How I Spent My Morning...

Livia is 18 months old today! She is anything, but a baby anymore. She is in full toddler mode, exploring, learning, exploring, talking, dancing, climbing, exploring...watch the video below and see how I got to spend part of my morning...cleaning up at least one million sprinkle balls...




(Oh and it wasn't as easy as you would think, those little balls like to scatter!)

THIRTY

Totally Surprised!

Andy surprised me with a wonderful weekend last weekend for my 30th birthday! We spent a relaxing day together as a family on Friday (my actual b-day day) and then went to dinner at Bob's Burger and Brew in Birch Bay Square where I knew we would meet up with extended family. What I didn't know was that two of my closest girlfriends (Nikki and Tara) would be there too! And when I say closest I don't mean in distance or proximity, one travelled from the Seattle area and the other travelled all they way from Corvallis Oregon! It was such a sweet surprise and so good to have time to hang out with friends I dearly miss! After dinner the girls got to come back home with me and hang out and then on Saturday morning I got to have a coffee date with them and just sit and chat and laugh and catch up! Girls, I love our phone conversations and the catch up times on Facebook, but having a day with you in person was the best birthday surprise ever! Thank you so much to my sweet husband for planning this since MARCH! Laura, we missed you SOOO much and I can't wait to see you, hopefully soon friend!!!

It feels good to be THIRTY and I'm looking forward to what this next decade will bring!


Have I mentioned I have an AMAZING husband!?


Tara, Me and Nikki enjoying some Birch Bay SUN!


My sweet Hope and I



Some new Fiesta dishes from the kids

Shirts from Israel

Here are the shirts Andy brought back for the kids from Israel.

Knock Knock

Livia has started telling Knock Knock Jokes! I think she has heard Josiah telling the same joke over and over and over again that she finally got the hang of it. Here is the transcript of the joke:

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
COW
COW WHO?
OH NO, COWS GO MOO!

Enjoy the video...

My new favorite thing...

Livia is 17 months old now and my new favorite thing she does is call for Hope and Joey when they are out of the room. For example, this morning Hope was still upstairs sleeping and from the bottom of the stairs Livia calls, "HOooooooope". So sweet! I love that she loves her big sister and big brother!

Andy on a Camel

For those of you who don't have Facebook here is just one of Andy's pictures from Israel. It's personally my favorite (and the kids' too)!

Ducklings

After 28 days of sitting Momma Duck (aka: Daisy) has some babies. A couple little heads peeked out tonight. What an awesome experience to be able to witness in our own yard. The kids have enjoyed waving to Daisy from afar the last month and they were so excited to see the little ducklings heads tonight.


It's kind of difficult to see, but there is a tiny yellow head under the right wing under her.


The little yellow head is to the lower right front of her as well.