A Short Sweet Month to remember

We really have been having the best February.

We have been very busy 

but

I have been trying especially hard to slow down and do some extras with the kids

(and having a friend to encourage that is a huge bonus)

We wrapped up basketball and Ellie did great 

and 

I had a great time hanging out with moms that I don't normally get a chance to visit with.

We went to a trampoline park and the kiddos had the best time.

 Dusty took the girls to 4-H foods and they learnt about cake decorating 

AND

seriously we may have discovered ANOTHER hidden talent that Penny has!!

You can expect a bakery to open any day now....

 OH FOR THE LOVE OF HOCKEY

AND BOYS

ESPECIALLY THESE BOYS

Oh man! Dusty gets a gold star because he took ALL the kids to the hockey game SOLO 

and it was with school

SO

ALL of their friends were there.

It was CHAOS

and these two were Captain Chaos and Lieutenant Loud

It's been a great month and we are ending it by playing play-off hockey against a great team and it's been a blast ending our month this way!!

Birthdays

This year dusty and I did more for our birthdays than I think we ever have done! Most of it was last minute and it was our friends that swooped in and helped change things up. It was fun and simple and easy!
I got to go out to dinner at Brown's and Dusty and I ate dessert while waiting for Jared and Jasmine. It is always so easy to hang out with them! Jasmine tried a spicy tuna roll for the first time and it was hilarious, she was NOT a big fan. We split up and went home and we played a game with the kids. Stacey texted the next morning and asked us to go and ride. Dusty's been wanting to go so we packed up and headed over. The ponies all did great. We invited Tom and Stacey over for dinner and it was a good thing because we had so much food. This year Dusty wanted Steak Oscar, roasted mini potatoes, salad, garlic bread, AND strawberry cream cake PLUS we got to eat my delicious chocolate cake that Stacey made. I was also surprised but a couple friends who brought me gifts and it was such a sweet birthday!!!

Now that our birthdays are over though, there's not many excuses to eat a little healthier! hahaha

Mexico- full day #1

I am starting this adventure on the first full day in Mexico.

I am choosing to repress my memories of 

1) the really early morning

2) the REALLLLLLY long flight down

(even though Andy did pretty darn good on the plane)

3) the choas of the airport in Cancun

4) the smelly bus ride to the hotel

5) the arranging of rooms

6) my melt down 

7) late night Pacos Tacos....

So after a good sleep we were all in a much better place to begin our great adventure.

First things first- breakfast and then a short swim and a walking adventure.

This is Lucy and Penny headed back to our room after checking out the "private" pool. This was the first incounter with the lizzards. None of them were huge fans... shocking.

We then took a walk around the resort (Occidental). It was HUGE. They said it was about 40 acres and most of it was jungle. The different areas of the hotel were really spread out. We were staying in the royal club area and it had its own resteraunt and pool. It was gated and had a seperate "beach area". So we wanted to see what the rest of the place looked like.

We found ourselves at the main lobby and they had some macaws. The girls loved them. They were so so so noisy though!

On our way back to the RC we spotted this little creature scurrying across the path.

Apparently they are the equivilant to our racoons....

We spent the rest of the afternoon swimming and exploring.

The heat was a welcomed relief from the cold and the humidity was lovely.

This is just entering the hot season there and we were kind of worried we would be too hot but all of us were happy to trade our jackets and boots for sandles and shorts.

My bed.

My world seems consumed by baby.

I have a world set up in my bed.

There are diapers and wipes at my bedside.

Bassinets and laundry hampers filled with items. 

My bed has turned into a nursing station with every pillow at my disposal.

Everyonce in a while I emerge to join my family at the dinner table or to visit with someone stopping in.

But mostly I am in my room.

The last time I did this my girls were 5 and 3. 

Maybe they forced me out of my room more.

Maybe they just hung out with me...

It's funny how quickly our brains forget those small details.

At 8 and 6 these girls are much much more help.

I am so grateful for them and their willingness to help and for their understanding of me needing to be somewhere else.

This week at home has been bliss. I could stay all day wrapped in my blankets on my bed cuddling my sweet baby. Listening to his heavy breathing while he sleeps.