Welcome sweet baby

Today we met Simon, my dear friend Amanda's first child. He is the sweetest most adorable little boy! I am so happy for Amanda and Craig!

Hayley and Molly could not get enough of holding the baby, they were fighting over holding him the whole time we were there!

It was really good to see Amanda, Craig and Simon. We're going to go back and spend some time with them in a couple of weeks, so I can get my baby fix!!!

So we don't have really big, romantic Valentines plans tommorow. If the weather is nice we may head to Greenlake to walk and get some outdoor pictures of the girls together. Hayley is scheduled to get her hair cut at Heather J's place. Then Mark has decided that he wants to cook dinner for us, so that will be nice. He is great in the kitchen, just doesn't do it very often so this will be a treat for us.

As for tonite we ordered a heart shaped pizza. Papa Johns does a lot of gimmicky things and this is by far my favorite!

Happy Valentines day to you all...or not if that is what you prefer!

I'm alive...so alive

This week has been a huge waste. I have been sick with the stomach flu all week, and now I am back to work. The only thing accomplished by being sick was getting caught up on sleep, and I finally watched the Grey's Anatomy episodes that were waiting on the DVR.
Will report more after this weekend. T, myself and a bunch of girls are going down to Seattle for dinner, Cosmos, and a little movie we know as "Sex in the City". New York better watch out, Seattle girls are in the house!!!

Company party

Today we went to the annual bowling party put on by Mark's work. They rent the whole bowling alley, give small gifts to the kids, provide food and it is really a great perk of working for the railroad. Our friends, the Kemps and Rosarita were able to come with their children. Here are a few pictures. So many employers don't do events like this one does. And there are several fun things throughout the year. One of our favorite things is that all of the events are family oriented.

Special note: In every picture we took of Erin throwing the bowling ball she has the "rockstar" sign going on with her left hand. We did not realize that until we got home and uploaded the photos. We love you rocking the bowling alley Erin!

weekend is over

Our camping weekend is over. Mark, the girls and I headed out Friday morning to our spot we call White Pines. It is next to a creek, and not a state camp site. We love it! You can be loud, go exploring, watch squirrels, crazy ducks (we saw about 5 of them that were like the baby Raptors in Jurassic Park), and even see snakes! Which by the way, this was the first time we have seen a snake at this camping spot. The weather was great, and along with this when it is too hot or dry, you can't have a campfire. We were going to try to sneak one in anyways, until the Forest Service Ranger drove back and told us we were not allowed to have fires. We were still able to make smores, by roasting our marshmallows on the little grill.

Saturday, Erin and her kids and Rose and her daughter came over to camp with us. It was fun! My parents showed up later in the day and Mom helped the kids build a fort.

By Sunday we needed to head home, it started raining late Saturday night, so we packed up early Sunday and hit the road.

girls get together (boys too)

Yesterday was fun! Rose, Theresa and I got together and scrapbooked the whole day. Mark showed up at about 3 to hang out with Alan ( who is not 7 and IS allowed to play Halo).
Us girls got a lot done, maybe not as much as we would have liked, but it was still good.
Theresa wants to make it a regular date on Sundays while the boys watch football-and I am game for that! I love the chance to get projects done, and I secretly love the sounds that the boys make when they are "yelling" at the t.v.! I will post some pictures of my scrapbook pages and Rewind Album as soon as I get around to charging up my camera batteries.

I'm lazy

I was going to go back and do a huge post about the Rewind party, but my good friend over at www.ribbonsandbuttons.blogspot.com did an excellent job re-capping the whole evening. For a good laugh go there and check it out!

MORE COWBELL

The picture says it all.

Visiting for Easter

The girls and I went to Rose's
today for a little Easter outing. Rose and Anna are headed to San Francisco tommorow for a little Spring break trip and we are going to take care of the "other" children (blackberry, graycie and zuzu). Pray that the sneak blackberry does not escape!