New belly pics

Okay so Haylee and I were having fun with the camera (and my big belly)this morning and she was feeling him move all over the place so I thought I would get a few "first pictures" of Haylee and her little brother. :) She is so excited and both the girls kiss my belly all the time and talk to him, and sing to him. He is going to be a very loved little boy. :^)





This is 28 weeks....last trimester finally, home stretch....YEAH!!! And we think it's going to be Gavin Michael.

Our fun filled busy weekend

We had such a great time with Mike and Bonnie (Grandpa and Grandma) this past weekend and the weather turned out to be gorgeous!!!! We could not have planned it any better if we tried, today is the first of any rain (and it was just a sprinkle) that we have seen in about a week. Yes for all those wondering it's just short of a miracle. :) So anyway, the weekend was busy and went by way too fast like they always do but I got some good pictures and just figured I would post a bunch and let them do the talking.

Friday night we went into town and walked the boardwalk along the water and went to have dinner at the Big Fat Fish Co.....they have such great food and they even brought Haylee a yummy slice of chocolate cake with a candle for her birthday. :)

My beautiful birthday girl......

These girls just love their Grandpa.

Supposed to be 4.....not sure what she's thinking.

Yum!

Jen, she loves this card and plays with it all the time.

Their (or Justins) new favorite toy......the flying, squealing monkey.

The infamous spanking machine.....

So then Saturday was off to Vancouver Canada to go to the aquarium that was so much better than I was expecting. I have never seen dolphins, whales, or sharks so it was fun to go to one big enough to see all these neat animals. We watched the dolphin show and the Beluga whale show and learned some fun new things. Haylee was tired about halfway through but Grace was just fascinated with everything and you could just tell she was trying to take it all in.

She was having such a good time. Her and Haylee even had their maps to cross off what we had and hadn't seen yet.

This guy was huge and got up so close and was just staring at us.

The Beluga Whale.

Getting ready for the whale show.

This little otter was playing with the girls and chasing their finger all around the glass.

Outside the aquarium.

Trying to get a family picture with a cranky 4 year old.....not going to happen, so we torture her instead. ;)

Sunday Grandma and Grandpa took the girls so Justin and I could have a date that was much needed, this one was actually long enough to see a movie AND go out to eat. :) They took Haylee to Build A Bear for her birthday and out to lunch so that was fun for them to have some one on one time without parents ruining all the fun. We got home and had a little camp fire out on the deck and roasted marshmallows. We had a yummy steak and shrimp dinner and had german chocolate cake to celebrate Justins birthday. It was a weekend filled with lots of good eating that's for sure. ;)

Monday was Justins birthday and we thought we would head to this greasy place that we love to have breakfast but we got all the way there and they were closed so we took option number two which ended up also being really good. After we went to Anacortis, this little town right on the water where you catch all the main ferries to the islands and Alaska, they have some fun shops to look at and we of course had to stop and have ice cream. :) Then Grandpa and Grandma were off to Seattle to catch a plane and we headed home with sad, tired kids.......fun! ;) That was our weekend in a nutshell, thank you guys for coming and spending the weekend with us. We love you and miss you tons!!! See you in April. :)

Who knows?????

Happy Birthday to Justin.......

It is Justin's birthday today and I figured I would include 32 "Justin facts", but in no particular order:

1. He is very handsome. ;)


2. He has a great sense of humor.


3. He makes excellent homemade Italian dishes. (yum!)


4. He always calls me to check in throughout the day.


5. He loves to read and reads everything he can get his hands on.


6. He loves to scare the crap out of people and think he's pretty funny doing it....one day we will get him back.


7. He is an incredibly sweet man who hates to have someone the least bit upset with him......that drives me crazy when I am trying to be mad.


8. He loves his family and is very thoughtful of their needs.


9. He hates science fiction.


10. He loves, loves, loves westerns.


11. He loves to go and do and try new things.


12. He hates spicy food.


13. He snores.


14. He falls asleep faster than anyone I have ever met.


15. He loves to camp and be out doors.


16. He is an Eagle Scout.....he shares that a lot so I know he is proud of it. ;)


17. He can make a mean camp fire. (once again Eagle scout)


18. He loves to play basketball.


19. He loves everything about any and all sports and if they were no longer he would probably think life was over. ;)


20. He loves new watches.


21. He loves new colognes and always smells so good.


22. He likes candy as much as I do just would never admit it. ;)


23. He is an incredible Dad who loves his little girls more than anything in this world.


24. He is very anxious to meet his son.......(and a little nervous I think).


25. Everyone who meets him loves him and his customers and coworkers just think he's the greatest.


26. He is very romantic when he wants to be.


27. He is an excellent writer, he has written beautiful poetry and letters and every time I get a card from him it makes me cry. (in a sweet way)


28. His faith is something that is very important to him and he loves to learn and read about all kinds of interesting faiths and religions.


29. He loves Johnny Cash and John Wayne. (maybe we need to name our son John????)


30. He loves any and allkinds of music and has a Sunday morning ritual of finding new stuff on the computer.


31. He is very handy around the yard and house even when he's not sure what he is doing he pretends. :)


32. I guess my last thing because I really could keep going is just that he is one really good complete package that I was lucky enough to find at the right time and I feel so blessed to have him as my husband. :)

Happy Birthday, I love you and hope you had a wonderful day!!!!! :)

A very nice day!

We had a very nice Valentine's day this year, even though it was some what busy we still managed to enjoy it. I made pink heart shaped pancakes (woo hoo) in the morning and then we headed to Grace's school party which was a lot of fun. They did a pajama party and had the usual treats, valentine's, crafty stuff. They were all just so excited at the different things they were getting from everyone.

This is their teacher in her pj's too. :)

Justin and I braved the crowds and went to Black Angus for a date.....big mistake on a time crunch that's for sure. Even with reservations we managed to be eating our prime rib on the couch after the girls were in bed because of the long wait. How romantic huh????? We still had a nice night away though and have learned we will probably not be doing it again until after the kids are bigger. Justin did surprise me with roses in the morning when I woke up so that was very nice to get. ;)

We opened up our valentines box after we got home from dinner and the girls had a ball......I don't know why but I still hold out hope that there will be a surprise for me in the box....(besides Grace's 10 coloring pages and valentines) We got some fun things in the mail from people and Daddy got them their very own jewlery box which they were thrilled about. It was a very fun day and it's another one that I woke up today a little sad that all the excitement is over......I guess just more ideas to add to next years holiday. :)

Grandma can you see the excitement?????

What did I tell you? ;)

I hope you all had a nice week, the days are getting a little bit longer and the air has been quite a bit warmer and seeing all of the Easter stuff in stores is getting me so anxious for Spring. It's time for flowers and signs of life. :)

Love is in the air......

We finally are getting in the spirit for Valentines Day, last week was a bit draining but we are all feeling better now. We have made our Valentines box finally and this year the girls did all the decorating, I just covered it with the red paper. I love this tradition and it's something that I hope will last a long time. My oven is broken so we have not done any fun baking yet. :( Grace does have a party in her class on Thursday and I am so excited, I loved Valentines Day parties in school and they can still bring Valentines and goodies to share. (store bought of course....bitter, bitter Mom I am) School has just changed so much so it's a relief to find that some things live on.


Here is our box...Grace has just about filled it with stuff already so there will be lots of surprises this year. :)



Another love..................

The girls in this house have a new love together and it's name is the Food Network channel. :) We are loving watching these shows together and I love that it's finally something outside of Hannah Montana or cartoons that we can all enjoy and learn something new too. It was Little House on the Prairie for a while but I think we have already conquered all the episodes and unlike me ( I could watch them forever) my girls get bored with reruns....so now we have moved on to Full House and cooking shows. Barefoot Contessa is a great one to watch because she is so simple and yummy, I really want to find a cook book of hers so if anyone reading this has any good recommendations for me that would be great. The one last week she did an anniversary episode for her husband and made a wedding cake...yum...who knew to put coffee in your chocolate cake to make it more moist??? Anyway, while I was afterward making dinner and the girls were playing with playdough Grace started showing off her playdough creations.....











This was a peach cake, she also made a cookies and cream cake and a cherry where she rolled up about a dozen balls of red playdough. They had the most fun just being creative and it definatley made me think that we need to do some fun cake decorating or something together. I just love having girls for these reasons. Haylee already will not leave my side while I make dinner and Grace has a new found love for her easy bake oven...(though I despise the dumb thing)...now we need Uncle Paul for some good cooking tips and we are good to go. :0)