LADYBUG.....ahhhhhh!!!!!!

Ella Rose is one tough cookie, she is pretty much fearless......except when it comes to ladybugs!?! We found her Kryptonite. So now when she acts up or talks back.....you guessed it- 2 minutes in the corner with a ladybug--ha ha ....just kidding... but she is afraid of lady bugs. I found this one on the Christmas tree. She was interested at first....then.....well.....the pics say it all.

Playing Doctor

I was sitting on the couch blogging or something and Cirdan was doing some stretches on the floor. I guess Kaiya decided that she needed to play doctor and put Cirdan in a full body cast. I looked over when she was done and saw one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Cirdan was such a good dad and just let her do her thing even if he was wrapped in a bunch of pink blankets.

The big 29! Birthday weekend.

On the 28th of November I celebrated my 29th birthday. Since it was Black Friday it was a perfect day to have a birthday...the biggest shopping day of the year...my favorite "sport"! That is my kind of birthday!

Cirdan woke up and went shopping around 4:30 in the morning so I woke up to him texting me every 20 minutes letting me know how many people were at the stores. He came home with some fun gifts a few hours later. I had a nice relaxing morning, got ready for the day and decided to go out and see for myself all the people shopping. We had some lunch at a yummy Thai food restaurant and then went to Costco (my new favorite store). Cirdan had arranged for my sister to watch the girls that night so just the 2 of us could go to dinner and see a movie. The movie was good and it was nice to have a night out with just Cirdan.

The card and gift Kaiya gave me...

Saturday morning we woke up and the plan was to decorate the house for Christmas. Cirdan went and got some Starbucks for us and an hour later he finally made it home with some surprises for me...

Sunday night we went to my parents house for a Lasagna birthday dinner and some cake.

I blew out the candles...

And all but one was blown out...

So they re lit the cake and I tried again...

And once again all but one was blown out....

Maybe I am really supposed to be turning 28!!

Random picture of Nathan... :)

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. I love getting together as a family and eating my most favorite meal in the world...turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. YUM. This year we had a small dinner at my parents house. Nate and Amy were in Utah so it was just Cirdan, Kaiya, Ella, me, Kaylee, Stacey, Casey and my parents. After dinner we drove to my Grandma's house where some extended family were playing volleyball at the church across the street. I couldn't play because of the shoes I had on but I had fun watching Cirdan, Stacey and my mom. I was impressed!! :)

Ham

Kaylee's mound of mashed potatoes

Where is Ella's other shoe??

In Casey's mouth!!

Gotta check out the ads for after Thanksgiving sales!


After volleyball we went to my Grandma's for some delicious pie.

Stacie's shower

Saturday I went to Stacie's baby shower at Sarah's house. She is having a baby girl and is due December 15th. The shower was very nice and Stacie got a whole lot of pink. I cant wait to meet her little baby girl Mazie.

Steph made the diaper cake...

Hangin' Tough

Besides giving birth to my 2 beautiful daughters and marrying my wonderful husband, Cirdan, I had one of the best nights of my life. This had been a long time coming. When I was in 5th grade I was in LOVE with New Kids on the Block and I mean IN LOVE. I had a pillowcase, t-shirt, posters, folders for school, key chains, bracelets, backpacks, you name it. I was never fortunate enough to be able to go to a concert...until now. Took me about 18 years but I finally made it.

Sarah, Stacie, Stephanie, Emily (who drove up from Portland), Lael and I packed into Stacies SUV last Saturday night and headed to Tacoma. After stopping to get something to eat at Fatburger we were on our way.

The first thing we did when we got to the stadium was wait in the line for NKOTB t-shirts. Sarah, Stacie, Steph and I had to get matching tees. We rushed to the bathroom to put on our new shirts and headed to our seats.

Not quite sure what the weirdo girl was doing behind us...

The first act was Lady Ga Ga. I really liked her and thought she brought good energy to the show.


The second act was Natasha Beddingfield.

THEN came The New Kids.

At one point they showed up in the middle of everyone which happened to be right in front of us.

It was funny to me that most all the girls there were married women my age. All of us were screaming like little girls.

We saw a lot of fan t-shirts...

The 2 pregos...

Thank you Steph, Stacie, Sarah, Emily and Lael for such a fun night!

My Nanny Boo is growing up so fast

I received a walker from a co worker friend and I brought it home for Ella to try. She is crawling around, pulling herself up on furniture and getting into everything. She loves the walker! I really think she is going to be walking very soon. She has such a desire to be a big girl like her older sister.

There she goes!

Good times...

My friend Robin was in town from Utah this past week. It is so nice to see her and her cute little kids. We were such good friends and I have really fun memories of our teenage years.

Robin...Do you remember?

EFY

Housekeeping

Airplane

Oh my gosh that guy is cute...ummm isnt that your brother?

Clint

Happy Birthday lil bro!

Yesterday was my brother's birthday. Amy took him on a scavenger hunt during the day and the rest of the family met at my parents house last night to surprise him. We sang happy birthday, had some cake and hung out. I cant believe he is 27! It makes me feel old.
Nathan lighting his own candles??




Kaiya gave Nate a picture of him playing the piano.


Amy giving Nate his well deserved birthday spanks

Nate and Amy had chinese food for a birthday dinner. The fortune said...A Pleasant Surprise Is In Store For You.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN!!!!!