Mother's Day 2010

This year I got breakfast for mother's day. It was very fun because Sunday morning are generally very busy but, this year Sean was on sabbatical. So he and the boy went out and got doughnuts for me. And Lucas said that he wanted to decorate for me to surprise me so they got me a balloon.

A visit from my best friend

I was so blessed to have my dearest friend (not including Sean of course) come to my house with her husband. Steph was up for business & Jason flew up also. So we were able to have them over for dinner and spend the evening with them. I just wish they lived closer. Thanks for driving up to see us Steph & Jason. Love you guys!!!

10 years!!!

So it has been a long while since I last blogged so I am just going to give you highlights from the last almost 2 months.
This will be the first of many posts hopefully!
On April 29th of this year Sean & I celebrated 10 years of marriage. (That makes me feel old to say that I have been married that long). I am truly blessed to be married to a man who I love and who loves me and who also and most importantly loves the Lord.
Since it has been a busy few months for us with the sale of our house in progress at that time we simply spent the day together after I picked him up at the airport from visiting his dear friend Tom. Thanks to Ali for keeping all of the kids for us all day. We are going to try to get away for a night after we close on the house we are purchasing.

Lucas' missing teeth

Lucas lost his first tooth on Eliza's first birthday. Pop-pop pulled it out for him since it was so loose. Then he lost a second tooth on Saturday.

Eliza's Birthday!

Here are a few pictures from Eliza's 1st Birthday. My mom & dad flew up on Friday evening and flew home on Sunday. So they were able to spend Saturday celebrating Eliza's birthday. We also celebrated on Sunday with Ali & the Malwitzs but, I forgot to get my camera out for that.

Easter

This year our Easter was simple. Since Sean is on sabbatical we all went to church together in the morning at our church. We worshiped the Lord. The we did an egg hunt with candy eggs and resurection eggs. The kids got a present each from Pop-pop & grammy Jo. Then we just spent time together as a family. Eliza looked like a little princess in her dress. The boys thought she looked like a dancer. I got this dress for her at her baby shower from the Pettersens and I saved it knowing it would be ther right size for Easter. Hopefully we can get more pictures of her in it soon at the studio.

Eliza walking

Not this is mostly for the grandparents. Please note you will have to turn your computer to see the video. I was not able to turn it on my computer before I posted it. I wasn't able to take the time to figure that out. Enjoy.

Museum of Flight

Last Saturday we met Ali & Graham at the museum of flight in Seattle. We had a lot of fun. It was great to be able to ask Graham questions since he knows so much about planes. We were able to go inside an old airfore one which served the presidents up until the mid 70's (I think that is when it was). Afterwards we had lunch at the museum with Graham & Ali.

Long Beach, WA

Long story short... Sean was supposed to fly to CA to see his friend Tom but no open seats. So we went as a family to Long Beach, WA which we thought was only 2.5 hours away but really about 4 hours. Oops! We were so busy getting the house ready to list that we didn't have time to pack so we just brought along our clean laundry basket with clothes instead of suitcases. Nothing like a last minute trip (we are able to do that because Sean is on sabbatical for 3 months). It was beautiful and sunny. The kids loved having their feet in the sand though it was super cold (about 60 degrees outside). The kids were able to see their first sunset at the beach (my all time favorite place to watch the sun set).

Before & After... Mission Complete

For those of you who don't know... in 2004 we purchased a "fixer". Well, we should have called it a complete "gutter". With much help from many friends just 2.5 months short of 6 years we are done fixing it up! It looks just how we wanted it to and we put it on the market. It went on the market yesterday. Here are a few before and after shots of our home.
Before...











The After Pictures....