HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISTYN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISTYN!!!!!!!!!

I am in shock today that my baby girl is now 6! Where did time go!

Do you notice a trend in the family? Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays. We have 4 just in our home in April, May & June and probably about 10 others in the immediate family in the spring as well. By the end of June we are so sick of birthday cake we can barely stand it :)

Happy Birthday James!

Happy Birthday Little Man! I can't believe that you are 5 today - a Whole Hand! That's a big deal here you know. I miss you. Every day I miss you.

I've decided not to dwell on that today. Today I will think of the day you were born. The day I had the honor of watching you come into this world. That was an amazing day little one. You came so fast your poor mommy had no clue what was going on. You looked like Grandpa Lew with that ring of white hair around your head. I adored you from the second I laid eyes on you.

Kyleigh told me yesterday that you would have the best birthday up in Heaven today. I know you will!

I love you!!!!

Aunt Heather

Looks Whose Riding Her Bike!

Tristyn decided this week that it was time for her training wheels to come off.

So, after a few lessons from her brother

She went for it....one foot down, Go a little further...
And, we've got it!

Look at that smile, she's so proud of herself! And, so are we!

She's riding fairly well now. I am so surprised at how fast she was able to do it!

Landon's Birthday!

It's Landon's Birthday...and, he's 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure how that happened!

He started off as this:

and, now he looks like this:

LOL! Actually, here he is..blue, spiked hair and all.

My Two Boys!

Here are the boys! They went for a ride last week. Landon is so adorable all decked out in his motorcycle gear!

The bike is so awesome! Dan and I went for a ride today. It's the first time I have been on the new bike. I loved it as much as I remembered it from 10 years ago! The only thing about the bike, is it makes me want to sleep. It's so relaxing to me....something tells me it wouldn't be good to go to sleep though :)

SURPRISE!

Last year I had a surprise party for my mom with her daycare families. It was such a huge hit that I decided to do it again. I didn't take very many pictures but we had an amazing time. My mom loves this! I am going to make it a yearly tradition, but I am sure that she will figure it out next time. She was totally surprised this year.

I do not have any pictures of mom...can you believe that??? Bad. Bad. Heather! It was an absolutely blessing when Megan showed up for a few minutes. This girl was in my wedding when she was two! Yes, you do the math, she is now 17! When my mom first started taking care of Megan, at age 1, I begged my mom to get rid of her..she cried all the time! I cannot tell you how thankful I am that my mom did not listen to a stupid teen. Megan is a blessing. We don't see her often, but has left a lasting impression on Kyleigh and Kyleigh has a deep love for her. Megan used to come spend the night with Kyleigh when Kyleigh was a toddler. I truly love this girl!

Megan and Kyleigh

Now, here's Katherine. Isn't she adorable! My mom took care of Katherine's older brothers, ages 20 & 15 from the time they were newborns and when their family was blessed with a girl...so was ours. Kyleigh & Katherine are exactly a year apart. I can't tell you how wonderful it is that most of the families she has taken care of all the siblings and has had them all since the day their mom's went back to work from maternity leave. When you run your daycare like that, then it's more a family then a daycare. I've known most of these kids longer then I have known my own and I love all of them. Most of the kids even keep coming to my mom's daycare into their early teens because they aren't ready to leave and love it there :)

Tristyn & Shayley

Here was one of the cakes. These candles cracked us up! They melted so fast that we didn't even have time to sing to her...and, then I accidently blew them out!

There were other families at the party as well and I'm sad I didn't take more pictures. We missed those of you that were not able to come and were so thankful for the ones that did. This will definately become a yearly tradition!

Wedding Pictures

I still havent' been posting like I said I would..sorry! I didn't ask Amy if I could do this..and, she can tell me to take these down if she wants! But, here are a few pictures from the wedding. We go to see the photographers pictures yesterday and they are AMAZING! But, here are some shots from my mom's camera.

This is awesome! I do not think that pictures of us four have been taken in over 15 years! Here is Carey, Holly, Amy & I. Amy & I have been friends since we were 5 and we met Carey and Holly in 6th grade. Holly & Carey are cousins. We see each other as much as we can, but this day was a true treat for us.

Here is Amy with a REAL Pepsi..not a diet! I had to snap a picture of this..my two friends together :)

Here I am with my walking partner, Bill. Not the best picture, but you can see how we were dressed.

It was a great day. Timberline Lodge was amazing! I threw several fits about having the wedding there...I mean, it's February, there is snow...it's cold! But, Amy & Matt were right on...it was AWESOME!

Amy's Wedding

Yes, it's really been like 2 months since I've posted and Amy has asked when I'm going to start up again. I told her maybe around her wedding, and since she got married on Saturday, I thought I should start blogging again :)

For those of you that don't know Amy, she has been one of my very best friends since we were 5! Yes....27 years! Matt & Amy got married at Timberline Lodge on Saturday and I was a bridesmaid. I have to admit to being slightly nervous about the whole thing. Amy & I have always been close, and will always be close, but we don't get to spend a lot of one on one time together and she has a lot of great friends that I am not close too. Truthfully, I did selfishly think that I may be the odd one out for the weekend, and I was okay with that, but a little nervous. Let me tell you, I was welcomed with opened arms, and feel like her friends are now my friends.

I was able to ride up the mountain with her parents on Friday afternoon and that was great fun! Her parents helped raise me and shape who I am. Some of my best childhood memories are of camping, boating, fishing, laughing with Amy's family and since having a family of my own, I haven't spent a lot of time with them. The ride up the mountain was a true blessing. We laughed, talked about old times and had a great ride.

The wedding itself was beautiful. Amy looked amazing in her red and white gown. All of us bridesmaids wore red, along with the two flower girls. The guys were in red too. I wish I had pictures to share, but that will have to come later. Amy & Matt gave Amy's daughter a family medallion during the service and told Emma how much she was loved and included in the marriage.

After the service was a fun reception with a great dinner, alot of laughs and dancing. Tristyn had been waiting for this day for months. She had the perfect outfit picked out and had so much fun. I was so proud of her, she even danced for about two hours. The reception included time to hang out with Holly and her cousin, my long-time friend, Carey and her husband Terry.

That's a recap for you. It was the perfect weekend.

I will try to do better with keeping up the family blog. I have been so awful lately.