Cirdan's the Big 3-0!

A week before Cirdan turned 30 I threw him a surprise birthday party. He had no idea what I had been up to. His parents drove into town that Saturday and told him that they were
there for some insurance meeting so he didn't think twice. The 3 of them went golfing and then the girls and I met up with them at Baskin Robbins for ice cream.
The party was held at a rental hall down in Auburn. I don't know why but the way the stars aligned that day it seemed like everyone had something come up at the last minute. There wasn't as many people that I thought were going to be there but it was fun anyways!

Galade and her boys drove over from Spokane to surprise Cirdan.

I had taken some pictures of Cirdan the last month or so and blown up the funny ones and put on a popsicle stick. When he walked in he saw a bunch of Cirdan's. It was pretty funny.

As soon as we got home Kaiya and I wanted to give Cirdan his birthday present. I bought tickets to Arizona in January and had to keep the secret all these months! It was one of the hardest things I've done. Kaiya even kept the secret from Cirdan which was VERY impressive. We are really excited to relax and sit by the pool in sunny Scottsdale Arizona!

I found these old pictures of Cirdan while I was doing his birthday invite. Happy Birthday Cirdan!!

Proud wife <3

Say hello to one of the new L.D.S. Seattle Area Regional Basketball Champs....
Our ward won! 1st place!

(Dont tell Cirdan I posted this picture of him...he told me not to)

Digital Scrapbooking

My Aunt Andrea owns a digital scrapbooking website scrapmatters.com. Last year while I was on maternity leave she came to my house to show my sister and I how to digi scrap. I had to go back to work so I only was able to complete a few pages. Now that I am home more I have been able to work on some more pages and I love it!! I still need to add some text to the pages but here are some of the ones I am working on...

Baby G

Kaylee gave birth to the most beautiful little girl on April 7th. During the last 9 months Kaylee had gone back and forth with what kind of life to give this little baby girl (I called her baby G or G). She thought about the life the baby would have if she kept her. Kaylee would be a single mother going to school and working. She knew in her heart that this baby deserved a family and a mother who could stay home with her during the day.
No one is quite sure how Kaylee found the family she did but we are all so thankful that the power of faith and prayer worked. The family that she chose has 3 children (all adopted). The oldest is 11 and the others are 8 and 6. They are all VERY excited to have a sibling and Baby G is going to have a wonderful life with siblings who love her and will protect her. Another thing Kaylee wanted was a family who would be open to Baby G knowing Kaylee. They will be sending pictures, letters and Kaylee (and the rest of our family) will be able to see her when we are in California. They will also hopefully be making trips up to Washington.
The past few weeks have been hard on the whole family (especially me). There have been a lot of tears. I just wanted what was best for Kaylee and told her I would support her 100% whatever decision she made. The adopted parents were wonderful. I met them last Saturday and it had already felt like they were Baby G's parents. Kaylee is an amazing, selfless, strong woman.
Here are some pictures I took...

Spring Break at the lake

Last week Kaiya had Spring Break so Steph, her kids, Ella, Kaiya and I went to Lake Wilderness. It was a nice sunny day (which is rare) and the kids had a blast playing in the water and on the beach. One thing interesting to me was Ella hated the sand and ocean in California. She would scream every single time we would put her down. At Lake Wilderness she loved the beach and the water and screamed every time I would take her back up the other grass area. Funny how kids change even within a few months. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

Cute Little Gracie...