Happy Anniversary to us!

Eight years of marriage, i don't know what to think. I feel like it has flown by but i can hardly imagine life with out Bob in it. There was major chemistry between us from day ONE. There is just something about him, i can't explain it! He is the PERFECT fit for me, i love this boy.
Eight of my favorite's:
1. Spontaneous, he is seriously the most fun person i have met.
2. Hands on dad, rare to find i am learning.
3. A loyal and committed husband
4. FANTASTIC communicator. He has taught me a lot in that area
5. Confident and out going.
6. He has the same core beliefs as i do which makes life a lot more smooth.
7. Determined (This is the thing i adore about him more than anything in the world BUT at times the thing i dis-like most of all as well.)
8. OK, of course his amazing body, big blue eyes, amazing smile and you get it, i don't want to make you all gag so I'll stop!

We had Tai food for dinner and then did some major exploring!






SO, fall is about here which means one thing for me....HUNTER'S WIDOW. Therefore i will be blogging in the middle of the night when i can't fall asleep. Lucky for you all i will be a much better and more loyal blogger!ha

We have enjoyed watching the chuckers baseball games this summer. The boys love cousin time.

The first part of the summer hardly seemed like a real summer. The weather was bad and we were busy with swimming, baseball, soccer, and travels. The last month and a half is what i call a real summer. Relaxing, no schedule and a lot of play time with the kids & Bob. I have loved it so much.

Here are a couple of brief clips from our summer 2010

Headache....

I can hardly look at this picture without getting a little teary eyed. I experienced the most horrifying night of my life last night. I took the 3 kids swimming, i know i am out numbered but Nicholas is a great swimmer and Isaac is getting there. Anyway, the boys got in the pool, i was getting undressed and putting sunscreen on Sydney when i look over and see that Isasac is completely under. I had Sydney unbuckled except for the top buckle and she was up high on a table. I immediately jump in to save Isaac, pull him up and make sure he is OK. He was fine once he quit coughing. I was just grateful he was coughing up the water. I hear Nicholas yell, "SYDNEY, SYDNEY." I look over and she had finagled her way out of the top buckle and was standing up about to fall smack on the concrete....it was a pretty far distance. I swam faster than i thought possible yelling my baby, my baby. I missed her by seconds, she fell right in front of my eyes and screamed unbearably. I thought i was going to throw up. Right then Bob showed up, he looked at us and was not sure what was going on except that Sydney's eyes were rolling back and she was pale. We grabbed our belongings and i told Bob to call the pediatricians office and see what to do. They told us to go straight to the ER. Sydney was trying to fall asleep in the car, i kept singing to her and rubbing her face hard not letting her fall asleep on me. Then we called our brother-in law who is a doctor and he said if she is not throwing up and there is no knot on her head there is nothing they will do at the ER. Just watch her carefully. We went home and had a great friend come over to help Bob give her a blessing. She seemed dazed for 30 min and then was back to her normal self. ME on the other hand, could not pull myself together the rest of the night. I was up all night watching Syd and having nightmares of Isaac drowning and Sydney having permanent damage. I felt guilty and horrible. The thing that still gets me is during this Nicholas kept saying mom, give me Sydney right now, right now, right now. She needs me, i can make her feel better. He also kept asking if she was going to die. I just lost it. I love these 3 so much. Nicholas is such a little dad to Sydney. He tells me often that she makes him so happy and he has never loved something so much. Having siblings is UNREAL!

Finally 46"

I could not help but post Nicholas and Isaac's first REAL experience to lagoon. They both did the water slides and Nicholas did all the big rides, including the white roller coaster. Isaac was a bit to short and very sad about it. We had a memorable day.



Exhausted!


Swimming at the hotel


A few of the girls having a fun play date at the splash park. My friend just emailed this to me as i was blogging. I thought i would throw this in as well:)

Birthday Bash and More.....

My boy is 6, he is the best kid in the world.

This birthday party was a HUGE success. Watching all of the kids laughing and running from ride to ride for an hour and a half was entertainment. During lunch several kids asked if they could stay forever.






All 15 kids were fantastic.





Portland/Washington vacation...I LIVE for vacationing!

It takes too long to download all my pictures so i will write a few of our favorite activities from the week!
Jeep riding
Lion king in theatre
OMSI museum
Camp fires
Fishing
Swimming
Hiking
Amazing restaurants
Of course spa day
Relaxing
Pony rides
Day cruise on the Colombia river where the boys got to have a turn driving the boat.





Inside the submarine



Updates on the kids....

Nicholas played in the spring season of soccer and really enjoyed it. He has also been taking private swimming lessons. He needs to be ready for boating season! He and Isaac are on a t-ball team together which makes the running around wonderful for me. Bob takes the boys twice a week to the BMX track where they have races. They absolutely LOVE it and come home exhausted. Nicholas is enjoying reading, playing in the sand box and many play dates with friends. He is my helper, he loves to cook and clean, we love this boy!

I love this picture, look at his helmet hair, he worked SO hard for this trophy...he got 2nd place.



The good looking coach!

Isaac is a goof! He is full of personality and really has been so easy from day ONE. I signed both boys up for fall soccer and the guy there said there really were not enough coaches for the 4 year old teams. Long story short he talked me into coaching. Hilarious i know, don't you worry, i will be practicing up on my soccer knowledge and we will kick some butt. (i have never kicked a soccer ball in my life) Isaac is very passionate about t-ball. He is always wanting to practice and lets me know before each game he is going to hit a home-run. He also loves BMX. The other day he was feeling sick so i told him he should stay home with Sydney and me. He begged and said he felt great and he needed to get a trophy, i decided to let him. He got 1st place and fell asleep the rest of the night about 5 minutes after. Poor guy ended up having strep. It was horrible. He is an amazing reader and asks me to give him homework every morning. He might be my smart nerd!!






Sydney is all over the place, she is incredibly busy and jabbers constantly. She has got to be the happiest person i know. She eats, sleeps and plays well. Yes, she is a perfect baby. She wants to hold my hands and walk all around. Everything goes right to her mouth,therefore i keep a good eye on this baby of mine.

Sydney had her 1st plane ride a few months ago and enjoyed the lemonade most of all.

A little excited!

The countdown begins....heading to my favorite get away on earth, Palm Desert!

A few days before Easter i was putting the boys to bed and Nicholas said a couple of times how he could hardly wait until Easter. He said he couldn't wait for all of the candy and gifts. Well, good thing he said that because i really didn't have much planned. I made a quick trip to target, had a scavenger hunt and egg hunt put together in no time. We had their favorite breakfast, cinnamon rolls and then went through the real meaning of Easter. I guess it was a real success because so many times last night i was told it was one of the best days ever. It doesn't take much!

Sydney....another favorite topic of mine! She rolls all over, says dadadadad often and yesterday started scooting around a little bit. She will be 6 months on the 14Th, i can hardly believe it. Nicholas and Isaac get her laughing so hard sometimes, and she has started rice cereal and her veggies. She is a great eater so far.

I know this blog post is full of very interesting information that i am sure all of you care so much about:) Useless facts are so much easier to type then to write in my journal!