Time Flies

So I knew this would happen. I am the worst journal keeper ever. I have been my whole life. I don't know why I thought a blog would be different. Anyway, 2 months have gone and I really haven't written anything. They've been very eventful though so let's review:

On January 20th my sweet little Brookie Bee turned 7! She was so excited to have a Fairy Party. I made her invitations and had a nice little party. (Half the kids we had at Olivia's. It was so much easier.) Of course this party was proceeded by a family party and taking cupcakes to school. Birthdays are no vacation for mom!

Then Casey and I enjoyed a little "alone time". We went Seaside Oregon for the weekend. We were able to use my parents bonus time. We thought it would be really cold and rainy, but rather enjoyed almost 60 degree sunny weather! It was a gorgeous day! We've been trying to spend a little more time together. It was very nice. I think we need to do it more often!

Then I was my Birthday! I'm 31! Woo Hoo! I got 3 Bikes for my Birthday! We started out with the cheapest you can get, because I don't know anything about bikes. But Casey said it "felt" cheap. So he returned it and got a little nicer one. Well a few days later my sister looked at it and asked what size the frame was. Come to find out the frame was for some one that is like 5'3''! That is just a "little" too small for me! I'm like 5'10''! So this time we got the "large" bike. It's so cute! Now I just need to get Olivia off her training wheels and we all could go for some rides! (When asked when she is going to learn to ride w/o training wheels her reply is "um never!" So this could take awhile!)

My sister Heidi was in town for my birthday so all the adults went to dinner at the Portland City Grill. (We had coupons...) It was so yummy! We had fun with Heidi all week! Took the kids to Kids Club, and had "Craft Day" My mom did some fun crafts with all the grand kids and us girls worked on some crafts of our own.

In February Casey took off on his trip to Utah to visit his family. I gave him a ticket for Christmas. Well some how he talked all his high school buddies into coming the same weekend. They all met the first night and stayed at a cabin in Midway. I think he had a blast. Then he spent the rest of the time with his family. He helped his mom paint Laura's room. And had a nice dinner with all the family. All his sibling were in town too. It just worked out that Briggs was in town for his brother-in-laws homecoming, and Melissa flew in too. Casey has a pretty awesome wife to give him such a cool Christmas gift! Even if I do say so myself.

I was able to go on a field trip with Brooklyn's class. We went to Portland to see a play of "Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type" She was so excited! They all got dressed in their nice clothes and we had lunch in the square in downtown. I was excited too, because since I was pregnant last year I was to lazy to go on any field trips, so this was my first! Brooklyn is so sweet, she is always excited to see me when I come to her class and wants to help me and sit by me, instead of her friends. I hope she stays that way and doesn't get a shy about me when she gets older...

For Presidents weekend we went tubing at Mt. Hood. We thought we would get one more trip in for the year. We left early and go some snacks to eat for breakfast. On the first run down Olivia needed my help so I went up to help her. But I could see she was heading towards a dip with trees. So I ran down the hill just in time to throw myself at her as she went over the edge. So there I was laying on my stomach hanging over the edge holding onto Olivia. She probably wouldn't have gotten hurt, just scared, but with Olivia that could ruin the whole trip. Cody was not to excited, we got their just in time for his nap. So most of the day I sat in the car while he slept. While I was gone Brooklyn took a spill and got alittle snow rash on her cheek. So sad. But she still had fun, and thy even found a jump to go on. Then we ended the trip with lunch at the kids favorite fast food joint, Subway.

All the while I've been busy trying learn to use my new camera and take better pictures. I've even had a couple photo shoots! Yay! And I started my own photo blog to put my favorites in!