Anniversaries & Picnics

Another week down and one more closer to summer! The kids are beyond ready for summer to arrive and I'm not going to lie…I'm ready to be done teaching for the year as well! Tim was busy again traveling for work as it;s a heavy travel season meeting new people and gaining new customers. It usually means more friends and adventures too. Thanks to Tim, we enjoyed some unnecessary calories with our friends Ben & Jerry which are always delicious treat. Addi was gracious to make all of us lunch which we enjoyed outside in the warm sunshine. She is now wrapping up her math as everything else has been completed for the year! With sunny days comes paint projects which started with me painting our knife block and a few other accent pieces for our kitchen. I absolutely LOVE IT!!!! Come the weekend, we had dirty kids, laundry piles and anniversaries to celebrate. Tim treated me to The Fork for dinner which was amazing! We even scored a free patio table that was alongside the road for the fire pit too!!!  WIN WIN. Happy 12 years of bliss Love!

day 139 - sweet treats

day 140 - picnic lunch

day 141 - paint project complete

day 142 - mojito cupcake perfection for a wedding shower

day 143 - dirty toes makes for happy faces

day 144 - my love with his bride

day 145 - sleepovers!

High Temps Brings Out the Swim Suits

What a fantastic week of perfect outside conditions, warm temperatures and completion of some school work! Addison has finished 3 of her school workbooks for the year with a few more to go before the full summer swing of things gets going. The slip-n-slides made an appearance as did the sprinklers and hose wars to cool off and play with the neighbor friends. Tim and I had a great date night with dinner at Packer's and a pleasant car ride through the carwash before heading home. (because that's just what you do on dates?) And so the week comes to a close with a little garage sale hunting, storage un-doing and the usual house-work and chores. Just a few more weeks and school is done! This mama is ready for a teacher break!

day 132 - small group with the ladies behind the green door

day 133 - spring cleaning

day 134 - the ladies chilling in the backyard

day 135 - finding semiahmoo sand treasures

day 136 - new toys

day 137 - getting my craft on

day 138 - charlie and brevin cooling off in the creek

Happy Mother's Day

 day 125 - bellingham's biggest burrito to help celebrate cinco de mayo

 day 126 - the kids' snail friends

 day 127 - pretty lilacs

day 128 - cotton tree mess…not a huge fan

day 129 - super toddler as she "holds" her sister on the rock wall

day 130 - the start of my date planned by my oldest daughter

day 131 - happy mother's day

A Week of Sunshine

 day 118 - post-race recovery in the sunshine

 day 119 - i'm not sure

 day 120 - family day at the tulip fields

 day 121 - babysitting the cousins and enjoying the sunshine 

(as you can see by the stars, our little one hates clothing)

 day 122 - biker babe on tour with daddy

day 123 - charlie spending quality time with auntie at the park

day 124 - delicious homemade guacamole… thanks honey

Pranks, Travel, and Fun

Our week started with a visit to the hand therapist in Bellingham for some thumb/wrist pain I've been experiencing. I was given orders to take six weeks off from work (yeah right) and any other duties that would cause pain such as mopping floors, vacuuming, push-ups (okay, I'll consider that!). The kids enjoyed the downtown views and coffee treats on the way home too! Tim is traveling this week and into next skipping around to three different states and being able to have some pretty cool experiences thanks to work. He went to the Arbor Day Foundation yearly shin-dig and was wowed by their hospitality and events. He planted a tree in Elements honor, toured some museums, ate like a king, and got all cleaned up in a sharp looking suit. He's now in the south west and busy doing what he does best. Myself and the kids are so proud of Daddy! I on the other hand ran a 1/2 marathon this weekend split into two legs at the Mt. Si Relay in North Bend. More to come on this on the family blog! What a great day with temperamental weather conditions! God has been good to our family this week and even better as we see sunshine and high temps for the next week!

day 111 - support team downtown bellingham to fix mommy's hand

day 112 - cousins with no brothers stick together

day 113 - "national citrus day" tim's office gals played well…game on

day 114 - fed the fish, ate some yummy dutch treats and painted at tinkled paint studio with abby and becky

day 115 - tim and the president of arbor day foundation

day 116 - carb loading with the e2 teams at bj's in redmond

day 117 - mt. si relay