My baby turned 1!

...like 2 months ago now but life has been bizzzzzy for us Hocksters and I lost my camera only to recover it this morning! So there ya go. But River's bday party was amazing, thanks to all the 70 wonderful friends that came out and made it so special. Seth shot a wild pig a few days before the blessed event and it hung in our fridge til Saturday morning, where then he doused it in oil and spices and put it on the spit (which he also built) where he turned it every 15 minutes for about 7 hours. It tasted fine I guess but for my huntsman, it was more about the experience and challenge than anything else. We also brewed some fantastic beer for the occasion: a Hef type, which tasted a lot like Blue Moon and a Amber, which had a Red Tail flavor. They turned out fantastic. So thanks to our little man for giving us a great reason to throw a party. He'll enjoy the pictures one day.

Covering a lot of ground here..

Summer is here and that always seems to be our busy season. Along with numerous family birthdays throughout the 3 months (most notably, River, 7/18) this is also when our family comes out form PA to hang out. Starting with Seth's sister and brother-in-law. They were out in SF on biz and so we made a biz trip out of the long weekend. We first headed up to Mill Valley, delivered some fine furniture and headed to the Marin Headlands Hostel for thenight. Can we say BEAUTIFUL! And what an amazing, clean, historic hostel it is. We will def be going back.

Hangin' with Aunt Kristie.


Priceless.
Again, priceless.

Seth on the steps of the main Hostel building.
The annex Hostel, where we stayed.
Seth pushing Riv's stroller, in the sand while talking on the phone-what a multi-tasker!
The beach, less than 1 mile hike from the hostel.

River's main squeeze, the gorgeous Selah. To whom he is betrothed ;) Not really, but we're all hopeful this is more than just a crush.

Our insanely beautiful and fun little man - who is sadly (sniff) turning 1 on Saturday. This year has gone incredibly too fast.

Fun times at Recession Ranch

River loves to play in my garden and by play I mean pull up all my veggies and munch on rocks.

Enjoying our apricot tree!


My lovely romaine...almost ready to enjoy.





My raised beds...squash, eggplant (fave), romaine, peas, carrots, honeydew, watermelon, broccoli and peppers


Chicken and asparagus - yes, he has good taste. (i DO feed him more than what is shown)

Eating lunch w/dad.

A Walkin' River!

A walkin River! from Hock on Vimeo.

laughin'

Untitled from Hock on Vimeo.

"Goodbye City Life"

..feeling a bit like Lisa from Green Acres. But I keep reminding myself that I lived in a bus for a while so I can surely live on 10 acres in the picturesque countryside of Nipomo.

Seth working on our raised beds for the garden.
River eating rocks.


Seth's shop.
Our diggs.


Views from our front porch. 

Moving help