Weekend in Review: Memorial Day

Memorial Day weekend is usually a fun weekend for us. It's usually spent driving a few hours to see family, or family and friends driving here to see us, or spent doing some fun activity. Not this year. The hubs was horribly sick, and the weather was nasty, real nasty. I felt bad for the people who drive over to this part of the state to go camping because it's usually out of the normal Seattle rain. I spent most of the weekend packing for our vacation and cleaning, which is probably a good thing! I also got to watch some specials on the meaning of Memorial Day, because sometimes we forget. I know alot people just think of it as a 3 day weekend from work, or an excuse to party, but I hope everyone took a minute to remember......

My Grandfather. Spain, circa 1940's

And Thank a troop anytime, not just on a holiday! Go to Pioneer Woman to see some amazing and touching photo's.

And this is what we did when the rain came.....

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. If you have posted anything about your weekend please share your link, I would love to read it!

Weekend in Review: Mother's Day festivities

This weekend we went to the Walla Walla Balloon Stampede. WOW!!!  It was an all day event and the best part? It was all free!! There was so much to do, not to mention that if you couldn't find enough stuff to do until night(which was the best part!!) you could always go and walk around Walla Walla.  I heart this town, I feel like a broken record, but this place is so cool!!! If there are Washingtonians who read this and have never been, please do! It really is a fun little town! By the time we made it home we were SO tired, it was a LONG day. But so worth it! We will definitely be going next year.

On this list of things we did on Saturday include:

 walking and looking around at booths of homemade goodies

                                                                                               Going to a car show

Going on fair rides

Climbing inside a Jungle Gym

Watching horse racing

Hoping the pink horse would win!

Enjoying a concert

Marveling at how many people were there

Watching balloons being blown up

Then lit in the dark

And to end the night right, FIREWORKS!!!!!

 Did you guys do anything fun and exciting? Or did you get to relax and enjoy your day?

Weekend in review

This Saturday we celebrated a very special birthday.

My childhood friend gave birth to her beautiful little boy exactly 4 weeks after I had P#3.
He was healthy and happy.
But after a couple of months of him not gaining weight his mom knew there was something wrong. She kept going to doctors and they all had different ideas.  One day she called, crying, saying there was something wrong with his heart, and they had to leave to go to a better hospital. My heart broke for her and his dad, and for him, such a tiny little baby, so helpless.
They lived in the hospital for months, with the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy. His heart was failing and he wouldn't make it without a transplant.  We talked often and she was always so optimistic, although, if I know her, she sounded frightened.

One day in December of '08, right before Christmas, when he was 8 months old, she called me to say that they had a donor, and he would receive his new heart within a few short hours. We both cried tears of joy. I'm not sure exactly how she must have felt at that moment , overjoyed, terrified, grateful. But She said it best.... that it is the best Christmas gift they could have got.

Such a long journey for him and his family, and a long road ahead too. My friend is an amazing mother, I know she will always prevail.

So I'm over the top about being able to celebrate his Birthday, he made it, he's here, he's beautiful, and he's 2!!!!!

* There is SO much more to his story then I wrote, I just gave you guys the super shortened ME version of it, Im positive that my friend would have writen one a bazillion times better than me. I hope you dont mind*

Some photos

Just thought Id share some photos from our weekend. I took SO many, but I really like these.  My neice is so cute, and she's always making a fishy face or sticking her tongue out. Her mom says she doesn't smile  for cameras, I think she must like me, cause I caught a few smiles. I want to get her big brother too, but he's a cool pre-teen who is always looking like the camera is an inconveneince, but I will, whether he likes it or not!! He's just too handsome not to take a picture of!!


P#2 putting make-up on my neice. She really loved it. I heard she's calling P#2 sissy.. I love it!! Thats what we call her.

I love how you can see that My neices cousin must be saying something P#3 doesn't like and he's letting him know. It's so typical, and three 2 yr olds together, there was LOTS of baby fights, and hissy fits.

He's just so stinkin adorable

See?  She is hilarious!!!

P#2 loving the tire swing, and looking pretty doing it!

Again, stinkin adorable!

YES!!! A smile!! Isn't she beautiful?

My cool big guy, hes pretty handsome, I must say!

P#3 loved all the yummy cupcakes

I love this shot, everyones looking at P#1, maybe waiting for an answer? But he's totally paying attention to the basketball game going on.

Weekend in review

My husband and kids tool me to Walla Walla for my birthday. I love this little town and all its charm. They also have some super yummy pizza that I wanted:)

This was on our drive

Candy Store

the kids loved it!!

We walked in the streets

Enjoyed the sunshine

Ate some Mediterranean Pizza

Love my guys

Walked the Whitman National Monument

Well, some of us bear crawled

Walked to the monument

Enjoyed the view

Original wagon on the Oregon Trail

Settlement of Marcus Whitman

We also climbed trees

Then we were carried home

How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun?