Bro's

I love the way they love eachother.
♥♥♥

Cats

This cat, he is so deprived, he will take any attention he can get.
Graham seems to be his new favorite person.  Every time we put G down Mac comes from no where and plops down right in front of him.  Pathetic, I tell you.  Graham tugs, claws and hits Mac, all the while he is purring as if he is getting a professional massage.
Graham, well, he's happy to oblige.

Zoo fun

Day 67 brought us to the Point Defiance Zoo with the Torrone's and Kahue's.  And what a day it was.  The monkeys were yelling, the lions were roaring, goats were eating, the kids were wild and Jess was about to pop!

3 hours later we had covered that zoo and little Naomi was staying put, much to Jess's dismay.

 




Graham was inthralled with the piranha's

Baby Naomi is one lucky little sister!



By the end, us momma's were about ready to check these animals in for the night.

Where's Waldo

The Hope building is getting there.  It has been fun to watch the progression from a condo complex to hospital.  In order to involve patients in the process they have been hiding a Waldo on the construction site since day one. 

This was my view from work on day 66.

Do you see Waldo?

Tyler J

Tyler James,

Today you are 7!  I am not gonna lie, I'm a little in shock.

I am pretty sure I had this sweet little 5 pound 13 ounce little baby boy

then I blinked and I had this...

... a wonderful, smart, energetic, curious, handsome 7 year old.
On this day every year I am thankful for the most wonderful gift you could ever give me...
you made me a mother.
I love everything about you.
I love that you ask so many questions I occasionally have to ask you to be quiet.
I love that you LOVE your brothers.
I love that you are the goofiest kid I know.
I love how you look up to your dad and want to be just like him.
I love that you are so caring that while playing sports, though you may get rough and knock someone down, you will always make sure they are ok and help them up.
I love that you always try your hardest.
I love that you want to be the best at everything you do (hmmm, I wonder where you got that from?).
I love that you still love your Lego's and Star Wars.  Afterall, we have enough of them.
I love that you have such a wonderful relationship with your Nana and Boppa.
I love that you can't stand hearing G baby cry.  You will do anything to get him to stop.
I love that you can tell when I am having a rough day and will always ask me what's wrong.
I love that you still love me even when I have my "bad mom days".
I love that every time I turn around your pants are half way up your calf.
(Ok, I am lying.  I actually hate it that you are growing up so fast, but I do love shopping!)
I love that, given the choice on a friday night, you will always choose to watch The Clone Wars with Dad.
I love that you want to know EVERYTHING.
I love you, because you are you.



You are half way through your first grade year and doing great.  You made it through 2 soccer teams, basketball and now you are on to baseball.  I love to see how much you have matured in the last few months.   Although you do love when you score a goal, make a basket or hit a home run, you are now getting better at handling the disappointment when you don't.  I know this is hard for you and I am so proud of how much you have worked at this.  You have just finished skiing for the season and have far surpassed me in your skills (I know, it doesn't take much).  You have been known to frequent the black diamonds.
You are now reading!  We spend each night listening to you read and then reading to you.  You and daddy just finished the third Harry Potter book.  You graciously decided to take a break from HP so that I could read you James and the Giant Peach.  I love our reading time.
You desire to learn is insatiable.  You want to know everything, and I mean everything.  You frequently ask me questions that I have no answer to and we have to google them.
You are the BEST big brother ever.  You love your little bro's, even when they annoy the heck out of you.  I love watching you help them grow and learn.
You challenge me to be a better mom everyday.  For that I am grateful.  You have taught me patience above all else.  I love every last bit of you, Tyler James.
 I can't wait to see what the next 7 years bring.

Days 58-65

I am thankful for these 2.  Not only does Wendy get me pounding the pavement every monday (secretly I think she just likes to watch me huff and puff while pushing my 2 heavy weights in their suburban) but she allows me to satisfy my urge to buy girl things by letting me shop for Mrs. Lucy.  And sometimes, when I', really lucky, she lets me take care of her.


A baby in a basket.  Who doesn't love it?


This one has officially far surpassed any skiing ability that I may have.
Black diamonds he does!
I was the lucky mom who got to drag all 3 boys up to the mountain on this particular day.  I was fun watching Tyler.  It was not so fun entertaining 2 little boys that hate being cold.



I like to affectionately refer to him as "Mr. I can do it!"
Ugh, what can be in done in 5 minutes without Mr. I can do it can be done in 20 with him.  Oh, and that doesn't count the clean up time either.


Two Bugbee's in the sink.  That's how we roll.


I am kind of in love with my new red Tom's.

Oh yes, the eyes definitely get me... even with that snotty nose!



This, my friends, is exactly why I do what I do!  Penelope is a NICU graduate.  I like to call her peanut, although she's not much of a peanut anymore!

Suncadia Weekend

A few weeks back we took a much needed weekend trip to Suncadia.  Lucky for us, the Hofmeister's joined us for this memorable weekend.  

Friday night we packed up 5 kids, 2 moms, one dog, an amazing amount of food and booze and hit the road.

After a very snowy drive through the pass we made it safe and sound.
Thanks to lack of communication we were well stocked to get through the weekend.



The kids enjoyed some dinner, a few trips down the stairs, belly first, and headed off to bed while the ladies waited for the dads to get there.
We may have broken into the liquor while we waited.



Saturday all the big boys headed off to the mountain for some skiing while Shannon, me and the littles had a lazy morning drinking coffee, watching movies, by the fire and hanging out at the pool.







This little one brushed up on his musical skills, practiced some crawling





and manned the fire.



Sunday brought us even more snow.  We tested out the sledding hill which proved to be too big and too cold for the little ones.  Colin and Tyler had a blast though.



And of course there was the photo ops.  Couldn't pass those up...
















Thanks Todd, Shannon, Colin and Erin for joining us on our get away.  It wouldn't have been the same without you.  Thank you also to my sister for letting us use your house for the weekend.  What a treat to spend a weekend away!  Can't wait to do it again.