Confirmed

It is now confirmed that I should no longer be allowed to even attempt to give my boys or anyone else, a haircut.

Last night I took on the task of giving Philip a much needed hair cut/trim. Let's just say that things did not turn out so well, and as a result, we have just returned from having a professional fix the mistakes. I must add that he did not even come close to sitting still for me, and that he sat perfectly still for Sally. Philip is no longer a baby. His haircut turned out much much shorter than I would have ever planned on, but what could one do. The good news is that it will be awhile before we need to give Philip another haircut.

Night Away

Well, we made it back from our little getaway up to Seattle. What a great time. It was so nice to have no agenda involving children.
Friday afternoon and evening we spent time walking around Pacific Place, shopping. We even unintentionally met up with some friends, which was a fun little surprise. For dinner we stopped in at the Cheesecake Factory, and somehow I managed to squeeze in some room for pumpkin cheesecake.
Saturday we walked all the way down to Pike Place Market, which was fun because it had been so long since I was there last. What else does one do when they go to Seattle? After wandering around for a few hours, we headed back to our hotel, where we stopped in for one last visit into the grocery store located below our hotel. I know, your thinking, "a grocery store..woo hoo", but this grocery store was pretty amazing. It was stocked with every kind of food for every kind of person, and housed several different mini cafes each serving different styles of food. We picked up a few groceries and then headed for home.
Of course the boys had a great time with Grandma Ann and Papa, but I am sure the grandparents were happy to give them back.

Four Years

Yesterday marked our four year anniversary, which is hard to even believe. What a wonderful four years it has been.
This year we bought a new camera for ourselves, which we are enjoying. Jason also brought home this bouquet of roses. Tomorrow we will spend one night away up in Seattle to celabrate, so more pictures to come I am sure.

Speaking of Birthdays

After getting home from the pumpkin patch, Jason and I headed off to the Auburn Mall to look for my birthday gift, a new coat. We left the boys with Aunt Jen and Aunt Heather, intending to be back in time for dinner, or so I thought. Little did I know that Jason and few others had different plans for how the rest of the day would play out.
We did get a coat, as well as a few other items, so the shopping trip was considered a success. While on our way back home, we received a call from Kjerste wondering if we could stop by her house to pick up a gift she had waiting for me. Well, of course we did. Several times I told Jason we should call my sisters to let them know we would be home a little later than planned, but he suggested that I not. Ummm...ok..kinda fishy, but whatever. Upon arriving at Kjerste and Dereks, I noted that I saw no familiar cars and proceeded in for our quick stop. It turns out that Jason and Kjerste had been planning a surprise party for me. Of course I then began to wonder about the boys, especially when the two above mentioned babysitters arrived at the party. My mom had it all taken care of, in fact she was keeping them through the night and bringing them to church with her in the morning. What a treat. Thanks everyone!

For pictures of the party click here for the link to Kjerste Blog, and look under the entry entitled SURPRISE.

I Spy Something Orange

Saturday was my birthday, and so to celebrate we went as a family to the pumpkin patch. Here are a few pictures before our camera battery died.

Dinner With Friends

This past Friday evening we were able once again to spend an evening getting to know the Krulish family, new to our church body(Jerid is our new "Youth Pastor") . The men had plans to go take in a local high school football game, and so instead of leaving the moms home alone with the kids we decided to spend the time together. The kids played really well together, and we even managed to get them all in bed and asleep before the men came back home.

And Your Mother Was Where?

Last week while we were at church for the weekly soup supper, Philip managed to pull a bowl of piping hot soup over resulting in a burned hand. He handled everything really well despite the shots he had had earlier in the day. The following day he did come up with three little blisters, which worried me a bit, but they have all healed almost completely with no infection ot other problems. Amazingly the blisters, while present, did not seem to bother him at all. I think I was more worried for him then he ever was.