Catch Up

• Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted to my blog. I guess I haven't felt like sharing much lately.
• I am in a weird place in life. There are so many things that I dream about, but don't know if they will ever really happen. And I feel like everything I thought I had, is slipping through my fingers.
• I am so excited about the Holidays. The Holidays are always special to me, but this year I am looking for the comfort of the Holidays. I don't know if that makes sense, but it does to me.
  
• Today I sat at my desk for a long time and stared at the picture of an adorable new baby that was recently sent to me from a friend. It made me sad. I couldn't help but wonder if I would ever get the chance to make cute birth announcements to send out to friends and family. I couldn't help but wonder if I would ever experience being able to hold a baby of my own. I know I am young, have time, etc.....blah, blah, blah. Just how I'm feeling, OKAY?
• I need some change in my life....this coming from the girl who HATES change.
• I have a goal to start working towards my goals :)
• I have actually rather enjoyed the changing of the seasons this year. The leaves seemed more beautiful than ever to me. And the dark, gloomy days can make it hard to get out of bed, but I love falling asleep to the sound of rain.
• Christmas shopping.....I usually have so much more done by now! It is starting to stress me out a little.
• I can not wait to start listening to Christmas music, look at Christmas lights and drink peppermint mochas!
  

We Still Remember

This morning, 8 years after the 9/11 attacks on America, President Obama attended a service at the Pentagon where he laid a wreath in remembrance of the 184 lives lost at the pentagon on 9/11/01. When he addressed the crowd, full of mourners, family members and friends of the 9/11 victims he said, "No words can ease the ache of your hearts." Profound words. Acknowledging their loss and allowing their grief.

Although the world goes on, we continue our lives, continue to advance as a society. This morning, we took time to stop, to remember, to reflect and to honor. Although it is 8 years later and we have moved on, we still carry the memory and the agony of that morning. We will never forget. I was proud of all Americans this morning for not forgetting and making effort to show that we remember.

We will remind the terrorists: You did an awful thing, you shattered many lives, you let evil overcome you....but you did not win. You will never win.

We stand taller today as Americans than we did 8 years ago, we stand taller and more determined to protect our freedom.

May God bless America and continue to comfort the families who lost love ones on that tragic Tuesday morning 8 years ago.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, a birthday post is better late than never, right? But I should get some credit since it is exactly 1 month after my birthday. You know what that means......right? Only 11 months until my birthday!

I love my birthday. It is my favorite day of the year. Maybe even better than Christmas. I just think that July 20 is the best day! Anyway, I have always been blessed to have special birthdays. My parents always went over and above to make me feel special and make my day fun. Perhaps, this is why I do love my birthday so much?!

This year was special in a different way. I spent my whole birthday weekend with D, and he went through a lot of trouble to make it wonderfully special for me.

On Saturday morning, he gave me a card with two horses kissing on the front, and on the inside he explained that we would be spending the day at the beach in Pacific City and that he had arranged for us to take a 2 hour horseback ride along the beach. I was so excited. What a great idea! The weather was perfect, and it was so fun, relaxing and romantic. We ended up being the only people with the guides, so that was extra fun. My horse's name was Trigg and D's was Warrior something....I can't remember (that's what happens when you wait until one month later to blog about a special event). We even came to a part of the beach where a bunch of seals were laying on the sand. The whole experience was incredible and I love every minute of it! Such a thoughtful birthday surprise!

The rest of the weekend, we spent downtown. We got to do whatever I wanted. Which involved a lot of shopping, coffee and food. :) We ate lunch at Rock Bottom Brewery and dinner at Henry's...where we saw a woman completely naked walking around in her apartment. It was REALLY hot that weekend, but it was weird (and pretty funny)! Here's my love at RBB.

D also arranged for us to stay at Portland's White House. It was SO neat. I LOVE things like this. It was an old historic house built as a summer house for a wealthy family in 1910 or 1911. It looks like a miniature white house, huh?

The morning of my birthday, we woke up and had an incredible breakfast there at the white house and met some fun people who were traveling through Portland.

The whole weekend was perfect. I would not have changed anything. I felt very special and cared for.

Of course, on the evening of my birthday my parents had a birthday dinner with my sister's at their house. I am one very blessed person. I have an amazing D, amazing parents and amazing sisters. Thank you all for what you did to make me feel special on my birthday. This was definintely one I will never forget!

11 months til I turn 27....

knowing what's important

This last year has been full of self discovery for me. It has been one lesson after the other on life in general. How to love people, how to find the courage to trust, how to take other people's expectations with the grain of salt, how to know what is right for me and stick with it, how to go against the crowds to stand up for what you know is right.

But now it seems it's time for me to learn yet another lesson, but I am not sure what it is. I feel like I am at a cross-roads in my life. One I really don't like. Do I keep going and keep what is important to me, but not completely fulfilling me? Or do I veer and risk a lot of heartache and losing what is important to me to possibly gain fulfillment. Neither option seems appealing. I honestly don't know what is more important to me yet.

I have spent quite a lot of time by myself over the last few days. Reflecting, praying, asking for guidance....crying. I feel weary, discouraged, confused and quite frankly....terrified. But I do know God is here, he hears my prayers, he knows my heart...even when I can't explain it to anyone else, he notices my tears and hold them in his hand. Even in my despair, he meets me and gives me hope, he has plans for my future, he holds my head above the water and I always know that He is what is most important to me. In the scheme of eternity, everything else is just details.

Summer Vacation 2009

D and I spent almost a week in Lapine for vacation this year. His whole family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) were camping about 10 miles away, so we stayed at the house in Lapine and joined them on many occasions to have fun.

Of course, all my pictures are all out of order, because I just don't take the time anymore to put them in order.

This first pictures was of the day we came home. We stopped by D's brother's house and they weren't home yet, and we were attacked by their chickens. They were making weird not chicken noises and pecking my car! Weirdos!

One of the days we were there, D hiked to the top of the South Sister mountain with 16 other members of his family. He had a great time and was glad that he went. But boy, it was an all day event! We had to leave the house at 5:30 am to drop him off. I believe they got back to the campground where his family was staying at around 4 pm.

What did I do when he was on his all day trek you ask? Well, I came back to the house and went back to sleep for like 3 hours, and it was heavenly! Then I watched TV, took a bath, got a yummy coffee and set off on an adventure of my own! I drove into bend, and just explored. I parked downtown and walked around and went into a bunch of little neat stores. I loved it. I then found a place to get my nails done, and the people there made fun of my eyebrows and laughed at my and talked about me in Korean. Whatever. I was in serious need of a tweezing, but that still wasn't nice. :) I drove around some more and went into A LOT of cute stores and then I drove up to the top of Pilot Butte for a great 360 view of the city. I had a great time just doing whatever I wanted.

One of the nights, D and I went and got a treat at DQ and then drove to a look out point by Paulina Lake to watch the sunset, we got there just in time and it was incredible! One of the highlights of the trip for me.

The first day his family arrived in LaPine, we went to Paulina Falls and walked around. Here are a couple pictures of the falls, they were beautiful! Then we all had a picnic at the top, and it was a great time and the weather was great. Not too cold and not too hot!

We tried to go the the Lava Lands, but it was too busy and they weren't letting anyone else in, so we went to turn around when we saw a sign for bendham falls, so we decided to go find it. We walked along the river for about 1/2 mile and then came across this. The pictures seriously don't do it justice, it was COOL!

You can't tell from this picture, but I am basically on the edge of a big cliff. I was laughing, because it stressed D out! He thought I wasn't been very safe, and well, I was surprised I went out so far because it was freaky, but I just wanted to get a picture!

Those people down there were stressing both of us out! The water is moving SOOOO fast and it was SOOOO loud!

This might be the world's worst picture of me, but I just had to add it. I was being swarmed my bugs at the very moment this picture was being taken. And the crazy face I was making was the, "take the freakin' picture now!" face.

We both left Bendham falls with about 20+ HUMONGOUS bug bites. At one point, I was actually scared that I was allergic to something that bit me, because the bites on my arm got so big. It was, well...disgusting.

We also visited the expensive High Desert Museum. It was $15 each to get it, but it was fun. We ended up staying there for about 2 hours.

We also did a lot of relaxing, reading and movie watching while we were there. Oh yeah, we went and saw Julia and Julie during our vacation and loved it. It is a great movie.


And just like we always do when we are in LaPine, we ate tons of really good food. Sausage and cheese omelettes, homemade hashbrowns, steak, french toast and berries, shrimp fajitas, fajita quesadillas, etc. It was good!


We had a great time and even ended up staying an extra day.
We just didn't want the fun to end! It was a wonderful vacation 2009!

Next summer: Minnesota, here we come!

A Camping Post (Finally)

So, I am finally getting around to blogging about D and I's camping trip. We were intending on going for the 4th of July, but because D had to be on call, we were able to make it work the weekend before. We had such a great time! The weather was great and our time was very relaxing.

One of my favorite parts of our camping trip was all the history that is there. D grew up going to the river, and his Grandpa grew up there. So he told me all sorts of stories, and I loved them all. We even went on a drive and he showed me the homestead where is Grandpa grew up, and took me to see the school where his grandpa went. I love that kind of stuff!

All of the pictures are out of order, so you'll just have to go with the flow.

Enjoying the campfire!

One night while we were eating dinner we heard a loud noise in the bushes and I was convinced that it was a bear! Anyway, it is a long funny story that I won't share, but I was scared and made Devin park the truck next to the tent that night in case we needed to run to safety! lol. Notice that the tent door is strategically close to the truck doors!

One day we went to Florence to see the beach, and found some rocks to cuddle up on. The big splash in this picture was our failed attempt to photograph the seal that was playing right in front of us!

We ate really well while we were camping! And it was even fun to wash the dishes down at the river like this...




I even picked some weeds for the table so it would feel more like home!

I enjoyed most of my time either sitting here listening to the river and watching the bald eagle and hawk or floating on the river in an inter-tube just soaking up the sun.

It was such a perfect weekend, and of course I always enjoy my time with D when it is just us!

I love it down at the river and hope that someday we can take a whole family camping trip there. I think you guys would love it too!

I heart flowers

Updated with Pictures!

I still can't get blogger to let me add pictures to my blog...
But last night, I went to Freddies and bought a bunch of flowers, like the kind you plant.
I was so excited. I've never really planted flowers before. (plus they were having a sale and I had a coupon!) Anyway, after work last night, I sat in the shade enjoying the evening breeze and planted my flowers.

I love them.

3 little pots filled with color,

one little pot set on the table filled with summer joy,

one little pot filled with a romantic hydrangea

and simple white and red blooms now rest in the shade of a beautiful tree.

It feels more like a home now.

I can't tell you what flowers do to my heart. When I buy fresh cut flowers, I call them my "happy flowers." They make me smile and make my heart a little lighter, they just plain brighten my day.

Trying to Post

Well, I finally found the motivation to update my blog, but it won't let me upload my pictures! It says they uploaded but then they aren't here?!?!

Anyway, I will just give you a run down of a few things. The last few weeks have been really busy! It feel like I have hardly been home.

• I think it was June 12th, we had my friend Erica and her husband Kevin over for dinner. It was super fun. I haven't seen Erica since I flew down for her wedding, which I think was 3 years ago. I met Erica at church probably about 5 or so years ago. She was great and so much fun, and it turned out that she lived in my same apartment building! We had a lot of fun getting to know each other and hanging out while she lived in Oregon. But she moved back to Cali, so I never get to see her anymore. We recently re-connected after her Christmas letter that she faithfully sends to me, mentioned her blog! Anyway, they were coming up for a wedding so we planned a night to get together. We ate dinner at D's and then went to the cheesecake factory for dessert. It was so great to really talk to and meet her husband, Kevin. The only time I had met him was saying hello to him at their wedding. I was really excited too because she got to meet D. I am pretty proud of him and like to show him off. :) D loved talking to Kevin because he is a firefighter. D's dad was a firefighter and D always wanted to be to, so he was in heaven hearing all about it. Anyway, there are a lot of fun and I am so thankful for friends like Erica. We may not talk for a while, but we can just start from where we left off. She was a great friend to me while she lived in Oregon and continues to be a faithful friend. Our time with them was such a blessing.

• The next weekend, we headed up to Spokane for D's cousins' wedding. It was a brother and sister and they had a double wedding. I wasn't sure how it was going to unfold, but it was great. It was such a romantic and special wedding. The sister is best friends with the brother's bride and the brother is best friends with the sister's groom. Did that make sense? Anyway, it was precious. Then the reception was at my favorite place in the whole world, Manito Park. It was gorgeous! After the reception, we spend some time walking around to all the different gardens, they are just breath taking. I loved it. It was also fun to spend more time with D's extended family and get to talk and get to know each other a little more. His family is very kind and they all have such sweet hearts. I believe that his grandparents truly are building a legacy for their family. They just love each other so much, it is wonderful to see. Also, while we were in Spokane, D and I were able to spend a couple hours with my friend, Ben. I was able to see his house for the first time and he made us breakfast. It was also fun to hear D and Ben talk. They have never really been in a setting together to get to know each other. Ben is a very dear friend of mine, so of course it was terrific to see him as well. We weren't able to visit with his wife, Kayla, because she was off to throw her sister's bridal shower. But it was still fun to have time with Ben.

• Okay....let's see, what's next? I think the next weekend is when we went camping down on the Siuslaw river which was SO fun and SO relaxing. I have pics of that so, I will do another post when it will let me upload the photos.

• Fourth of July weekend, we went down to Eugene and stayed Friday night. I stayed with Kelly and had so much fun! I love being with my little sister. She can make me laugh like no one else, and truly is my best friend. I am so blessed to have the best little sister ever. ANYWAY, EARLY saturday morning, D came and got me and I went to pick up his nephews to watch them while D, his brother Bryan and sister-in-law, Erica ran the 10k Butte to Butte race. Blake and Caden are pretty funny and ALL boy. Kelly came with me and we went down to the park to meet D at the finish line. I have pictures of that too. THEN, Kelly, Jon, D and I went to a great breakfast and then headed to Richardson Park to float in the lake for a few hours. It was such a blast. It was pretty stinkin' hot, so it was a great day to float in the water. We laughed a lot and worked on our tans. Perfect day and perfect company! When we got back home that night, we worked in the yard for a couple hours and then went down the street to watch fireworks. It was fun, but the fireworks show, for whatever reason, left A LOT to be desired.

• Alright, so all of that leads me to last night. Last night was another chance for D to get to know my friends. Danielle and her husband, Ryan, are visiting from San Diego. We got to steal them away from famiy and grab a cup of coffee and chat for a couple hours. Danielle has been one of my best friends since first grade, and it is always a treat when we get to be together. And of course, it was really important to me that they meet D. No surprise that later that night I got both of their approvals in a text message! Danielle is another friend that no matter how much time goes by we can always just pick up from where we left off. We have a very special friendship and have done a lot together. My friendship with her is my longest standing friendship, and I know that we will be lifelong friends.

So as you can tell, we've had a very busy few weeks...and there is no slowing down in sight....this weekend we are hosting a friends 40th b-day bash followed the next weekend by TAMI BIRTHDAY WEEKEND! Woo Hoo....can't wait.

I have such a blessed life with amazing family and friends. Thank you Lord for blessing my life with all of these incredible people!

Pictures to come soon.....hopefully

You Know It's Summer at My Office When...

• ...You have an incredibly terrible headache from the carpet cleaning fumes
• ...You have an extra incredibly terrible headache the very loud dryers running to dry the carpet
• ...You have to lock yourself in your office because you are the only one in the building
• ...You pass the days by daydreaming about having the summers off like everyone else who works there
• ...You are startled into a heart attack because they start testing the fire alarms, forgetting that you are still in your office working

Fun Times

Storm Alert

The storm today hit mom and dad's with a branch through the window and shattered glass everywhere.

The storm hit D's backyard like this:

Thoughts, Happenings and Other Stuff

1. On Saturday, we had an impromptu family BBQ and it was so much fun. Wish we did that more often. I love my family.

2. I spent Sunday/Monday down at the Siuslaw River with D and his parents on their property.
It is gorgeous down there. We worked really hard cleaning it all up and getting ready for camping this summer. Wow, am I sore!

3. I, apparently do not understand the Mother/Son relationship. It's weird.

4. I will be super busy this week trying to get ready for a retirement party next Monday evening. I think I am starting to fret about it, but I don't know why. Mom is awesome and she has volunteered herself to help me all day on Monday. She's great, huh? And D is going to get off work early to help me too. Such great people, I tell ya.

5. We went and saw the Rose Festival fireworks on Friday night. I LOVED it. We went down to the waterfront, sat on a blanket and played farkle while we waited. It was a beautiful night and tons of fun.

6. I am pretty excited for my big sister to come and visit from PHX. Beach trip? I think so!

7. I am trying to give things time at work, and try to adjust to all the changes before I form an opinion...but it's hard. Things are so different.

8. I have learned that I am more relational than I thought.

9. Another one of D's cousins got engaged, so we have another wedding to go to this summer. I am so (not) excited. But I am sure that I will smile and have so much fun.

Dare to be Different

Believe in someone no one else believes in

Help someone you needs help that is ignored by everyone else

Stand up when un-kind words are being spoken

Stop caring about reputation and start caring about others

Give, even when you have little yourself

Return mean words with kind actions

Live beyond reproach and be someone's miracle today

Mother's Day

There is a love in this world
that sings strong through the years,
it is from the heart of a mother
who holds her children safe and dear,
her boundless devotion is like no other
a rare jewel that will forever live on.

She sacrifices to see her child happy
not once demands anything in return,
for all the things she does each day
we can never pay back but only learn,
as we admire the strength she displays
during those trying times that visits.

There is no greater love that exists
then the one between mother and child,
in her eyes all of her children are equal
no matter how very naughty or wild,
all the riches in this world is unequal
to a mothers love that is irreplaceable.

Dear Mom,
It doesn't seem right that there is only one day a year that is dedicated just to you. Because for the past 34 years, all your days have been dedicated to us. Everyday since 01-08-75 have had Stacy (and then Kristie, Tami and Kelly) written all over them. Because you are a mother and you love us.

I don't often take the time to tell you how much I love you, or how much I appreciate you, or how much I often think of you in thankfulness. But today (4 days after Mother's Day), will tell you just that.

I love you Mom
I appreciate you Mom
And I am so thankful for you Mom

Thank you for all the boo-boo's you've kissed, all the scrapped knees you've cleaned and bandaged, all the school notes you've written, all the meals you prepared, all the loads of laundry you've done, all the books you've read, the songs you've sung, the backs you've scratched, the hair you've brushed, the sports games you've watched, the band concerts you attended, the back yard picnics you've prepared, the vacations you've planned, the hours you worked to pay for those vacations, the new shoes you've bought, the prom dresses you bought, the tears you've wiped away, the hugs you've given, the advice you've shared, the broken hearts you've mended and for all the other ways you've shown your love.

Thank you for being my mom. Thank you for showing me what it means to love. I am so blessed that you will be there to teach me how to me a mom one day. I love you mom. Happy Mother's Day.

Ben + Kayla = Married (and our trip to Spokane)

This weekend we drove to Spokane to be at Ben's wedding. I was so happy I was there and would not have missed it for anything. Ben has always been a true friend to me and always been there when I needed him. It was hard to believe that it was 10 years ago that we stood in my parents driveway crying as we said good-bye before he left for college. I am so happy that he found Kayla and they are happy and get to start their new life together.

Unfortunately, this is the only picture that I was able to snap at the wedding.

Here is D and I ready for the wedding.

We made the most of our time in Spokane and stayed at this awesome hotel!


Here is the jungle chair that was in our room.

On Saturday, we went to the wedding, then went to D's aunt and uncles house to visit a while. We were able to meet both of his cousin's fiances. They are getting married in June and having a double wedding. It was nice to be able to see them and visit a while. After there, we went to Marie Calendar's to meet all of Ben's family for dinner. It was so great to see everyone and so kind of Lonnie and Sherri to invite us to join them. After dinner we went back to the hotel to go swimming and sit in the hot tub. It was very relaxing and fun.

Sunday morning, we grabbed some coffee (duh!) and met D's aunt and uncle and cousins for church. It was possibly the most friendly church I have ever been to. It was so nice! Everyone talked to us and cared about us and were genuinely excited to have us be there. They were very kind and loving people. I wish everyone who went to church could experience what we did last Sunday.

After church, we went to explore a little bit. We hit the River Front Park and Spokane Falls in downtown Spokane. The sun was out but it was a little chilly as we walked around and enjoyed the sights. Spokane Falls was incredible, especially since it is right in the middle of the city. The water was so loud and we were getting misted by the water while standing on the bridge.








After River Front Park we drove to Manito park to eat lunch. Manito Park is my most favorite place in the world. (I'm pretty easy to please). I have great memories of this park on my visits to Ben over the last 10 years. It is just beautiful and I often find myself daydreaming of this duck pond and willow tree. (there is a bench under the willow tree which is perfect for reading a book on a warm day)! It was cold though, so we didn't explore the whole park, we just ate lunch at the duck pond and then walked through the Japanese Gardens. Nothing was really blooming yet, but it was still nice.




On our way home, we were pretty hungry for dinner around Hood River. D knew of a look out spot off the freeway, so we headed up the hill and ate dinner while looking at this.....


I don't know why, but I thought it would be fun to video tape some of our trip home through the Gorge (which was beautiful while the sun was setting)! So join us for part of our trip home....




Then I was going to give D a chance to redeem himself and proclaim his love for me, but instead you get him telling me not to do it "with the truck right there!"



So let's try that again (please ignore my super annoying laugh. I hate myself for that laugh, but whatever. I think it's funny.)....

The End.

Happy Birthday D (yesterday)

With absolutely no photographic evidence that yesterday even took place, we successfully celebrated D's 34th birthday.

I picked him up from work for lunch and treated him to some yummy pasta at Bugatti's and then to Starbucks for a coffee for me. At lunch, I felt bad because I was in a BAD mood. Had nothing to do with him (all work stuff) and I kept telling myself to snap out of it because I didn't want to ruin his day. I finally apologized for being in a bad mood, to which he said,"it's okay, you can always just be you with me, and if you're in a bad mood that's okay too. I still love you." (this is why he deserves to have his b-day celebrated for 34 days!!!)

Bad mood out the window!

He told me all the people that had called/text him to wish him a happy birthday. My whole family had sent him birthday wishes, which meant A LOT to him (and me)! Thank you family, you're the best.

We wanted to then play hooky the rest of the day so we could be together, but we didn't. Because we're responsible you know! So back to work we went. Well kind-of, I stopped home to kiss on my sweet niece who I knew was there. But then off to work I went!

After work we changed and we're looking pretty nice! I had a new black dress on with my cute black heels, D wore his gray pants I love and a white/silver button up shirt and boy did he look handsome! (why, oh why did I forget to take pictures of us!) We jumped in the car and headed downtown to the 30th floor of the US Bank Tower for an amazing dinner at Portland City Grill. We even got a window seat with a view of the river and Mt. Hood! I ordered macadamia nut crusted chicken breast and a salad and D order the filet mignon with a salad. It was sooooo delicious! It was worth saving up for! And he LOVED it and was so excited to eat there. It is his favorite restaurant but hadn't been there since we went 2 years ago for his birthday.

Were you expecting a gushy Happy Birthday D post? I know, I was too. But, we all know how much I love him. I want him to feel loved and respected everyday of the year. I want to honor and cherish him, because he deserves it. And those things are so easy to do, because that is how he treats me. I know I have said it a million times before, but he truly is the best man I have ever known. Happy Birthday D, I love you so very deeply.

T-minus 1 Day

Yesterday was ONE day until D's birthday. He got home, we ate dinner, played a couple games of Rack-o (because we're cool like that) and I told him he needed to be ready to leave the house at 7.

Several weeks ago, D had mentioned that he would like to go see the movie State of Play.

>>>>>Mental note for Tami <<<<<

So I coordinated with J, S and T (D's 'boyfriends') and they were scheduled to pick D up at 7 and go see the movie. I had bought the tickets earlier (side note: I always buy movie tickets at costco now...instead of costing me $42.00, it only cost me $30!), so all they needed to worry about was getting D and walking in. Oh, and I told them to text me when they were driving into D's neighborhood.

Anyway, D and I were sitting on the couch in the front room. I'm telling him I love him, Happy Birthday, you're amazing....blah, blah, etc.

I get the text. The guys are almost here.

So....

I say: "Remember how you wanted to go see that movie, State of Play?
D says: "yes."
I say: "well, tonight you get to see it." And then I pull out 4 tickets and hand them to him.


I say: "And I am not going with you."
D looks really confused, and then I pull the blinds, and he sees J, S and T walking up the path.
D says: "My friends are HERE!"

Oh my word, it was adorable, like a little boy seeing his friends coming to play. Precious I tell you.

He put on his shoes and practically skipped out the door.
The other guys didn't mind a night out and a free movie either.

I love that he was happy and excited. That's was birthdays are for!!!


In other news......

I spent last weekend with D and his family in PH. It weather was gorgeous so we spent sometime outside playing with his nephews. Here are some cute pictures.

D and his brother B throwing to the boys

Caden, who turned 3 the day before, catching for Uncle D

Blake, 4, hitting his dad's pitches

Caden covering his face after his dad nailed him in the face (with a softer ball)