight.Bronson's first food

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Just hanging out (aka a week in the life of us...)Happy Canada day and happy Independence Day! We've had a busy week, I started my new job on the 1st (loving it!), Matthew's been playing softball, B has been potty training and E has been rolling, rolling, rolling.Not too much to say, enjoy the pictures...Last week we had a potluck with all of our neighbours in our apartment building. It was

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Stevenson Canada tour 2009We're back from a 2 week trek through Canada. We could not mention our visit on the blog as it was a total surprise for Diane's 50th birthday party, which was great. We did a horrible job of picture taking... as in, we didn't take many, and the camera we used did not want to focus so what we did take turned out blurry. In fact, of our 6 parents we only have photos of one

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Dinosaurs and smiling babiesLast weekend we visited the Natural History Museum again. Here is B in front of the Dinosaur bones, then a couple pictures of the awesome Dinosaur puppets they have there that put on Dino encounter shows. The puppeteer is in the dino, and it seems really real. B loves it.Here's where our garden has gotten to, things are growing! I had to thin out the lettuce, I planted

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Smiles & Spaceships... and other updatesMy happy boys were giving me smiles this morning, I caught a few on camera but they really don't do them justice. Well, Edmund is now 2 months old and we've been busy since my last update. We celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary on the 7th, a nice little Mothers day, then Matts birthday on the 12th with a free trip to Disneyland for Matt and B, and

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My husband grew me a rose! and other updates...Matthew planted some roses when the bushes on campus went to seed last year. He now has several miniature rose bushes, and one flowered! Just for me... :) We've been taking it pretty easy down here, B has found new toys hidden under the bed for him, I guess we'll have to find a new hiding place for sale toys. Here he is constructing and such.Bronson

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Happy Easter!Our easter was a nice sunny day full of family time. In the morning we went to the zoo where Bronson pet a bunny and made bunny ears. Then we of course visited animals :)After coming home and having lunch we all took naps! Then in the afternoon we did an egg hunt on the patio. In the evening we played and tidied and had baths and supper. It was a nice day.

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Bye bye Grandma Val After a lovely month long visit/work term my mom has returned to the great white north. We loved having her and after 2 days without her Matt and I are exhausted! How do so many people have multiple children, this is insane!On mom's last day (Wednesday) we took a walk and went to park group where they had an Easter egg hunt. B really enjoyed himself even though I made us late

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There were 3 in the bed and the little one said...Bronson is totally pretending to sleep :)

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This one's for you Aunty Amy... Ta Daa!

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Oh Brother!B is adjusting well to E's presence in the house. When E cries, B comes and takes my hand and leads me over to baby. In the mornings B comes into our room to check out where "boy" is. He likes to rock Edmund in his chair and give him lots of kisses.Edmund had his 2 week appointment yesterday, he's grown again, he now weighs 9lbs 5 oz, so he gained 7 oz since last Thursday! His length

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One week old! (ok, 9 days old) Edmund is doing well, mom is doing well (well, I'm still on pain killers and not allowed to really leave the house...) Bronson loves kissing and hugging "boy" and gets very concerned whenever he hears a baby cry, he looks at you inquisitively and says "boy?". B is also concerned with the manner in which I burp Edmund, by patting him on the back, I suppose to him it

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Edmund Victor Kay StevensonEdmund Victor Kay Stevenson was born on March 17, 2009, at 2:44pm. He weighed 9lbs3oz and was 19"3/4 long.Baby and Mommy are both doing well at the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center. We expect them to come home on Saturday. Until then, I'm sleeping at the hospital with them, helping them get through the nights, and napping uselessly through the mornings.Bronson met

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It's time! When Bronson sees my big belly, he pats it, looks me earnestly in the eyes and says "Out?". He's right, it's time to get this baby out! A couple of days ago my friend Melissa had her baby, and when I show B the pictures of her new baby girl and of her son holding the new baby, he smiles and says "baby out". He's also taken to swaddling his little baby doll in kitchen towels and

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A visit from Aunty Teri & Uncle JayTeri & Jay arrived late Monday night and have been visiting with us ever since! Bronson LOVED having them over , he even says "Jay!", "Teri", "Day-see", and "Ruby". (Daisy is a cow and Ruby is the name of their car.) We went to the aquarium and visited the lorikeets, the birds really liked uncle Jay. Bronson was the tour guide and showed us all the "fish" and "

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Belly shot - 36 weeksTonight we went out to the annual Astro Dept Greenstein lecture dinner. Just another night dining out with Nobel Prize winners. The lecturer was Dr. Charles Townes, inventor of the laser. So, we got a babysitter in and went out for a free classy meal. Anyhow, here's my baby belly.

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Bronson is a jam face (and other breaking news)Jam face, he's got a big jam face, his face covered with jam and he smells like jam too. He floats through the house with his big jam face - JAM FACE! (to the tune of Cat face - which I realize Amy might be the only one who knows the tune)Well, it's life as usual in the Stevenson household, with a twist - mom's belly is huge. We went to the zoo last

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Dance!This is what we did for about 30 minutes this evening.

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Bronson's current favorite music videoHe really likes to watch this video over and over again.Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

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Vacation and other news Well, it's been awhile. We took a week off at the end of January and went to a resort in Newport Beach and had a great time! This was my big Christmas present from Matt, Diane & Terry and my parents.We spent 7 nights relaxing in a huge 2 bedroom suite - I was particularly excited about the ensuite washer, dryer and dishwasher... ahhh to someday not be excited about doing

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The Long Beach AquariumSince Matthew is travelling to Long Beach each day for the AAS (American Astronomical Society) Conference this week, we decided to save him the bus ride home on Wednesday and meet him there. We left after I finished work and drove straight to the Aquarium where we saw EVERYTHING. Some things twice.Long Beach HarborPetting the sharks & raysB enjoyed the Lorikeet sanctuary, a

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Chef BronsonBronson got a sweet apron and hat from Aunty Denise and we set up a little kitchen so he could cook while we are....well...perhaps I am letting my mother in law do all the cooking these days. Really. The truth. You can see it in the background.

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Merry Christmas! We had a Merry Christmas down in sunny, slightly drizzly Pasadena. On Christmas Eve after 8 hours of work, mom came home and cooked a mini traditional Ukrainian dinner of Cabbage rolls and stuffed zucchini after my gradnmother's recipes. After dinner the three of us cuddled on the couch and watched "Polar Express" for the first time. A very good Christmas eve pick I

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Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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Our Christmas letterFor those of you who don't have days to peruse our blog, here is a short version of our lives in 2008 and how we are doing:We started 2008 with a little 1 year old baby and now we have a 2 year old little man. Bronson has grown so much this past year: from a crib to a big boy bed, from barely walking to running and hopping, from gibberish to ... gibberish with the odd clear

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LA Department of water & power light displayTonight after dinner we got ourselves some hot chocolate and headed out to the ZOO... where we parked and walked through the Department of Water and Power's Christmas light display along the road in Griffith Park. It was alot of fun, and so very SoCal. There were plenty of elves, etc, but I mostly just took pictures of the displays that made me giggle,

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Bronson's List.Jennifer instructed me to post a Christmas list for Bronson.I would like to emphasize a certain movie starring a certain robot...Happy Friday!Matthew

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Jenn's Christmas listTwo can play at this game, Matthew!OK here is the Amazon version so that duplicates are avoided: Jenn's list1) Vacation in So Cal near a beach before baby #2 comes during which I get to relax (no sightseeing)2) massage3) pedicures4) Cute Apron, something girly and frilly that my boys won't steal and mess up5) Becoming Jane DVD6) Jane Austen dvd's: 2008 version of

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Matthew's Christmas List.A few people have been asking me for a Christmas list, so here's one from Amazon. Some of the items are a bit expensive, but there's a load of books at the bottom, too.Also, there are a few boardgames that I'd enjoy. I think the best prices are at a retailer called Thoughthammer, although I'm not sure how much they'll charge for shipping. Here are some the games I'd

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Happy Diwali!Last Saturday after seeing Thomas in the morning, and napping in the afternoon we went to a Diwali celebration on campus in the evening. It was wonderful! We stayed until 9pm because Bronson was having so much fun - normally he's cranky and ready for bed at 6:30. There was a yummy Indian buffet, a variety show with dancing and singing and lots of lights (Diwali is the festival of

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A(nother) Day Out with ThomasThis summer we saw Thomas in Winnipeg, that's where Bronson's love of all things Thomas began. Well, Thomas continued to travel West (as did we, but we were alot quicker), and we were able to meet him again this morning in Perris, CA. That's right, we drove 90 minutes each way to do this all over again. We did not tell Bronson where we were going, though he got some

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-14712098948222037062008-11-10T19:08:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:52:09.055-08:00

OVRO working holidayWe were up at OVRO for the past 3 nights and had a wonderful time. We had 2 great dinners and Bronson and I had alot of fun visiting the park each day, and playing outside. It's autumn up there, so we threw leaves in the air and wore pants and long sleeves.On the 2nd night we went out to dinner with all the grad students who were up there; Walter and Joey were up working with

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-75925245939804743702008-11-03T20:57:00.000-08:002008-11-03T21:15:19.233-08:00

At the Zoo Halloween was fun for us. We dressed up pretty well all day. I won the pumpkin carving contest at work (after placing 2nd last year, I was out for the win this time!) and that came with a nifty $100 prize.I will try to get a pic from work to post.Bronson trick or treated for the 1st time this year, he does not say trick or treat, instead after entering our neighbours houses he thrusts

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-13538454595071921642008-11-01T08:12:00.000-07:002008-11-01T08:13:46.658-07:00

Happy Halloween from Leia, Han and Chewy!

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-32889151238196896072008-10-25T10:05:00.000-07:002008-10-25T10:13:57.064-07:00

Crouching fetus, hidden babyMy ultrasound took a long time on Thursday because the baby was hiding down under my pelvic bone. The doc was getting a little annoyed, but he was funny. He could only see the head and check that out, and it was all good. He showed me the whole big uterus that the baby could be swimming around in, but instead baby was crouched down low in the corner. He said he'd

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-7011006256664832192008-10-22T21:04:00.000-07:002008-10-22T21:29:32.987-07:00

Bye bye Grandma ValWell, the loiterers outside of LAX got a show on Saturday as Bronson and I tried to outdo each other with the waterworks, saying goodbye to grandma Val. Unfortunately for Bronson I had a secret weapon: pregnancy hormones. Poor Matthew had to drive home two whimpering babies who would periodically start bawling all over again, through downtown LA.We really enjoyed your visit,

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-63800204119303870872008-10-12T17:55:00.000-07:002008-10-12T18:11:33.797-07:00

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch Today we drove 30 minutes to a nearby Pumpkin Patch in Mission Hills. My mom is in town and she came with us. We took a tractor pulled train ride, did a hay bale maze and climbed a hay pyramid! We also had fresh roasted corn and bought 4 pumpkins and some produce. Apparently I am not very good at guessing pumpkin weight, there was a huge pumpkin there, and if you guess

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-17450311510424868492008-09-28T19:56:00.000-07:002008-09-28T21:53:31.890-07:00

September, Club fair, OVRO, big boy bed and nauseaI've been a bad mommy blogger.I've been a bad mommy blogger.I've been a bad mommy blogger.In my defense, this pregnancy has been kicking my butt. My nausea went from bad to worse and I took many days off of work, spent 3 weeks dry heaving, exhausted and on a diet of Ensure, peppermint tea and fruit. The worst of it has ended as I move into my 2nd

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-90643858006047375842008-09-04T20:02:00.000-07:002008-09-05T10:41:47.856-07:00

Bronson is 2!On Monday we had a big birthday party for the little guy, 6 toddlers, 2 babies and 15 ish parents. It was great! I was worried, but all of the kids were spectacular! I did not seek all of the parents permission to post pics, so I won't, but we got a cute one of all the toddlers on the couch together.Aunty Laura and Uncle Walter @ the partyThe party theme was "fish", here's the

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-70276420403687245982008-08-31T02:37:00.000-07:002008-08-31T02:59:22.437-07:00

Millard Canyon Falls HikeYesterday we went on Bronson's first "real" hike, in the nearby San Gabriel mountains, right at the very end of Lake Avenue (for those of you who've visited, Lake is where the Trader Joes is) to Millard Canyon Falls. I was web surfing the other day and feeling sick of big cities and manicured lawns when I came across this hike. It's nice to know that forests and rivers

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-35579333119343472882008-08-28T06:13:00.000-07:002008-08-28T07:16:11.563-07:00

Disneyland & a visit from Bronson's god parentsWell, last week was an exciting week, especially for Bronson. On Monday we met up with Sabrina and Mike in Anaheim and went to Disneyland for the day. The 5 of us shared a room that night at the Disneyland Paradise Pier hotel on site, so B and I enjoyed an afternoon nap and swim to break up the excitement of the rides and characters. In the afternoon

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-35107913023346591482008-08-25T07:54:00.000-07:002008-08-25T07:58:32.288-07:00

Jenn's email and websiteSorry for anyone who's tried to email me over the past week, it was probably rejected. I needed to re-register my domain name, so my website and email are both hosted on my own domain and were not working. Everything is back up now, though! So, email at will!

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-18255983036272285202008-08-15T13:51:00.000-07:002008-08-15T14:01:54.508-07:00

Bronson's Birthday ListHowdy folks. Bronson's birthday is coming up on the 3rd of September. Hurray!We set up an Amazon wishlist for him here: Bronson's Wishlist. You'll notice that his day with Thomas the Tank Engine in Winnipeg had quite an impression on him...Also, there is a book that he'd like which Amazon doesn't carry called Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time. The book can be ordered

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586828780797786831noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-67354843807611045152008-08-12T21:12:00.000-07:002008-08-12T21:42:23.887-07:00

Down by the Bay... We're back from a 9 day trip up to the Bay area - 4 nights in a dorm room in Berkeley and 4 nights in a motel in Stanford. I missed my kitchen.It was a nice trip - Matt had a workshop in Berkeley and B and I explored the campus, as well as going in to San Francisco twice. In San Francisco we visited the Modern Art Museum and took in the Frida Kahlo exhibit. Bronson liked the

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-20881390765079820772008-07-29T12:47:00.000-07:002008-07-29T13:04:22.483-07:00

EarthquakeAbout an hour ago there was an earthquake in So Cal. It was the biggest I've ever felt. B and I were at the zoo, I was opening our car doors and the car rocked in to me and the ground shook. I went over to Bronson in the stroller and he was looking around confused.When we got home, many of my paintings had been shaken off the walls, plants had fallen over and stuff had fallen off the

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-14286091618277696072008-07-27T14:48:00.000-07:002008-07-27T15:05:31.647-07:00

Bronson rocks the harmonica We've had a pretty quiet weekend, yesterday morning we went to the zoo in time for opening, which is the best time because it isn't crowded and it's not too hot, so lots of animals who mostly sleep during the day are still awake, having breakfast and excercise. We also saw the Bird show, which was fantastic! In the afternoon we played inside because Bronson is

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-63987246119969274372008-07-24T19:54:00.000-07:002008-07-24T20:15:29.910-07:00

The Long Beach AquariumLast Sunday my internet explorations led me to discover that the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is open late on Sundays for reduced admission after 5pm. Since Bronson now stays up until 7:30 ish, we were spontaneous: loaded ourselves and a picnic dinner into the car, made the 45 minute drive and arrived in Long Beach.Bronson was really happy to have a special picnic

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-5238524786741937272008-07-17T21:04:00.000-07:002008-07-17T21:49:57.972-07:00

I love coming home to our Pasadena apartment After being away for a while, it still has that new apartment smell to me, it makes me think of newborn babies, reading magazines while pumping and guzzling chocolate soy milk. Good times being a new parent on a new adventure with all the necessary energy that entails.My Canada day cheesecakeWe had a very nice trip to Canada this summer. 2 weeks in

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-39159696025116320612008-06-16T07:52:00.000-07:002008-06-16T09:30:18.099-07:00

2008 Pasadena Chalk FestivalWell, it's been a long, extremely hot and tiring weekend. I worked from 8 am - 6 pm on Saturday and 6:30 am - 12:30pm on Sunday and finally completed my mural.My area of cement was pretty tough to work with, rookie mistake choosing a high traffic area where the ground has been worn smooth. Other artists kept coming by and saying they were so sorry I got stuck with that

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-60943306690832198442008-06-13T13:17:00.000-07:002008-06-13T13:40:38.784-07:00

Matthew Stevenson, BSc, MScA sweltering 2 1/2 hour convocation in pictures.The processionOla Laura!The glee club performed 2 songs, Matthew was up there with themThe two key points to keeping Bronson occupied: Peanut butter and...Peekaboo!Peanut butter...Peekaboo!Congratulations Varun!Congratulations Walter!Congratulations Laura! Bronson spotted Laura before I did and started pointing and

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-75446230464003823462008-06-08T21:21:00.001-07:002008-06-08T22:22:12.917-07:00

Sweet home CaliforniaWell, our week has been busy. Just as I start to recover my hearing, Bronson's eyes start leaking goo. Yes, he has pink eye. Oh, and a bacterial ear infection. Poor kiddo. He's pretty happy in any case, however we did have to quarantine him from children for the past few days and boy did he miss the neighboring kids. He was so glad to finally be able to play with them again.

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-74426795579858956762008-05-30T15:16:00.000-07:002008-05-30T15:23:06.186-07:00

Bronson's favourite music video:It contains 3-tailed monkeys."I lived on the Moon" by Kwoon, video by Yannick Puig.

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586828780797786831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-58320985882747318222008-05-29T07:20:00.001-07:002008-05-29T07:29:32.058-07:00

A cupcake after lunch and lasagna for dinner...and Canada details as a mid-morning snackSabrina makes a good point. Here are the details of our Canada trip:June 16 - July 2 in ManitobaJuly 2 - July 16 in Port Alberniwith a camping trip to Rathtrevor July 7th - 12th. Even after all this food he woke up @ midnight hungry!!! In daddy's words "He's about to grow a mile."

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-66539502878913865412008-05-28T13:22:00.001-07:002008-05-28T13:38:33.765-07:00

We've all been so sick.Well, I'm still sick. Bronson is now over his Viral Infection which included random vomit fits (as we're crossing the road) and reduced hunger. We know that he's better because now he has GREATLY INCREASED hunger habits. The kid's eaten more today than Matt & I combined. Last night he ate his lasagna, then his yogurt cup, then as I was getting him an applesauce he grabbed

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-76853478648427412012008-05-26T13:33:00.000-07:002008-05-27T13:52:01.981-07:00

Wow!Or, to borrow a phrase from Bronson: "Wowowow!"This image was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter yesterday afternoon. It is a picture of the Mars Phoenix Lander descending towards the surface of the red planet. You can clearly see the inflated parachute, the lander, and the cables connecting the two. The dark grey background texture is the surface of Mars.Edit: See here an even more

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586828780797786831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-48051860954730844122008-05-21T22:47:00.000-07:002008-05-21T23:03:22.515-07:00

The OASIS annual cultural showYes, it's true. I am a member of the Organization of Associated Students of the Indian Subcontinent (OASIS). How is it that a Canadian who's never even visited India has become a member of such a group? Well, our friend Varun said I could sign up. So I did.So, I was in a play in the annual cultural show which this Indian student society holds each May. Here is a link

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-45388644471536880742008-05-15T14:48:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:41:06.827-07:00

Picnic at Caltech & Baby's got Croup***We won! The (Caltech Housing) Lottery! We get to keep our apartment for another glorious year!!***We had a nice picnic @ Caltech on Tuesday. We hadn't had time to shop, so we went through the Vegetarian drive thru in town and took our vegan cheeseburgers and air fries to Caltech. We tried a new grassy spot, which had a tiny hill near it and Matthew taught

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-65797861939537347152008-05-15T14:27:00.001-07:002008-05-15T14:48:33.413-07:00

Anniversary, Mothers Day and ... hmm, am I forgetting something?Oh, right, Matthew's Birthday!On the 7th we celebrated 3 years as husband and wife. We enjoyed a dinner in Little Ethiopia to celebrate on Sunday, which Bronson enjoyed thoroughly as well.On Saturday we had a birthday party for Matthew. The theme was "Pirates of Catan" and I made a replica Settlers of Catan cake for Matt. We played

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-34604569296436658312008-05-08T19:24:00.000-07:002008-05-08T20:27:29.344-07:00

Bah OwwhhaaaJust goofing around...

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-929100464225293912008-05-06T23:05:00.000-07:002008-05-06T23:45:43.835-07:00

Sunday at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (with the Chileans)Our friends Walter and Laura are both recipients of the prestigious Fullbright Fellowship. As such they are constantly invited to special outings and parties at rich peoples houses. This past Sunday was a Fullbright outing to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, they asked us along with them... and so we went.It was a full day adventure, first we

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-43807304625331005062008-05-01T22:51:00.000-07:002008-05-01T22:57:58.723-07:00

Here's an interesting video that I found on parenting. The story is really good and makes you think. The end gets a tad preachy, and the website it's associated with isn't worth the visit, but this is the best visuals to the story "Animal School" that I could find on the web, lest I create my own video, but I do not have the time right now.Watch at least until the part that says "Do you know a

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-90805514448521199442008-05-01T12:57:00.000-07:002008-05-01T14:30:38.611-07:00

Lemons and poolLast Saturday was the Lemon festival in Upland, CA. We drove the 40 minutes to downtown Upland. It was neat, we got ourselves some lemonade and authentic mexican (if it doesn't come from a window in the side of the van, it ain't real) and enjoyed the heat. Until it got too hot and then we didn't enjoy that anymore. They had a neat little petting zoo with pot-bellied pigs and goats

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-14987078642521580312008-04-29T07:51:00.000-07:002008-04-29T08:15:00.955-07:00

Wildfires Just a quick update to let you know that we are well and have not been evacuated due to wildfires. The Fires are in Sierra Madre - North East of us, and evacuated homes are 15 min drive away. The fire is moving West towards Altadena - directly North of us and North East Pasadena is being told to evacuate.I feel that we're pretty safe here, no houses have burnt in the mountains and the

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-85168302188681446132008-04-22T21:47:00.001-07:002008-04-22T22:11:51.928-07:00

We're back!Well, Bronson and I had a most enjoyable trip to Canada. It was sunny, rainy, cloudy, and snowy all in the course of the 7 day visit. We enjoyed seeing all of the family and Sky taught Bronson how to play many the musical instrument. Bronson was enthralled by grandpa's parrot, pulled the cat's tail and kept Dixie's food (and water) bowls full of kibble. I got to catch up with my good

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-67708207563347696392008-04-08T18:35:00.000-07:002008-04-08T18:53:27.392-07:00

We're coming to Canada (but Matthew is going to Europe)We're splitting up our travels, Bronson and I are going to visit my parents for a week - fyi all, best seat sale ever on Alaska Air right now - and Matthew is going to Germany and England for meetings next week. Bronson and I will be in Port Alberni from April 12th through 19th, so if you're around e-mail or call!OVRO was a nice trip.

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-34788524642133489672008-03-31T21:13:00.000-07:002008-03-31T21:32:55.168-07:00

Sunday, lovely SundayFirst in news -Alan & Lorraine have gone and we are once again the three amigos.My father had a heart attack last week, he's fine and was released today to go home.Our second bike was stolen last week while I was at work! Now we have none :(Bronson's new word is "Fish".This Thursday & Friday we are gone up to the Owens Valley telescopes where Matthew will work and Bronson and

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-62986499739920671112008-03-25T13:32:00.000-07:002008-03-25T14:05:47.069-07:00

Bronson's egg huntBronson is a pretty good egg hunter. He found all of his plastic eggs with one graham cracker in each in no time. He would have been even faster, but he was limited to 2 hands. Next year he'll do better with the spiffy Easter basket we bought him on sale on Monday :) We spent Easter afternoon outside in Bronson's pool. The water was cold, but it was 100 out, so it was a nice

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-2963226857929025352008-03-17T14:39:00.000-07:002008-03-17T16:55:42.359-07:00

So long...squeak squeak Last week we had a visit from Aunty Teri and Uncle Jay who drove all the way down to see us from Alberta! It was a great visit, we had lots of good food and laughs. They shopped and golfed and explored Huntington and explored Kidspace and went to the zoo a few times. Also, they played board games with us :)Bronson loved the visit - he got REALLY upset when we waved goodbye

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-32264745916193083462008-03-08T03:33:00.000-08:002008-03-08T03:39:37.271-08:00

My Messy KidBecause the only thing better than soup - is crackers. And the only thing better than crackers - is soup AND crackers.

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-72163846921718534042008-03-05T22:37:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:55:47.559-08:00

The Emperor's new clothesLast february was a big month for weddings - not only did we miss my good friend Christina's wedding in Port, but we also missed our friend Mansi's wedding in India.Our friends Walter, Laura and Varun went to Mansi's wedding however. Varun then visited his parents for awhile and Walter and Laura did some sightseeing on their first trip through India. They were kind

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-57979524322817986132008-02-28T20:58:00.000-08:002008-02-28T21:56:29.982-08:00

A busy weekLast weekend (last last weekend) we went to visit my aunt Jean and Uncle Mike and cousin Sky at Disneyland. Unfortunately we forgot to bring the camera - though I'm sure Mike got some nice pictures which he might send me :) Sky turned 8 and really enjoyed playing with Bronson. She liked asking him where his belly was, only to have him pull up his shirt and flash his white beluga belly

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-57788202779787982942008-02-20T21:55:00.000-08:002008-02-20T22:22:51.780-08:00

Our first family camping tripWell, as most readers will know - I love camping. Matthew feels the same way (he'd better...) Anyhow, it has been a LONG time since last we camped, I think we tried when I was 6 or 7 months pregnant, so it's been nearly 2 years now! In fact - we even sold off all of our 2 person camping gear at a garage sale in Victoria before leaving. Luckily Teri-Lynne and Jay got

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-47324884583897829562008-02-11T21:54:00.000-08:002008-02-11T22:18:18.314-08:00

Life is all back to normalWell, life is back to its usual drone (don't get me wrong - I mean drone in the brightest, sunniest, cutest-kid-in-the-world kind of way). Amy left on Feb 2nd, after a sad 5am farewell, Bronson and I hit iHOP on the way home from Burbank and got all-we-could-eat pancakes. Turns out we couldn't eat as many as we might have thought. Bronson sure loves pancakes, though.The

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-22715872519224672022008-01-29T13:41:00.000-08:002008-01-29T14:39:22.266-08:00

DIS - NEEEYY - LAAAAANND!Early Sunday morning we set out on the 45 minute drive to Disneyland. Neither Bronson, Matthew nor Diane had been to Disneyland before, so we had quite a broad day seeing adult and infant attactions. We made it on The Indiana Jones ride, the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Carribbean, Splash Down Mountain (where we got soaked and some of our clothes never did dry off),

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-64714794260749804542008-01-29T13:14:00.000-08:002008-01-29T13:40:21.776-08:00

Visiting with Grandma and Grandpa Portage!Last week we had special visitors, Grandma Diane and Grandpa Terry. We had a great visit full of shopping, eating, drinking, sight-seeing and playing!Not only did we do the usual Kidspace, LA Zoo, Huntington, etc, but we also went to an Outlet mall, Griffith Observatory and Disneyland! Below are pictures from our many adventures, Disneyland gets a post

Jenn Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912378437046672169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33125740.post-47826288354428283542008-01-14T20:14:00.001-08:002008-01-14T20:49:38.070-08:00

Owens Valley January 2008Matthew is doing some work on the solar telescopes located at OVRO (Owens Valley Radio Observatory), this is where he also does work on the big 40M scope and the C Bass project. Most of the time he controls the telescopes remotely, from his laptop (7am and 5pm every day), however some hands on work required a last minute trip to Owens Valley last Tuesday, Wednesday and

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So serious - so funny

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New Years Eve and New Years DayOn new years eve we all went to the LA Zoo. Matthew and I have a membership to the zoo and Bronson loves going. There were many baby animals - baby gorilla (seen nursing below), baby orangutangs, baby giraffes, baby koala... it was an exciting day to be at the zoo - a koala had made it's way to the kangaroo pen next door, the lions did quite the roaring/growling

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Bronson, Grandma and mom at HuntingtonOne of our many outings during my precious hours off this holiday was to Huntington with Bronson and my mom. We had a nice walk, and Bronson showed grandma all over the childrens garden! It's a grea garden with a play house, small fountains, rain and mist and fog machines... no visit to Pasadena is complete without a sunny afternoon in the childrens garden

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Christmas... Christmas Eve I spent the day cooking a modern-traditional version of the Ukrainian Christmas supper for mom, dad, Matthew, Amy, Bronson, myself and Varun and JK - friends from Caltech. I made Cabbage rolls, Nut loaf, potatoes, cranberry sauce, yams, green beans and brussel sprouts with butter tarts for dessert. It was a good meal - if I do say so myself. The night before I'd put

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Newport Beach, the week before ChristmasMy parents had one week in a timeshare at Newport beach, we made it for 3 nights of visiting and REALLY enjoyed ourselves! It was great - we swam and napped and ate and played. There was a putting green and a basketball court and a big gas firepit and a sandbox, and a childrens fun center, and a playground, and an arcade and 5 pools, 3 hot tubs, even

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I can't believe I still haven't posted Thanksgiving news!Thanksgiving came and went and we kicked the holidays into high gear. Not just we the family, but we the entire nation of America. I have started working full time (and over time on weekends, too) to help with the hotel rush. We've attended a jewish menorah lighting gathering at Caltech - turns out Bronson really likes latkes, a Diwali

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Merry Christmas from all the elves in California!http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1262457458

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