A little look at the babes. . .

Here was our attempt to take some pictures of the kids at the park the other day. A pocket full of candy would I been very useful but all I had were goldfish. . .

scamS

if you happened to get an email from my mom asking for money its a scam. she is laying on an egyptian beach and she wasn't robbed in england...just so you know.

Just so you know. . .

there were no fat ladies with sports bras on over their bathing suits with water shoes on. . .just me and a friend + the instructor. . .and we aren't fat and didn't have sports bras on over our swimsuits.

Birthday Celebration

Mike took the morning off and was greeted by two little ones, me and some a new assortment of coffees and teas. Grace & Obie were so excited to sing happy birthday. After Mike got up I made french toast (with homemade bread), with strawberries and maple syrup. After breakfast we went to a lake that is close to our house. Initially the plan was to bike around the lake, and then we realized there was no way to fit all the kids and us on the bikes. Grace rode and we walked. . .well kind of. . .we didn't get very far. Grace and Obie were more interested in playing in the sand and water. Obie ended up "wadding" a little too far and totally feel in. He was able to get to his feet but he scared himself pretty bad. Instead of walking back he just stood there screaming, waving his arms. . .all while we stood on the side screaming for him to come back. After the traumatic experience we enjoyed our picnic we had brought. The sky was getting darker and darker so we decided to finish the trip with some boba tea. The kids thought it was the greatest thing ever. When we got home they napped and Mike went to work. While Mike was at work I did my last minute wrapping and got dinner ready. After dinner we opened a few presents had mint ice cream cake from Coldstone's. It also happened to be the first night of water aerobics so at 7:00pm I had to leave. . .so that was our birthday celebration. Low key but so much fun.

29 years and counting. . .

Twenty-nine years old that is. Today Mike turns 29. So Happy Birthday to the best husband & daddy around. We love you!

Little Bit of Life

Here is a little bit of our life. . .seems like so much is going on at this point but at the same time nothing is really happening.

-Last night we ate our first veggie that we grew from a seed. It was a yellow squash and it was so good. Hopefully are plans will produce more. I need to get the pictures off of Mike's phone...we made sure we documented it.

-This morning I spotted several cucumbers which were all about 3-4 inches long.

-I started a new batch of seeds.

-A friend used me as the model to demonstrate a new highlighting technique so I got free highlights today. . .and they don't look like stripes.

-M' can get on all fours and rock back and forth. . .fast.

-Mike's birthday is tomorrow.

-Mike and I went out Saturday night to celebrate him graduating. . .I saw a guy with a gun strapped to his chest. . .and he wasn't a cop. I realized I don't like guns. . .especially when they aren't on a cop.

-Wii said 147.0 (2 pounds to go)

-Tomorrow I start water aerobics.

-O' has been a pee pee/poo poo star on the potty. He has been wearing underwear and has only had on accident in the past 4 days.

-G' loves it when I call her a pro.

-Our family has grown in the past 5 years and our house has not. . .which leaves me with either moving to a bigger house (=$$$) or developing a plan. . .so here is my new plan since we could really use a guest room. Our room is big upstairs and the other two rooms are a good size, so we are going to put all the kids in our big room up stairs. Then we will use the other bedroom upstairs as a babies room/guest room and we will move downstairs to the brown room. We will keep M' in the baby/guest room until she gets a little bit bigger but then she will move in with the other two. We will be having family in town for August, September and part of November so we figure this will be the best plan. . .or else the kids will all have to be shuffled around and the guest still won't have much space.

- Krista is graduating on Friday from BFA. . .wish we could all be there.

-I'm a good griller.

-There are way to many mosquito's in our yard. . .and they love me.

-Craigslist is great.

-I'm so glad I don't have to worry about day camp right now. . .staying at home is nice.

-We got carpet squares for the dinning room so are floor doesn't get all scratched up.

-O' doesn't like not being able to touch the bottom of the pool with his feet. . .his face screams terror but he is in love with the little pool.

-G' is going to VBS next week.

-I like Big Macs.

-I only mowed half our front yard. . .and it looks bad. . .the steep hill is a killer.

-M' eats more then the other kids. . .she downed two jars of baby food the other day and she could have kept going.

So, currently, that's our life.

9 years ago. . .

I wore a jean skirt, and held a small bouquet, and stood beside the man I stand beside today. I was 20 and he 19 (so close to 20) and we made the biggest decisions of our lives. Legally we were married, in front of some dear friends and family. . .while across a big ocean the rest of our family waited for us to come. . .for our "real" wedding 12 days later. So much has changed. . .our family has grown and we have grown. . .and today I forgot. . .but my wonderful husband did not. I love him and he loves me. . .luckily I get a second chance, on our second "real" anniversary June 14th.