The Amazing Bruins Game!

This past weekend, I got to go to an amazing Bruins game! The game was really high tempo because if they didn't win, they were out of the running for the Stanley Cup! They rocked the ice!!!





LIGHT THE LAMP!!! We all had Yellow towels and every time the Bruins scored a goal we would shout and wave our yellow towels and Light the Lamp!


There was a lot of good hockey and a few great fights!



Hockey fans are very passionate! There was one call that was made, that was so bad that people started throwing things on the ice. The refs reviewed the tape and reversed the call!

Happy Mother's Day to Me

I had an awesome Mother's Day weekend. I have such a thoughtful husband and children that they really made me feel special! On Saturday, David and I got up early and went downstairs to the Etc. Cafe for a marvelous breakfast. Then we headed back upstairs and woke the girls up. After we all got ready to go, David and the girls dropped me off to get my nails done and to get a pedicure while they went shopping for me.


After I was done getting pampered, David met me at the salon and we headed to one of my favorite places to get lunch - The Paris Crepery! We had crepe wraps for lunch and then headed back to the apartment for a much needed nap!

We spent the evening watching movies and ordered in Chinese food. When we woke up Sunday morning, the girls sang a Mother's Day song to me and then cooked me a fabulous breakfast!

Marissa and Brynn made me the neatest gift! They definitely got my "crafty genes"!

David also got me some awesome new craft stuff. Chaz and Jace are back in WA visiting family right now, but I got to speak with them on the phone. I have such an amazing family!

Women's Conference Weekend

Wow - what a weekend...(it was actually 5 fabulous days!). This last weekend was our annual Women's Conference in Provo, UT. Diana (my mother-in-law) and I go every year and we are always excited when other people are able to join us. This year Dara (my sister-in-law) was also able to come!

We were able to attend lots of classes and we heard some amazing speakers! I am always amazed at the powerful feeling of joining with so many other women all for the purpose of gaining knowledge.

Here is a picture of one of the first classes we attended -


The Silly Side of Women's Conference -
I have to admit that when all of us women get away from our kids and the responsibilities of being a mom for awhile, we get a little silly!

There was no garbage in our room, so I designated this drawer as our garbage drawer. Dara thought it was so gross that I had to take a picture of it!


The last night that we were staying in the dorms, we decided that we wanted to watch a new movie that I had bought, but...we didn't have a tv in our room. So....we high-jacked a TV from the rec-room downstairs and put it in our room. Dara moved her bed in our room and we had a sleep-over!



I rented a car for us to drive while we were running around Provo. I didn't know that we would get such a cute little sports car....emphasis on little! Dara rode in the back and had to be "let out" by someone every time we stopped because there were only 2 doors. One time I decided to tease her and take a picture...she was yelling, let me out!

Dara decided that it would be easier to climb in the trunk of the car instead of through the door.

Happy 10th Birthday Brynn!

Today is Brynn's 10th birthday and I just realized that all of my kids are in the "double digits" now! Wow - where did the time go???

Brynn chose to go to Chuck E Cheese for her birthday. We all had a good time and the food was even better than we expected.

Hanging out at Chuck E Cheese -



Playing Games and Winning Tickets!






Chaz and Jace gave all of the tickets that they earned to Brynn for her birthday. She had a blast picking out her prizes!


Brynn and her gifts -

Littlest Pet Shop -

Pink Scrapbook Kit - I got Marissa a blue scrapbook kit so we can all make scrapbooks together!

I made each of the girls a decorated wooden letter. I really like how they turned out!

Brynn loves to play with her Barbies!

Marissa gave Brynn a cross stitch kit, some candy, body spray, and a ceramic horse she painted for her.

Brynn loves webkinz and chapstick!

Brynn loves cute skirt outfits. When I saw this one, I just knew that Brynn needed to have it!

Brynn loves to make cards and crafts, so I got her some of her own supplies to get started!

Happy 11th Birthday Marissa!!!

Marissa says that she had the best birthday ever! I took her shopping for some new clothes and a new swimsuit and then we went out to lunch.

We have a tradition that on our kids birthday they get to pick where they want to go out to dinner. After David got home we went out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Then we headed to the theater to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D.


Then we hopped on the subway to head back to our apartment and open gifts.


Marissa had never seen chapsticks quite this big! I am hoping their large size will keep them out of my wash!


Marissa's favorite color is blue, so I couldn't resist getting her this cute blue webkinz hippo.


New t-shirt, sweater and leggings.


I made Marissa an "M" to hang above her bed. I really like how it turned out! Instructions for Tutorial


Brynn got Marissa a package of M&M's, Tic-Tacks and she painted her a porcelain dog.


Scrapbook Kit...In blue of course!


Littlest Pet Shop Horse -


My crafter in the making...Stamp pad cleaner and cleaning solution and a set of 30 inks and 15 brush tip markers.


Chaz got Marissa 4 new books -


Jace made a coupon for each of the girls for a slurpee!


Happy 11th Birthday Marissa!!!

Easter

I know that Easter was a couple of weeks ago, but I am back in Boston and I finally have time to sit down and post these pictures! Each of the kids got a new beach towel, a pool toy, a new movie and various Easter candies.

Washington Trip and Time Out for Women...Long Overdue

This post is long overdue! I hadn't planned on posting anything to my blog while we were back in WA state...so I didn't, but a lot happened while we were there. Here's a quick synopsis.

~We stopped over in the Seattle area to visit Nathaniel and Dara and Dan and Susan. We had a great time and the kids all got to hang out together. Susan, Dara and I all went to Time Out for Women together - it was a blast.


After that we headed to Tri-Cities and David and I decided that we wanted to look at some houses for sale in the same price range as the house that we were planning on building out in Badger Canyon. We contacted our Realtor and drove by about 45 houses and walked through 22 of them. We weren't really planning on finding one that we would fall in love with, but it happened...

Link to New House
It has everything that we want plus more. We are excited at the thought of having a pool and a basketball court plus 2 acres!

At that point we decided we needed to extend our trip for 2 more weeks and get our home on the market. So after lots of painting and some cleaning up - We got our home up for sale as well! If all goes well, our house will sell and we will get to purchase the new house and move straight into it when we move back to WA in July. Link to our Current House Our house is the 2nd one down from the top.

We had a crazy trip and with lots of help from family and friends we were able to get 3 months of work done in 3 weeks!