Rain rain go away!

While the rain has been coming down... I have recovered from that nasty surgery, and the boys have been playing basketball.

Trenton is showing off his drawings here. The first is a basketball team, and the second is a picture of our family. I really love this because there is actually some details that tell a very true story in it (like our green roof and door, our "long" driveway, two cars, the color of the cars, Kona, and the shape of our little house)!

This is Simon's picture of him playing basketball. I was shocked that he did so well for a three year old!! But then again, he really shocked me when he went from diapers to potty trained in one day!!!

Congratulations little man! He is showing his massive muscles here.
Boys? Why do they always try to flex when they have their underwear on?

Nosey

Before

After

I'm not sure what you did on Friday, but I had a wonderful sinus surgery. My good doctor fixed my deviated septum, removed some polyps and some other gross stuff that I won't go into detail on. The good news is I should feel better in couple weeks, the bad news is that in order to get to all the "stuff" the doctor had to drill through my cheek from under my lip. Apparently, I have the hardest face he has ever seen and he had to work so hard to break through that he cracked my face (not a joke). I now have a cracked cheek, pinched nerve that has numbed my face for who knows how long and the joys of nasal oozing. Thank goodness for anesthesia, Oxycodone and Emile who is taking great care of me.

I heart you

I love Simon!

We celebrated him yesterday and I think he fully grasped the idea that the world revolved around HIM!


This year's theme was airplanes. This was easy for him to choose since he is enamored by them!
We took him to the museum the day before his big day and there were planes and helicopters everywhere!


Then we had a party where everyone jumped on board and got him planes!!!
He even had flying planes on his cake!

Then to top it all off, I made him green airplane cookies for Nursery.

There are so many things I love about this boy!

He is so smart.
He loves chocolate and sweets.
He's passionate.
He still has comforts (like his "Flipper" stuffed animal)
He's playful
and he knows how to make everyone smile!
Happy 3rd Birthday kiddo!

3

Someone has a birthday coming up...

Can you guess who??

Shonda... I tip my hat off to you!! She never ceases to amaze at how she captures personality in her photos! This is HIM! My Simon.
I can't wait to post more of him after we celebrate.

Mt Hood!

We're not in Cabo anymore.. but our tans look GREAT in the snow.

We went up sledding and Shonda and Tyler came with us. I think the pictures give you just a glimpse into the fun that we had!

Maybe HE wasn't having as much fun as the rest of us...

Yes.. this was a hole that we landed in that turned into a perfect snow cave!

Then.. Tyler made the men look like boys when he started cooking hot dogs on his back hitch!
They tasted so good with the hot chocolate too!

Do you see how the men use the children to protect them from each others snowball?

After our fingers were frozen, and the chocolate all gone, we went up to Timberline to have some food. We saw the beauty of the mountain when it turns pink. I've never seen the mountain so beautiful as this moment! I'm not sure our camera really captured it though.

Happy New Year!

Who's in town?

Not just Santa!!! But Lee and Sarah too!!
On Christmas day, they made it into town to open presents and spend the week with us!! It wasn't as warm here, so there first gifts were something warm to wear.

They give the BEST gifts around...look at that smile. He smiles just like that every time I give him permission to play on his Leapster.

I realized there were no pictures of me...so here is one for the record. I was present on Christmas day!

Christmas

Who doesn't love Christmas morning? The boys were excited to see that Santa ate their cookies and left them a note and presents! We had a full day of fun and were spoiled rotten!!
Here are just a few photos.

This picture was kinda precious to me because Uncle Emile/Dad is one cool cat if you ask me! He captured all of kids attention with a book when there were gifts to open, food to eat, and stories to tell!!!
What a wonderful Christmas!

These pictures don't belong on Christmas morning, but it was a highlight of my holiday! The primary children that I work with recreated the Nativity scene while singing a song. They were wonderful.. and they even had a baby to go along with it all.
(It wasn't my idea, and the credit belongs to my friend Robin who can pull these things together without even worrying about it!!!)