Hallalujah!

...we're home! Oh my goodness, I will never ever ever again travel while pregnant ever ever again! I guess since this is the last one it won't happen again, but whoa! Emotions, tantrums (kids, and a few from me probably!) I am so happy to be home! Don't get me wrong, we had a fabulous time! But 2 weeks is soooo long when you're preggo and 6, 5 and 3 years old! Disney was a blast, as well as Port Townsend (although without Dave it was a challenge).  But hooray! We're home and we can get back into the swing of things and get ready to get this baby out! And I don't think we're going for Tess or Tessa, I know what a fickle fickle mind! :) Pics to come! Prepare for LOTS!!!

OFF!

Hooray! We leave tomorrow for Disneyland! Packing for myself and 3 little girls has been really hard! Plus packing all the things we need to keep them entertained for the drive down and back has stressed me out a bit! This is our first car trip, we've flown on all our other vacations.  Sooo, for this trip we bought new dvd players, coloring books, crayons, polly pockets, barbies, a couple new movies, snacks, sippy cups, little potty in case of emergencies (a lifesaver I swear!) snuggly pillows, sound machine, blankets, beach towels...whew! I'm sure I missed a bunch! And we would have had to take the Camry, but my in-laws felt sorry for us and let us borrow their super sweet toyota highlander.  My favorite thing about the car is the video camera that shows what's behind you when you back up! Any accident I've ever been in has been with me backing up into something...;)  So, one week in California and then off to Depoe Bay for another week! Whoohoo!!!

Under 100...

oh my heavens, 96 days to go.  i'm FINALLY under 100!!! the weather's improving, my drugs are kind of working, vacation's in 2 1/2 weeks (still don't have a van though, poo)...I'm finally getting a little excited to have this little one! yesterday Emma got to feel the baby move.  jokingly she said, "what if I put my ear to your belly button, then maybe I can hear her too!" when she did it I said,"mama!" emma laughed her head off...she has got the best giggle!

Just a Little Bit of Nothing...

sounds like I'm going to write something depressing, doesn't it? :) nah... I just did not get a single thing on my list done today.  my sister Jamie and scrumdiddlyumptious niece Charlotte come on Wednesday - so I had a list of things I wanted to accomplish today.  yeah, not so much.  and ya know what? that's ok! As a wise bear once said, "Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not Bothering." - Pooh's little Instruction Book.  so I went on a walk with the girls, pushed them on the swing and relaxed my huge tummy and all on the couch! it was a good day!

Ah Claire....

yesterday my mom came over to help us in the yard since I throw up just picking up a shovel (i need all the help i can get and luckily she's willing).  during our gardening Emma finds a worm.  she LOVES worms.  "Hey dad! I found a worm!!!" Claire yells back, "Emma that is NOT exciting! if you'd said you found a dinosaur bone, THAT would be exciting!" gotta love my little Claire Bear.

Take a Vote!

...over there, on the right!

Charlotte

i think I've got the cutest neice in the WORLD.  she is the happiest little bubby.  and the best thing is Jamie and Charlotte are coming in 3 weeks! whoohoo! we get to spend a couple weeks at home with them and then off to Disneyland with Charlotte's daddy Ben and the rest of the fam and then Discovery Bay! life is pretty sweet...

Hal

i just love this sweet little girl

Spring Break...

I know it's been a month at least since spring break, but I had to put this picture up.  This is what happens with 5 moms chatting too much and enjoying each other's company once in a blue moon forget to watch children playing outside! I forget who discovered the graffiti first, but I actually thought it was kind of funny.  I just told the mom's of the culprits that at least it wasn't a cuss word.  We've yet to figure out how to get it OFF the fence... ;) I do have to add that the 3 little stinkers wrote apology letters and brought over goodies to say they were sorry. ;) AND, as my hubby pointed out, it was partially my fault for leaving out the spray paint on accident!

Happy Mother's Day!

Well it has been a wonderful Mother's Day week-end! Friday Emma's kindergarten class had a Mother's Day tea.  The kids memorized some poems and sang for us and then handed out homemade broaches and booklets about what they liked to do with us.  My favorite though was a picture of a flower Emma made with her handprint.  The quote brought tears to my eyes! 

Sometimes you get discouraged

Because I'm so small,

And always leave my fingerprints

On furniture and wall.

But every day I'm growing up

And soon will be so tall,

That all those little handprints

Will be hard to recall.

So here's a final handprint,

Just so you can see

Exactly how my fingers looked

This year on Mother's Day!

Sunday I woke up late to heart shaped pancakes and flowers.  (for my gift I get to buy a Cricut, something I've been wanting for a long time!) Got to speak at church...:{ hmmm...guess at least I won't have to speak for a couple of years, right? Heard Emma sing with the Primary (Claire fell asleep on Dave).  Came home and had a lovely nap, finishing the day by chatting on Skype with my sister Jamie in Chicago and darling neice and eating a yummy bbq dinner at my parent's house.  For dessert I bought these sorbets from Costco, oh my yum.  They are in orange, lemon, coconut and pineapple halves.  My favorite's the pineapple! If you've ever been to Disneyland and eaten a pineapple Dole Whip outside the Tiki Room, it tastes EXACTLY like that! Fabulouso! Heaven in a cup I tell you! When we go in June I'm eating one every day I'm there.  If you are wondering why I keep going on about the Dole whips, well, you haven't had one! :) It was a really wonderful Mother's Day!

The greatest joys in my life! Are they scrumptious or what? :)