The Walk

On Monday my friend Kazie met me at the farm for lunch. She made an awesome salad and then we decided to go for a walk. A nice spring walk in the field sounded like a good idea. We loaded the two babies up in the stroller and off we went. It was beautiful and warm. The neighbors are doing some work in the field next to ours and so the trucks are in and out...with the wet lately there are ruts all over, so the road down was a bit bumpy...and it didn't get much better once we were down there. There is leftover stubble from the corn, big clumps of dirt from a few fields they have started to disk. Walking on it isn't a big deal but the poor babies trying to sleep got jostled from side to side...Jorja will make it through this life in tact...at least I hope! Not to mention that now that I have had all of these babies my feet have grown a ton, so the size 8.5 shoes I had on gave me a painful blister and we only walked for about 30 minutes. Thankfully Kazie came to the rescue with a bandaid that already had antibiotic ointment on it...those are pretty cool. So even thought the walk wasn't exactly the way I had it planned in my head it all turned out okay. We were able to enjoy the beautiful sun and the babies got a well needed nap.

The tank

As mean as it is "Tank" is one of our many nick names for Jorja. Our kids are all blessed with many nicknames. Jorja's include Jorja Porja, Porja Pie, Bob Jr. version 2.0 and tank. She was my biggest baby at birth and continues to break the record for weight for babies in our family. She is just a rolly poly little thing and I love her. You can't help but smile when you look at her. Enjoy!

My man!

I have determined that I have an awesome husband. I know he is the best although somedays I would like to strangle him, today is not one of those days. He was helpful today which is a bonus but he is a really good dad, so on those days where we get on each others nerves, he still has that going for him. He loves to cuddle on the couch with the girls, which is good because we know that all girls need that!


I am very blessed to have Bob as my sidekick for the rest of my life. I am excited to grow old with him.

The Children's Museum

If you haven't ever been to the Everett Children's Museum you must go. We love it. For $70 a year we can go an unlimited amount of times...all 7 of us!!! We met my sister and her kids there the other day




along with my friend Anjie and her son Jase


My kids all love the museum and they always are changing something. The newest thing that I loved was the bus...Lucy thinks she can drive big equipment

And Abigail and Ellie look so cute as little vets!

Our little jokester

Abigail A.K.A. Bob Junior version 1.0 She is the prankster of the family. On April fools day she switched the cereal from box to box. Kylie woke up that morning and went to pour herself some cheerios and ended up with raisin bran instead. She was not amused but Abi was rolling on the floor she loved it. She is always the one joking just like her dad it kills her to be serious. She loves to make people laugh and just like my dad she loves to make herself laugh. Here is her attempt at eating cake on Kylie's birthday.

Of course this was all just to get a laugh out of everyone...which she did. The best though was the other night when it backfired on Bob. He tucks them in every night and prays with them and does "huggies and kissies". They each have a routine that they do with daddy...I am not sure what that is but each Abi and Ellie have something different they do. Part of Bob's routine with Abi is that he rubs his cheek on her cheek and then kisses her on the cheek. So he goes into her room the other night and goes to kiss her cheek and it is all wet...she starts laughing hysterically, she has spit on her hands and rubbed it all over her face. He laughs, tells her it is gross and that he isn't going to kiss her...so she wipes it off with her hands and says here daddy you can kiss me now, so as he kisses her she rubs the slobber that is all over her hands on his cheeks...LOL! He doesn't know what he has gotten himself into with her!

My first baby

We were invited to attend the wedding some close friends of ours on saturday. When I first met Jeremy and Cheri they were young kids, elementary and junior high age I believe. They are now old (early 20's!) and married! When I met them my first baby Kylie was 1...she is now 13 where does all that time go? Here is a picture of us at their wedding.


Kylie is my first baby. She will always be my baby no matter how old we both get. For those of you who aren't parents I am sure you don't understand it, but that is okay, maybe someday you will. I often think back on how cute and cuddly she was when she was little. I think of the stories of how when she was two if you asked her how old she was she would very sternly tell you "I'm seben". I remember the day she was helping boppa dig up a small tree in the yard and she was so proud of herself for getting dirty, she said "Mommy look, Bob will be so proud I got dirty" even though her shoes were still white! Yes I miss those days, sort of...but I am not sad that they are gone because we lived them well and these days she is just as much fun if not more fun than she was then. Now we shop together, play cards (and not go fish!) we can talk about things that are important to her, I can hear her hopes and her dreams and her determination. I know I won't be a perfect parent nor will she be the perfect child, but we will both live and learn and challange each other. Most of all she will always be my baby. I love the young lady she is growing into and I am so happy to be her mom.

Ellie's half birthday

In Ellie's class at school if you have a summer birthday you can choose to not celebrate or you can do it on your "half birthday". Ellie's half birthday came and went because I am a bad mom and forgot. She reminded me the other day and so I emailed her teacher as quick as I could and she let me bring in cupcakes. Her half birthday would have been January 21st...we ended up celebrating it at the end of March I REALLY forgot! So the night before I was supposed to bring the treats to her class she asks me "Mom, will I be 5 1/2 tomorrow or will I still be 5?" I didn't have the heart to tell her I forgot and that she was 5 1/2 a long time ago, so I told her, yes honey you will be 5 1/2. Someday she will know the truth when she is to bug to care.

Ellie sharing her cupcake with Lucy


Ellie with her half birthday crown...


The birthday girl close up