AGAIN

AGAIN? Yes, again I have failed to keep up to date.

I am clearly way to busy and have my time devoted elsewhere.

Okay so not really, I just had so much that I was like, what am i gonna say and where do I start and I think that I need a coherent mess!

MAY 27th

My super happy kiddos! We love mornings, can you tell!?

MAY 28th

We had a four day weekend and we were so excited! Friday afternoon, because we clearly slept in, and it was raining outside, the kids and I went out to OMSI.

My Little Sweeties were so excited to go!

Yes they have to carry their own car seats!

I am not a freeway driver and so I did not realize that if I try to take the I5 to downtown on a Friday afternoon at 1:30 pm before a three day weekend I was asking to get stuck in traffic. I got what I asked for and it took us an hour and 15 min to make a 30 min drive. luckily the kids were well rested and the radio music didn't totally suck, yeah I forgot my music.

When we finally got there the boy really wanted to go see Samson the big T-Rex skeleton a favorite of ours! Then off to the science center where the kids explored and had the opportunity to run a few experiments.

Connor learning about diagnosing diseases.

This was a nerve repair something or other, (David is the scientist, not me!), that showed something, I forget.

After a time running all the experiments we went to the science playground. This was awesomeness in a room full of kids. If you have ever gone to the Children's Museum then you can imagine what this was like minus the shopping carts. It was super crowded and so the kids didn't get a chance to do everything they wanted to do but there was enough to keep them occupied.

Casey is measuring different kinds of bugs and she informed me that was because, "this is how bug scientists do it."

Yup, she sounds just like me! So proud!

Connor is checking out different x-rays from different types of animals

AHHH yes, the "flubber". By the time we came to this room there was only about 10 minutes of flubber time left and this was definitely a favorite! We even got the recipe and are waiting for summer to begin so we can have a:

SUPER SUMMER SCIENCE EXPERIMENT DAY!

Connor playing with the flubber

Connor and Casey playing with the flubber

Connor and Casey posing with the flubber

Casey Playing with the flubber

I don't know if I take one picture of one of them doing something then the other needs the same picture doing the same thing. And since I am an enabler there is one of each of them doing the same thing. I can't help it, okay I can I just choose not to!

After we got kicked out of the flubber room the kids spent the last 30 mins before OMSI kicked us out in the giant sand box. It was pretty cool apart from the kids who went from the water area to the sand area and the parents who ran around behind them telling them "no" but letting them anyway. Guess they are everywhere!

Judgmental? YES!

We had a super fun Friday afternoon and I am so glad we will have somewhere to go this summer that the kids LUV!

MAY 29th

Happy Birthday Jeannie!

ON TO JUNE!

JUNE 1st

Casey had been home from school for about an hour and a half, I was watching tv and it got really quiet. I got up off my big butt to go see what naughty thing she was choosing to do and when I went into the room this is what I saw:

On her bed playing the game boy, I was a little disappointed she was behaving, I was all ready to get her busted!

Playing Mini Mario

Look Sis! SMILE!

WHOA!

double WHOA! She is White! Like super glowing white! Oh casey, and it is this face and one of her mad faces that prompts us (David, Con and me) to say to her, "Okay Auntie Lilli!".

It just makes her more mad and us laugh more.

JUNE 4th

The kids read every night before bed time and this night I went in to turn the lights off and they had both fallen asleep with their books open!

And this is why I really really really love them!!

So off we go to Connors field trip:

JUNE 8th

Connor and I had a great time. His field trip was to the Magnuss Tree Farm.

I know the crazy obsession these people have with trees. The more they love them the more I don't!

We left the school at 9 am and we were back at 1 pm. I was bummed the trip didn't last a little longer, we had a good time. I was in charge of the boy (duh) and Maddie. She was a sweetie. Lucky for us it was a chilly but beautiful day, no rain!

Maddie and Con, my little companions for the day!

my little Casey went home with Aurelia for a play date that day.

Connor was supposedly looking at the picture I just took but ambushed me!

Surprise!

When we arrived at the tree farm there was a little welcoming ceremony and the two dudes told them what things are made from trees and then told them a little about what we would see. They also explained what makes a forest. Then they had the children grow like a tree beginning from their sitting position. While they did this they explained to them the process of growth. again you gotta go yourself if you want to know because I am not the scientist!

Here you will see Connor, second from left, can't quite grow as large as the others.

TIMBER!

And here you will see why he will never make a good forest tree!

The boy laughing at Connor is his bud Jesus.

So these are our Green Mossy trees that are everywhere. They happen to be Douglas Firs. I learned that they are the dominant tree in Oregon and it is the tree on our licence plate.

Cute face!

Yup the dude stopped half of us on the little bridge while he taught about tree roots. It was so much fun trying to keep the kids from climbing the rail!

Connor standing by the dude. I forget his name. The tree behind them is called a Wolf tree because it howls when the wind blows through it.

No I have no idea if that is true or not it's just what he said.

The hike ended at "snake meadow" and the kids were set loose to find little snakes.

and this is what made the whole morning worth it! Snakes!

After lunch the kids all gathered for a class picture and this is what I got.

Mrs. Holland has got her hands full!

Like I said we had a great time and I love to be able to spend these moments with the kiddos. It will probably kill me next year when Casey starts off in first grade and I have the entire day alone. I am not even joking you!

So it was such a lovely day that when Maureen brought Casey home and Connor got home from school the kids thought it would be "so cool" to go swimming. I said, "fine, but i'm not getting in. it is far too chilly out!" They were like, "oh come on mommy it's more funner when you go swimming" and I was like, "Uh no way but you can go!"

Now to be fair the pool is heated but the air outside was still too cold.

Well they swam for about and hour but all that fun ended abruptly when Casey determined it would be fun to hit her head on the side of the pool. Oh and their lips were purple.

So I remember growing up with a pool and we weren't even allowed to have towels we had to drip dry or lay out on the burning hot concrete and we would actually warm up pretty fast.I remember John's belly turning fire engine red from laying on the ground.

It doesn't work like that here. The kids were shivering in their own towels the short, (very short the pool is right out our door), walk into the apartment.

Poor babies were so cold they needed a warm bath afterward. and if I ever tried to deny them a towel, holy moley. Let's just say that ain't happening any time soon!

ONWARD!

JUNE 11th

Daisy Scout Investiture

Girl Scouts is over for the summer and so to celebrate the girls had investiture. We are now 1st grade Daisy's! Casey got her cookie badge, thank you to all of you who helped her get that and a few other badges and petals she has earned. She was proud yet very shy up there performing for all of us parents. I think there were only two little girls who were not very shy. It was a good year and I am glad Casey had so much fun being a part of it.

Here we go shy fly!

Lighting the candle that represented the purple petal, respect myself and others.

Excited!

Congratulations Casey!

Casey and Emily

BFF's for ever!

After the ceremony the troop had a pajama party where they played games ate pizza and got to watch movies. Me and the boys had about 2 1/2 hours to kill so I took my boys to the Old Spaghetti Factory for Dinner and then before I had to pick up Casey we went home and played us some Zelda!

We are so Close!

Connor enjoying some alone time with Mommy and Daddy!

I am so proud of my Daisy!

JUNE 12th

Saturday after watching the A Team, which was sweet by the way, Sam, Amber, Elijah, and Baby Issac came over to swim. It was jolly good fun!

Connor pushing Elijah in Casey's baby doll stroller

After swimming and Chinese food we played Sam's new game called ???? uhh I forget the name of it. We had actually played it before with Tim and Alli, oh I miss you guys!

About two hours later guess who won?

OH YEAH! UHH HUHH! IT WAS ME!!!

I was so excited I tried to take a pic of myself but it was disgusting so this is what you get!

The game board that I dominated!

Davids attempt at getting a good picture of my proud moment.

Hmm.

AnyWhoo, we had a great night and we were seriously lucky for once that church didn't start until 2pm the next day!

And today:

JUNE 15th

Casey had her Teddy Bear picnic today at school. She took Lola Holly Logan (her dog from build a bear) with her for the celebration today. She told me it was, "a lot of fun and very funny" because they were outside to have their picnic when it started to rain so they had to go back inside.

Casey and Lola. this is how she came home to me today!

JUNE 16th

My oh My it is now tomorrow.

After a couple hours and a lot of breaks today, this is done. I love getting caught up!

Only two more days of school and then it is Super Summer Fun!

Logan...Out!

ALMOST

HMMM, I can't wait for summer vacation to actually begin, almost here but not quite!

Casey is sick again because of the stupid weather here and so I have to keep her home from school and I feel bad for her cause she loves school and her friends but what else can I do, my poor sicky baby!

I just can't wait to not have to call the school cause we are all staying home in our jammies for the day and I just want to be able to stay up all night and play nintendo with the boy and I just wish the lame sun would come out for more than half a day. Goodness gracious!

16 DAYS LATER

WOWIE ZOWIE!

Has it really been 16 days since my last posting?

I would really love to blame it all on a broken computer or internet connection problems but I can't seeing as my email is checked regularly ever 3 days or so and my Netflix queue has been updated 5 times recently as well as 3 glorious instant watching weeks on my tv! I guess my only real excuse is complete and total laziness! If I were any real kind of blogger I suppose I would go get my calendar and pick out the things we have done in the last few weeks but I suppose since I am comfortable I will just remember the things we have done.

Here goes nothing........

On May 8th my little Girl Scout had a "Daisy Day" which was a fun filled adventure day at a campsite (in the trees of course) about 45 min from us. I was one of the chaperons so that morning after getting us ready and set I took a claritin and we were ready to go! Sadly my camera was left at home. I suppose forgetting my camera was okay considering I remembered everything else, even to wear my lame-O medic alert bracelet which David will tell you I hate wearing, so anyways, no pictures. The day reminded me of being out at young womens camp, there was plenty of crafts and games and even a short hike where the girls searched clues to collect beads for a necklace. It was a long day for the girls and an even longer day for the mommies. 4pm couldn't come fast enough but I will say we were so lucky the rain stayed away. Our Daisy's were amazing, all 14 of them and Casey had a really great time and is excited for the camp out next year.

Me and Casey were so glad to get our butts home to the boys. I got here and David had picked up the entire house it was so nice so after a quick clothes change I packed us all an over night bag and we drove down to Grants Pass to see Bob and Peggy for Mothers Day. we got there about 10pm and stayed up until 1am talking about everything we could think of. It was so nice to see them it had been 4 months which for us is a long time! Destiny's Nate was there too so it was super fun to see him but not super fun Destiny was in Tucson. Sunday Peggy took the kids out for Connors belated birthday and they came home looking like they won the jackpot in New shoes and holding their cups of root beer. We all love Peggy she takes such good care of us!

Nothing great happened okay that is not entirely true I did find out I could instant watch Netflix via the wii which was a-ma-zing! for me not so much for anyone else. I did make sure the children got to and from school and were cleaned and fed but that was pretty much it for the first week of it. I loved my Netflix before but now it is even better!

I could seriously live happily ever after with my Nintendo(s) my TV my wii and Twilight!

and David!

Last Week Casey finally decided to play soccer with Connor for the remainder session. They had a practice Wednesday and she scored her first goal by hopping around yelling "i did it! i did it!" until Connor grabbed her around the neck to hug her. My kids love each other if nothing else!

Okay so I got ahead of myself because Wednesday the 19th before soccer and the goal it was the first and only field trip of the year for Casey and guess what, I remembered my camera! It was yet another fun filled day camp out at Camp Tillikum. I was like, "Fer real, we freakin live in the trees why do we have to spend the one field trip we have in them, come on!", when I found out but I guess that's how we do it in Oregon. Stupid Oregon! Well the day started out fine, we left and the sky was clear and we got there and the sky was cloudy but not wet, phew! Not so fast, five minutes into it the rain started coming down and didn't stop the whole time we were there. Now remember I said I had my camera well I did but it only lasted a good ten minutes because I forgot to charge the batteries so I got a couple of pictures of Casey climbing the rock wall at our first station, the Tree House. I wish I had paid more attention and saved the pictures for the rope bridge but it's me so too bad so sad!

Here are Casey and Samantha we were on the bus en route to Camp Tillikum, these two girlies were my responsibility for the day!

Here are the little ladies deciding to wait in line for the rope bridge or go try out the rock climbing wall first.

They decided to climb first and so this is the only action pic you get!

Casey bug about to climb the ladder up into the tree house for her turn on the rope bridge.

And then my camera dies!

After our time in the tree house was over we had a hike and we got soaked! It was not raining it was pouring. Even the trees gave us little shelter. We ate lunch in a barn sitting on hay bales, Casey wants to make sure I say "and it was fun!". After eating lunch she got to go fishing and didn't catch a single fish but lucky for her someone caught a salamander and Mrs. Kohl allowed her to hold it. Nasty!! She loved it but no thank you for me! After fishing she made a key chain and was so very distraught when she realized she wrote her name in permanent marker upside down. I tried to console her but it only made matters worse so we dropped it! Grumpy Butt Girl! It was then time to load up on the bus and go home. Can you guess what happened then? Lo and behold the rain stopped, completely! Freakin Portland! We did have a great time I love being with my baby cakes no matter what we do!

This brings us to yesterday, the 20th of May and my oh my, it was my little Daisy's, Girl Scout rollerskating party. Will the madness never end? No apparently it wont! We picked up Connor from school and headed out to Hillsboro to Skate World where all the other Daisy's were for an afternoon of delight. It was scary when we all started out there was a train of girls on the wall just trying to stay up but by the end all the girls were skating, it was truly amazing that they all kept getting up off their knees and behinds every time they ended up on them. The most amazing of all was Connor, I am laughing just thinking about how much fun he was skating. Casey took off with her friends and so me and Con were together trying out our wheels. He would not take the time to roll he wanted to fly in those skates and so we ended up on the floor a lot and we laughed each time we ended up on the floor! but that boy kept getting up and getting up he would not stop until he was flying. That never happened but he tried and tried. One of the mom's there told me she was in love with him and I laughed and said "yup he's pretty crazy!" and she got mad and told me "he is not crazy he is determined!" Boy oh Boy she has no idea. That was a fun afternoon and the kids want to go again and I figure why not? Madness, Bring It!

I was so sore last night but only have one real bruise on my right knee. This morning I woke up with a killer headache and my acetaminophen is not helping.

I will be glad for a couple days rest, that is for sure!

Yeah for the weekend!

Eight Years Later & A BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

Last week was a very busy week. It seemed like the days were gone before they even started.

Monday April 26 was David and my 8th anniversary and it seems like we have known each other for ever and yet it seems like we were just married.

Eight years have gone by so quickly. Since the time that we have been married we have had the two little kiddies who are becoming not so little.

We have moved 12 different times and we are almost ready to beat the Legend of Zelda on the wii, all we need to get to start the last level are few more heart containers and 10 poes, my life is about complete!!

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010

David was leaving for work early and staying late as well as having to get his homework done that night so he could spend the afternoon with us on Connors birthday so the celebrations were very minimal the kids and I met him at the Olive Garden for a dinner. i got the soup with my dinner and filled up on Zuppa Toscana before my food even arrived. It was a fun. David did buy me some Roses which I love, they are just about ready to kill over but they were so beautiful!

I love getting presents!

That night while David was doing his homework, I never can seem to leave him alone, I asked him if he ever even imagined that this would be our life after eight years. He said, "no I thought we'd be living in a house out in Lakeside or Ramona and i'd be working everyday as an electrician." He asked what I had thought and I said, "the same but I think our life is better the way it is rather than the way it could have been." it has been hard sometimes and I think of where we started to where we are now and I think we have made good choices and learned a little about life and family.

We started out just the two of us and now this is our life!

Four pairs of shoes in the doorway!

Year nine, BRING IT!

(I really should have moved that nasty rug)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010

So now we have come to the Boy's 7th birthday.

He wanted blueberry pancakes and orange juice for his birthday breakfast and when he came out to eat breakfast there was a little gift from me and David and Casey's present

Connor: What? Why did I get a Bow for my birthday?

Casey: HA HA Sponge Bob is so silly!

Connor: OHHH! That was just for decoration! Here is the present attached to the bow!

Casey: Happy birthday Connor, HA HA Sponge Bob is so silly!

Casey got him the book How to Train your Dragon cause we luved the movie and Transformer walkie talkies. He got ET, a bag of sour patch kids and some Pokemon cards for his breakfast gift.

We barely made it to the bus and that morning we were at the end of the line and half the kids were already on the bus but we made it and Bobo was very happy to be 7, finally!

We still had soccer that afternoon and he was NOT happy I made him take this birthday picture at soccer he wanted to just go and play! But it's his birthday!

After soccer he wanted KFC for dinner so we went there for dinner. What can I say David and I got ouchies in our tummies but it was what Connor wanted and I am clearly an enabler and can not say no!

No pics of KFC sorry!

We got home and the kids jumped on the wii and played Super Mario until it was time for cupcakes and ice cream. He wanted me to make the "Big" mushroom from Mario for his birthday cake and I could not figure out how to do that and so he said well make the "small" mushroom then or the "Gumba". I said OKAY! I finally decided he would have big and small cupcakes that would be frosted as the mushrooms they were very depressing but Connor liked them, "even though they weren't what he was thinking of" he told me.

He is so cute but those cupcakes were so not! and I had to use so much food coloring to get the red frosting red and the blue frosting blue that the frosting was terrible.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR!" here are your nasty cupcakes! we all ate one mini gagged a little and moved on to the ice cream!

Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie, thank goodness something tasted normal! He loves this ice cream and especially the single serve cup size so obviously that is what he got!

he also opened his big gift and was so glad it was Legos!

Mad faces I don't know why but they had to get a mad face picture.

We are so glad this boy is ours! but I was so glad that bed time did come and after singing happy birthday for the hundredth time while he was lying in bed with the lights off and Shel Silverstein reading his poems in the background the day was over and I was the happiest mommy in the world!

Why do they have to grow up so fast?

He did have a very small friend party that Saturday. I tore a page out of Lisa's book and we took his two friends from church to the movies and then had pizza afterward here at the apartment. It was a fun day but I think I liked the movie more than the kids did, we saw Furry Vengeance and I laughed the whole time. I love Brendan Frasier!

I left the decorations up (which looked like a 5th grade dance) until the next Monday Morning and tearing down the decorations is about as much fun as having them up!

Before school the kids were jumping off the couches the table and chairs to pull down all the crepe paper, and we made tons of noise that morning that I hope woke up the boys who live above us!!

Thank You, Thank You of course to the Grandma and Grandpas who sent gifts and to all his Aunties and Uncles who called to wish him a happy happy birthday!

And thus the party is over!

HAIR CUT AND 1ST GRADE PROGRAM

This is actually from all the way back on April 15th. I would blame it on the computer but really!

And so it happened again. Connor wanted his hair cut, he lets it grow and get shaggy and then tells me he wants it cut.

URGH!

I love his hair long but am apparently the only one!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

So after the barber shop trip we got home got homework done ate and then we were out the door once again for Connor's 1st grade music program. So I love my boy and I obviously think he is sooo cute, well I think all 1st graders are sooo cute now.

Well most!

Anyhow here he is that night and when I say night it was night time, for us. the Program started at 7:15 and I am sorry but that is way to late for a weekday program. My kid was yawning throughout the entire program. Then we came home to have ice cream to celebrate and guess what the ice cream didn't get eaten the boy and girly were so tired I didn't even hear "I don't want to!" they went right to bed and to sleep!

It was way too late for us!

AnyWho...He was an army ant and I almost missed his part cause I am a terrible videographer

Here is the video:

As bug 22 he said:

I see fruit and corn and muffins there

and even a cherry pie

a turkey with it's stuffing bare

and cheese whiz spread on rye"

then he and all the other army ants sang the army anthem.

So unbelievably cutesy! I really do love and adore him!

Now since it is my anniversary, 8th to be exact, I am going out to dinner with my family!

NO SCHOOL DAY!

We have been waiting all week for this day off of school to go to OMSI, right. Well can you guess who got sick?

Yup it is Casey!

Casey is sick high fever and a cough and an achy body! My poor little muchacha and my poor little muchacho because now we are all home and no fun OMSI!

HAPPY EASTER!

We a had very nice Easter. We ended up staying home for the weekend. We really missed seeing Peggy but after our little trip to Forks, downtime was definitely needed.

Saturday morning was the annual easter egg hunt for the apartments we live in. It was so muddy! After breakfast we colored eggs and then played Super Mario Bros. and Zelda for the rest of the day!

The kiddies woke up early Sunday Morning to see what the Big Bad Bunny had brought them. They each had a golden egg to find (in the house, it poured rain all weekend long) and each got a basket full of goodies.

Three hours later and a lot of clues later they found their special golden eggs!

We did shower but got right back into our jammies because we did not have any plans on going anywhere. Thanks to General Conference church was at home on TV. After a lovely meal of Egg salad and mac and cheese the kids were off to bed. David was in bed an hour later and I was free to enjoy the Sound of Music (without a pair of eyes rolling next to me) for the rest of the night.

Not a bad way to spend a holiday!