Fun filled weekend!

The Crab Pot is always so much fun! The kids love it there! Gracie had been working on a tooth for a few weeks that we were convinced would fall out that night at dinner, but it still isn't out! Just kind of hanging there, Mike has even tried to pull it out for her. Crazy tooth!

The Science Center was a hit with the kids! Eli got in a little snooze while we were looking at the dinosaurs!
Clamming was tons of fun! Everyone got in on the fun! Even Eli!

Gracie thought it was great helping Auntie Mia dig up those clams!

Fun in the pool after a hard morning of clamming!

We had a very very busy but super fun weekend! Gracie had her annual checkup with her endocrinologist (which went very well) and we decided that since we had to head over to Seattle anyway for her apt, why not make a fun weekend of it! It turned out that this was one of the few weekends a year that are open for clamming. We met Mia and Jeramy in Ocean shores and went clamming with them two days! That was so much fun (cleaning them when we got home was not)! The kids had a blast and although the wind blew and blew the first day, the second day was beautiful! The kids thought that staying at a hotel was the greatest thing! We are usually staying with family when we go anywhere, but this was a lot of fun! We took advantage of the pool at the hotel and swam most of Saturday afternoon after clamming! Gracie and Cole are now begging us to open our pool up (I think it's a little to cold to swim here still). Sunday morning after clamming we headed to Seattle where we met my cousin Megan and Ted and little Ella at the Science Center. The kids had a blast. They are the perfect age to enjoy everything there! We went the the Crab Pot for dinner that night and Cole got to eat his crab! He loves that stuff and would prefer it over candy! Sunday night we stayed at a super fancy hotel (Priceline.com) it was amazing! It really feels great when you stay in a 4 star hotel for a 2 star price! :) We got up Monday morning and headed down to Pike Place Market where the kids were totally impressed by the guys throwing the fish around! It's pretty impressive! Beautiful flowers everywhere, and tons of interesting people to watch! We then headed to Woodinville where Gracie saw her Dr. had a great apt. and then headed home! It was a great weekend getaway! So much to do in our own state!

W.O.W Update

Well... I did it! I got a tomato plant, two cucumbers and two green pepper plants planted in my Topsy Turvys! We got them hung on the deck in the back yard and are watching them grow! The kids love to watch them grow towards the sun! I can't wait to have yummy home grown tomatoes!

W.O.W A Garden?

I have never been much of a green thumb but this year I'm motivated and my motivation is Topsy Turvy! I don't know if you have seen the commercials, but I have and they actually have me convinced that I can grow a garden! So Mike bought three for me and some tomato plants, green peppers and cucumbers. This week my goal is to get them hung and growing and most of all not to kill them! Let's see what happens! :) Check out the other W.O.W participants on my cousin Becky's blog and cheer them on. Here's to yummy veggies this summer!

He is Risen!

We had an exciting fun and busy weekend! On Saturday we got to go up to Granny and Pa's and spend Easter with the Andrews family. The kids always have so much fun because when we all get together there are seriously like a billion kids! Okay not that many but wow, it's amazing how this family grows! Granny and Pa had so many things for the kids to do from a big egg hunt to pinatas! I think they all went away from there with way to much candy! It was great to see some of my cousins that we don't get to see very much! Eli is one of 5 babies born in the last 8 months. It was fun to see them all together! : ) Sunday morning I was up early to make hot cocoa and monkey bread! We woke the kids up and piled them in the car (in their jammies) and headed to the sunrise service at church! It was really fun and although Joey was exhausted by 3:00 this afternoon I wouldn't have done it any other way! The kids loved that they were able to wear jammies to church! Mike's family came over this afternoon for a BBQ! The food was great and again, the kids were able to hunt for more surprises that Grandma brought! All in all it was a wonderful weekend where we were reminded of all that the Lord has blessed us with! Happy Easter everyone! He is risen indeed!

After we got back from Sunrise service the kids hunted for eggs and the candy eating frenzy began! :)
I think Elijah enjoyed his first Easter. He got to play in the grass and play with his cousin Ella! The babies on the couch are all of the most recent cousins!
Joey had a blast! I love his age because they see an egg and get their eyes fixed on it and pass up 5 others just to get to that one! I think he was helping Avery check out her eggs! I'm sure he wasn't stealing candy... :)
Gracie has so much fun with all of her cousins. Tonight before bed she said "it feels like Christmas!" I think the Easter bunny visited to many times! :)
Cole got a little practice in before Sunday. First he had his pre-school egg hunt, then Granny and Pa's and finally our house! I think he could be a professional egg hunter! That kid can sure eat some eggs!

Spring Break

Spring break went way to fast! We were able to spend a few days with my Mom and Dad and we had a great time! Of course I forgot my camera there so I have no pictures! I can't believe how cold it was when we were there! It actually snowed on my way home on Wednesday afternoon. Crazy weather! On Wednesday night we headed to the cabin where it was snowy and wet, but it was still fun! Poor Cole was sick the whole time so pretty much looked like he does in the above picture for two days straight! Poor guy! We came home to beautiful weather and Gracie and her friend Hannah got a hold of my camera and had a little photo shoot! I know they are small, click on them and they will get a little bigger, but they were just to funny not to post! Hope you are all enjoying the spring weather like we are!

Talented Kids!

I was so impressed the kids walked into the room and all had spoons on their noses! LOL Even Joey was doing it. Well.... Joey revealed the secret! Tape! They are so funny!

Finally some sunshine!

Spring has finally arrived! Well at least for a day it did! The kids got out their bikes and I took Eli outside which he really enjoyed! John and Abby were here to play for a while and John built a jump for the kids bikes. Joey thought he would be big like the others and had to try the jump out too! It was so funny, I couldn't quit laughing! Poor Joey has had a few bad falls in the past two weeks. His forehead was looking like hamburger. He crashed on his tricycle, cried for a sec got back up and jumped back on his "bike"! Poor kid he had a goose egg and another "road rash" on his forehead to go with the two other scrapes. He is such a toughie, he cracks us up!