Stanley's 29th Birthday

Today was Stan's birthday and we had a great day celebrating. Sunday night Stan made the best brownies and then on Monday the kids and I went to visit him at work to bring brownies to the office staff. He enjoys showing off his little family, and the offie staff loved having the kids there for a bit. Then I took them to the Dollar Store to pick out gifts they wanted to give Daddy. They had a blast! Isabella insisted we get balloons and a birthday hat as well. The kids were so excited to have Daddy come home and open presents that he barely had time to put down his bag and coat before they dragged him to the little table for presents and cake. I don't think he actually got to open any of the presents. :) He said it was perfect and the kids were so happy to be a part of his birthday. Oh I also let the kids help me make his German Chocolate cake from scratch. They did a great job and Stanley said it was delicious! I am really enjoying that celebrations mean more to them now. We love our kids! Stan said last night as we were talking about life and our family how much he enjoys having all 3 kids and how it feels so perfect to be a family of 5!
Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Family tree at breakfast

This morning at breakfast Isabella started asking about her family. She talked about Lucie and wanted to know who here dad and mom where. Then she described Lucie's dog Brownie and Lucie's back yard. Then she asked who Zach's dad was and then talked about Todd and Alaenya and Lila and Gavin. It was so cute that she is really starting to remember family. She has really started understanding more about whats going on and what we are talking about. It is fun, but we are going to have to remember we have little ears that repeat things now. :)

I just started Weight Watchers again. It is only day 2 but so far so good. I decided that we all needed to get back on a better schedule since we have been so out of sync lately. I am hoping to get Tristan on a "Baby Wise" schedule so he better about naps. I always loving having a schedule so I feel productive and hopefully give the kids a little more structure.

On a side note here are some pictures from when my mom was here and we visited Ted and Dolly (grandparents) in Olympia Washington. They met us there so we didn't have to drive all the way to Seattle. It was great to see them. After we let the kids play at a Mall playground for an hr or so. I loved having my mom here.

Tillamook

My mom came to visit this week. She stayed with me and the kids while Stan went to an interview in Utah. It was so great having her here. The kids loved having "gwama woten" here. We did lots of fun things while she was here and we had great weather. These pictures are from our trip to The Tillamook Cheese factory. It was such a sunny day we couldn't resist stopping at the park for a picnic.