Since I have been way to busy to post... I decided I would at least post some pics from the Holidays.
During the Holidays we did many fun activities (I just love all the HOliday festivities!). Included in those were seeing Santa at the Carousel, baking goodies, going to see the wonderful Christmas Lights at the Shore Acres state park near North Bend, OR (you can check out the park at www.shoreacres.net and be sure to look at the Holiday Lights Pics), we also drove around our town looking at lights, saw Santa at our chruch Holiday party, and of course I love decorating the house and listening to Holiday music etc. So much fun!
We did have a wonderful Christmas at our house with family! Christmas morning is always my favorite with the girls it is so fun! Then I took MaKenna out during Ellas nap to her first movie at the theater! We saw Princess and the Frog with her friend Cora and her mom Kate, and Ayla and auntie Mary! She loved it! It was a fun mommy daughter date time :) Then we had Christmas dinner at our house. My Mother made the best prime rib. It was a wonderful end to a great Christmas season where we are so blessed and greatful to celebrate the Saviors birth!
Enjoy the Holiday slide show!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Catching up
June 4th was MaKenna's 3rd Birthday. I can't believe that she is three. We had a princess tea party. All her guests dressed up in their princess dresses! And Preston was the only boy in his prince outfit... so cute! It was a ton of fun! It was a crazy day though because we had a horrible thunder storm come in that afternoon before her party and we were even in a TORNADO warning. It was flash flooding. I was worried we would have to cancle, but thankfully it passed in time for the party. My friend Jamie came over and did MaKenna's hair in an "up do" for the party. She looked like she was turning 16 and heading to the prom! MaKenna requested cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles ;) Love that! Her daddy spoiled her with a new bike! So much fun.
The next weekend, I had to work, but Richie took the girls camping with Mary and Jason for the weekend. They went over towards Bend to the Prinville Reservoir. We bought a fifth wheel RV so we are enjoying being able to do some more camping this year! Richie was brave taking the girls. It was so weird being home all by myself. That has not happened at all in three years. Usually if I am not with the girls I am not at home and I am at least still with Richie. But I didn't know what to do with my freedom. I would wake up and just have to worry about getting myself ready, not everyone else....imagine that. I was very clear with Richie about one thing. I was not going to spend my alone time cleaning. I decided to scrapbook all weekend and catch up on some projects I've been working on!
Other things to catch up on...
I have taken up running in my spare time... and I just ran in the Eugene Half Marathon. I was very impressed with myself and I hope to build up to a marathon next summer to at least be able to say I did it! I did very well finishing in 2 hours and 10 mins (about 10 min miles)!
MaKenna also ran in her first race at the Awesome 3000 event in Bush Park. Her age group ran around 3/4 of the track. I ran with her, but she did great. She ran the whole way. She got to run with her cousin Ayla and her friend Cora. They got medals and books at the finish line. So proud of her!
Ella is talking so much lately and she is such a daddy's girl. I have never seen a child so attached to their dad. I'm thankful though because MaKenna is going through a stage where she wants mommy to do everything. I have to buckle her into her carseat. I have to wash her in the bathtub. So its nice that Ella is very willing to go to Richie! I'm so blessed with a husband who is such a good dad. He really does just as much for the girls as I do.
I started working 4/10s now so I have Thrusdays off and I'm loving it! It is so nice to have an extra day to work on projects around the house of do fun things with the girls. We got to go to the zoo this week! We also opened up a daycare on site at my work, so the girls are always right there while I'm working and I get to go see them on breaks and at lunch. I couldn't ask for a better working environment! Counting my blessings again!
Zoo Trip Pictures...
I've also found time this year to really get into gardening again. I made it a point to get some flowers in the backyard and try to make the yard look better this year. It's embarassing that we own a landscaping bussiness, but our yard looked aweful last year. I guess that's what happens when Richie works on other peoples' yards all week, he doesn't want to work on our on the weekend. But I love gardening and now that Ella is older, it is easier for me to get out there with the girls and actually get something done. We also are doing a vegetable garden at my parents. We really like to make homemade salsa so we planted all the things we need for that plus some corn and bell peppers. I'm excited to see how it all turns out! My thumb is turning greener this year!
My next project is to paint the upstairs hallway and our bedroom... so we'll see how that turns out. I also really want to get a new fence in our back yard. All three sides of our yard have different styles of fencing and they are all crapy. So we are saving up for a nice one.
We are planning a trip out East this summer in September for a wedding and we are looking forward to visiting with family while we are out there as well.
Well how's that for an update. I will try to do better at posting!
The next weekend, I had to work, but Richie took the girls camping with Mary and Jason for the weekend. They went over towards Bend to the Prinville Reservoir. We bought a fifth wheel RV so we are enjoying being able to do some more camping this year! Richie was brave taking the girls. It was so weird being home all by myself. That has not happened at all in three years. Usually if I am not with the girls I am not at home and I am at least still with Richie. But I didn't know what to do with my freedom. I would wake up and just have to worry about getting myself ready, not everyone else....imagine that. I was very clear with Richie about one thing. I was not going to spend my alone time cleaning. I decided to scrapbook all weekend and catch up on some projects I've been working on!
Other things to catch up on...
I have taken up running in my spare time... and I just ran in the Eugene Half Marathon. I was very impressed with myself and I hope to build up to a marathon next summer to at least be able to say I did it! I did very well finishing in 2 hours and 10 mins (about 10 min miles)!
MaKenna also ran in her first race at the Awesome 3000 event in Bush Park. Her age group ran around 3/4 of the track. I ran with her, but she did great. She ran the whole way. She got to run with her cousin Ayla and her friend Cora. They got medals and books at the finish line. So proud of her!
Ella is talking so much lately and she is such a daddy's girl. I have never seen a child so attached to their dad. I'm thankful though because MaKenna is going through a stage where she wants mommy to do everything. I have to buckle her into her carseat. I have to wash her in the bathtub. So its nice that Ella is very willing to go to Richie! I'm so blessed with a husband who is such a good dad. He really does just as much for the girls as I do.
I started working 4/10s now so I have Thrusdays off and I'm loving it! It is so nice to have an extra day to work on projects around the house of do fun things with the girls. We got to go to the zoo this week! We also opened up a daycare on site at my work, so the girls are always right there while I'm working and I get to go see them on breaks and at lunch. I couldn't ask for a better working environment! Counting my blessings again!
Zoo Trip Pictures...
I've also found time this year to really get into gardening again. I made it a point to get some flowers in the backyard and try to make the yard look better this year. It's embarassing that we own a landscaping bussiness, but our yard looked aweful last year. I guess that's what happens when Richie works on other peoples' yards all week, he doesn't want to work on our on the weekend. But I love gardening and now that Ella is older, it is easier for me to get out there with the girls and actually get something done. We also are doing a vegetable garden at my parents. We really like to make homemade salsa so we planted all the things we need for that plus some corn and bell peppers. I'm excited to see how it all turns out! My thumb is turning greener this year!
My next project is to paint the upstairs hallway and our bedroom... so we'll see how that turns out. I also really want to get a new fence in our back yard. All three sides of our yard have different styles of fencing and they are all crapy. So we are saving up for a nice one.
We are planning a trip out East this summer in September for a wedding and we are looking forward to visiting with family while we are out there as well.
Here are some more pics of our Spring Fun!
Well how's that for an update. I will try to do better at posting!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Emily's Birthday Weekend!
For my 27th Birthday Richie went all out... He wouldn't tell me anything about the plan. All I knew was that his mom was comming over on Sat. to babysit the girls. But right when we were about to leave his mom goes, "so what time will you be home tomorrow?". Richie gave her the biggest look of "you did not just say that" it was funny and she felt really bad. So I go, "I take it you packed a bag for me right?". And he did! The whole time I thought that we would be doing something in Portland, but we started out driving toward the coast, so I knew it was either the Casino or the Beach. When we got to the Spirit Mtn Casino, he turned off the road and I have to admit I was a little disapointed, but tricky, tricky, he just kept driving to the gas station and filled us up. Then on the way to the coast he was like "is there another casino over here?" (playing dumb, although we had never been there before). When we got to the coast he pulled over at the Chinook Winds Casino and went in to ask for a room, but they were all full. So we found one near by with a beautiful view and a fireplace, very romantic :) So we relaxed for a little bit and then took a walk on the beach. So I finally asked him, "did we come here for the weekend to go to the Casino?" (again I have to admit I wasn't that excited about losing money). So then he told me no that we had somewhere to be at 8pm, so we got ready and he supprised me with Kellie Pickler tickets, she was singing at the Casino. I was shocked because for one, Richie hates concerts and especially country music. But it was a lot of fun (kind of cheesy I know). But it was very relaxing and nice to have a break from the girls and just enjoy each other. Then on Sunday we did a little bit of shopping at the outlets before we came home to our beautiful girls! What a fantastic Birthday Gift!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Fall Hike
Richie and I were able to slip away the Saturday after Thanksgiving and leave the girls with my mom for a while so we could get out and explore. We went up the North Fork and did a hike that was one of the more difficult hikes I've done. It was very verticle. We got to a few points where we were like, where is this leading us, but Richie was determined to go forward and reach the very top. He told me, "if we stop now we won't be able to tell people we made it to the top and what it was like up there, plus if we get to the top we can have our Mountain Dews!" It was a lot of fun and a great butt and leg workout. It was a beautiful fall day as well. We worked up a sweat climbing up and it took us two hours to get to the top, but then it was cold at the top and only took us about 45 mins to get down. It was very enjoyable for Richie and I to spend some time together! Enjoy our pictures...
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Weekend at Thetford
We just got home from an amazing weekend at the beautiful Thetford Lodge. We got to stay there three nights and just relax and let the girls have fun. We went with my parents, my sister and her daughter Ayla. And my aunt Diane and her husband Scott came up on Saturday to visit. MaKenna and Ayla especially had a blast together! The whole cabin environment was so much fun. The girls would run to the heat registers and let their hair blow up and just giggle. They really enjoyed going on our little hikes down to the water so they could throw rocks in the river. They especially loved Auntie Dianes cupcakes! It was a great get away and just a great reminder of how beautiful nature is and how blessed we are here in the Northwest. Richie and I got to go on a run and enjoy the scenery, while the girls were napping. Tray even was in heaven out there. He is such a good dog, we don't even have to take a leash, he stays right with us. Ella was a handful around the cabin because she is so mobile now and she gets around fast. She has built up some bravery as well. At the cabin she started pulling herself up on the coffee table and walking along it. I can really see how she is always trying to keep up with the older girls now. I've posted some pictures below to help give you all a scence of how special the trip was. It was an amazing begining to a week full of THANKSGIVING! I hope I was able to capture some of the special moments so that I can share them with you all. It is so much fun just to observe these girls and watch them grow. We have to cherrish these times, as they grow so fast. We are blessed! We wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Fall is in the air!
Even though we are still getting some summer weather temperatures, I can definitely feel that FALL is in the air! I always seem to love it this time of year when I feel like getting all cozy. I bought a big box of hot chocolate at the store so we will have some for those cold mornings! We have already turned on our heat a few mornings when the house felt a bit chilly. We will soon be using our wood stove more and more and what else makes it feel like FALL almost more than anything is FOOTBALL season! We've been to the Oregon Ducks football games and are hoping to go to a Beaver game this year as well. We really like both teams, so when they play each other and we have to choose, we usually cheer for the underdog. Basketball season is right around the corner as well and most people who know us, know that Richie and I both love basketball and we are huge BLAZER fans! We are soooo excited for the team this year, that we might give up our DISH network so that we can have comcast to watch more of the games. Silly, I know. But anyway I love this time of year. It is the beginning to a season of giving thanks and of appreciating the simple things in life. I love the fall weather and on our tree lined street, you can not miss the changes that fall brings to the nature around us. Our leaves are already changing colors and are beginning to fall. We will be picking up leaves for a few months! I also love the Holidays that are coming up. Halloween is one that I just love and MaKenna is old enough this year to really enjoy it for the first time. She already has her costume (a monkey) and is so excited because we are going to have a little Halloween party at our house with some of her friends! I am currently looking for good Halloween party ideas and so if any of you have any suggestions feel free to let me know about your creative ideas! Ella is going to be a lady bug and she is gonna be so cute.
Today we were able to go get portraits done of the girls at JC Penny's. We got pictures of MaKenna, Ella and their cousin Ayla! They turned out pretty cute and I can't wait to get the prints, so we can hang them up in our home. I feel really bad because these are the first portraits of Ella that we've gotten and we got Kenna's first ones done when she was 3 months old. Ella is almost 8 months. I can't believe I have slacked on that. I know how it feels to be the second child and not have any pictures of just you by yourself. All of my baby pics have my sister in them too. So I made sure that I got some individuals of both our girls. But I really need to do some catch up work on Ella's scrapbook and baby book so that she doesn't feel less important. I totally journaled through all of my pregnancy with Kenna, but not with Ella. It is so much harder to find the time when you have another child to watch after and then at the end of the day when you put them to bed you are so tired, you just want to crash as well. But anyway I will see if I can figure out how to post some of the picture on our blog as soon as I get them.
I hope you all are enjoying the change in nature as much as I am. Although I have to admit by the time February gets here, I'm ready for the sun again. Maybe I can talk Richie into a family vacation somewhere warm and sunny about that time of year!
Today we were able to go get portraits done of the girls at JC Penny's. We got pictures of MaKenna, Ella and their cousin Ayla! They turned out pretty cute and I can't wait to get the prints, so we can hang them up in our home. I feel really bad because these are the first portraits of Ella that we've gotten and we got Kenna's first ones done when she was 3 months old. Ella is almost 8 months. I can't believe I have slacked on that. I know how it feels to be the second child and not have any pictures of just you by yourself. All of my baby pics have my sister in them too. So I made sure that I got some individuals of both our girls. But I really need to do some catch up work on Ella's scrapbook and baby book so that she doesn't feel less important. I totally journaled through all of my pregnancy with Kenna, but not with Ella. It is so much harder to find the time when you have another child to watch after and then at the end of the day when you put them to bed you are so tired, you just want to crash as well. But anyway I will see if I can figure out how to post some of the picture on our blog as soon as I get them.
I hope you all are enjoying the change in nature as much as I am. Although I have to admit by the time February gets here, I'm ready for the sun again. Maybe I can talk Richie into a family vacation somewhere warm and sunny about that time of year!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Family Update
I haven't been the best at keeping our blog updated, so I just added a bunch of new pics and I wanted to let you all know what we are up to.
Time is flying by as usual. Ella is already 4 1/2 months old and MaKenna just turned 2. I can't believe that we have a two year old. Wow. But we are sure enjoying her. Yes she has her terribly two moments, but it really is a fun stage as she is albe to communicate with us more and she is learning and exceling at an amazing rate. It seems like every day I see her do something or say something new. She is doing pretty well at using the potty chair her "poo pot" (except when she needs to go number 2). She can sing the whole alphabet by herself and can count to ten in English and Spanish. I am amazed.
Ella is rolling over both ways from front to back and back to front on both sides! And her two bottom teeth just broke through. My girls are early teethers. She is cathcing on to eating rice cereal, getting better at swallowing and now watches us as we eat! She is a very happy baby and I am blessed she gets to go to work with me every day!
We just got back from a trip to Utah. We went out there for Richie's sister Sandy's high school graduation. We had a good time and especially MaKenna with all of her cousins. We had a fun time for MaKenna's 2nd birthday. She got a party at grandma and grandpa Hildebrandt's. It was like a field day. We set up fun activities for the kids to do out in the field. MaKenna got a bounce house so the kids had a lot of fun jumping. We also are finishing up remodeling our kitchen. It has been quite a project. We tore everything out down to the studs and rebuilt it, with Richie doing most of the work. We will post before and after pictures soon. It is the first of many projects to update our cute house! So this is how our busy lives have been. I will try better to keep updating more often.
Time is flying by as usual. Ella is already 4 1/2 months old and MaKenna just turned 2. I can't believe that we have a two year old. Wow. But we are sure enjoying her. Yes she has her terribly two moments, but it really is a fun stage as she is albe to communicate with us more and she is learning and exceling at an amazing rate. It seems like every day I see her do something or say something new. She is doing pretty well at using the potty chair her "poo pot" (except when she needs to go number 2). She can sing the whole alphabet by herself and can count to ten in English and Spanish. I am amazed.
Ella is rolling over both ways from front to back and back to front on both sides! And her two bottom teeth just broke through. My girls are early teethers. She is cathcing on to eating rice cereal, getting better at swallowing and now watches us as we eat! She is a very happy baby and I am blessed she gets to go to work with me every day!
We just got back from a trip to Utah. We went out there for Richie's sister Sandy's high school graduation. We had a good time and especially MaKenna with all of her cousins. We had a fun time for MaKenna's 2nd birthday. She got a party at grandma and grandpa Hildebrandt's. It was like a field day. We set up fun activities for the kids to do out in the field. MaKenna got a bounce house so the kids had a lot of fun jumping. We also are finishing up remodeling our kitchen. It has been quite a project. We tore everything out down to the studs and rebuilt it, with Richie doing most of the work. We will post before and after pictures soon. It is the first of many projects to update our cute house! So this is how our busy lives have been. I will try better to keep updating more often.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Good Bye 2007
Well 2007 zoomed by. It is so wierd how time seems to go faster the older you get. As most of you know by now, we are expecting our second baby in February (the 4th) and we are so excited. This time we found out the gender and we are expecting another baby GIRL, who we will name Ella Rose, after Richie's grandmas. It has been fun because Richie's sister, Kriste, who is living with us, is also expecting and we have the exact same due date. She is expecting a boy. This pregnancy has gone by much faster probally because I'm not so focused on everything since I have MaKenna to chase after. She is getting so big and is not a Baby anymore, she is really miss independent and she is getting quite the vocabulary. But she is so much fun. This Christmas season has been fun since she can really enjoy it more than last year. She loves SANTA (except the alive ones), and recognizes SNOW (even though we have none in Salem). We are currently attending swimming lessons again and this time MaKenna's cousin Ayla is in our class along with her good friend Cora! So it has been fun and she is getting over being so scared. It just takes her a while to get used to things, but now she throws a fit if I won't put her swimsuit on. We are very excited to see how she will adapt and accept the new baby. As we go into the new year, we wish all of you the best and hope that we will be able to see you soon!
Happy Holidays!
Friday, November 16, 2007
FALL 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
MaKenna Turns 1
June, 4th we celebrated MaKenna's First Birthday!
The year went so fast. I was so thankful that MaKenna had a June birthday so that we could have birthdays outside in the sun. We planned to have the party at a park, but Mother Nature decided to dump rain, so we ended up having it at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
MaKenna got lots of new toys including cars to ride, swimming pools, clothes, and basketball hoops!
She also had her very own cake to dig into. We had it all set up with the garbage bags laid out under the high chair so that we could pick up the mess afterward, but when it was all done, there wasn't a drop on the floor. MaKenna was very dainty with her cake and had it on her face, but never really dug in, she picked at it very carefully with her fingers. It was funny.
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SWIM CLASS!!!
MaKenna had a great time at swim class. She was very unsure of it all and was always grabbing on tightly to mom's straps. But she very much enjoyed kicking and gliding into the pool. She learned how to get into the pool, by sliding in on her stomach. When she got dunked she didn't know what to think, but she did try and drink the water. Hopefully we'll get to practice more this summer and take classes again next year!
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