Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend FUN!

Ok, so these first few are from our Phoenix trip last weekend.  Of which I had NO memory card.  Thank goodness my little camera has some interal memory for forgetful mommies!  On Saturday we celebrated TT's birthday at Pump It Up!  What a fun place!  That's where Evan has decided his Cars 2 Birthday will be :)  Funny boy!  He is soooo into Cars!  And I am wondering with Planes coming out this summer...if he will really get into that?!




The only time Ainsley did it...and it was blurry... :(


After that, she just slid down this a thousand times!


A group pic!  Never easy with all the kids!


And...that's all I got!

So, on to this weekend!  We were SO busy!  Which is good because I needed a little distraction.  Got a call Friday that my grandmother is in the final stage of Alzimers (sp?) and was taken off all meds.  She hasnt eaten in over 3 weeks and not doing well :(  She has been quite a fighter these last couple of years.  So, I have been feeling some sadness...so it was a perfect weekend for an extra day with Daddy home.  Today, she has been given just a few days.  :(

Saturday, we got up first time and headed to the farmer's market!  Its every Saturday here and this Saturday was such a nice morning! 


Then, after the kids nap, Evan wanted to go golfing so we headed to the park.




 Chasing his ball down!

Swinging!


Christian loves popping around the corners of twisty slides!


She is getting to be such a big girl!

And Evan met a new friend!  They had so much fun!


She pushed him in the swing.  HAHA


Then Sunday, we had passes to the Waterpark so headed up there when they opened!  Its small but we had a great time just hanging out together. 


There's a splash pad for kids (and adults)



Little kiddie area...Evan and Ainsley did all the slides muliple times!  Daddy had to help Ainsley go down the tunnel ones.

We chilled in the wave pool for a bit. (behind the kids)

And Daddy did some of the bigger slides.  They loved watching him come out!  There were no lines so it kept their attention!



ARRRRRRRRRRR!



And what would a day out be without some snacks!  Pretzels and Cheese for Ainsley and Christian!


And yesterday, we were invited over to a mom from our playgroup and her husband's house to have a BBQ with her family!  We had so much fun!  Their backyard is AAAAAAAMAZING!  Pool, zip line, basketball court, a desert tortoise, a Great view...and tons of fun toys!!!!  There was so much to do...we didnt even get a chance to go swimming!!!!!  We are going back today :)

Ainsley and Addie...Addie is about month older than Ainsley!  They had so much fun together!

Zipline!!!!!


And since it was a party day...CUPCAKES!!!!!

Evan loved getting to sit with the big kids at the table!  THey were all SOOOOOO silly!  And we just let them!  They were happy and having a great time!  That's the benefit of a kids table :)  haha


Evan had lots of fun with Brendan!  He is 5 but him and Evan have LOTS of the same interests!  They both LOVE building things!  Brendan is very into legos, trio blocks, and making robots...Evan had so much fun hanging out with him!


We had such a nice day and before we knew it...it was 8:30 and the kids were starting to get a little cranky!!!!  What a great day to spend the day!!!  The kids had a blast together and the parents got to hang out and have some great conversation!!!

Today, we had a potluck lunch with the playgroup at a park!  Everyone wore red, white, and blue :)  It was cute! 

Ainsley and Addie




A little group shot!


And then more came over!!!  Evan was not cooperative!!!!  Oh to be 3!  He wanted to take the picture by this big tree....

Pregnancy update: I will be 17 weeks later this week!  I start my shots this week too. WHich are stinky but I will be maybe feeling some relieft when they start.  Last couple of days, I have had some pressure and pain.  I have talked to quite a few moms of 3 and they said 3rd time around, they were definetly in more pain than other pregnancies.  Trying to take it easy but my nesting has kicked in and I have so many organization projects I need to get done! 

Vote on our poll!  Countdown to June 8th!!! :)

Monday, May 28, 2012

Quick belly pic

For those who have requested...a quick camera phone shot! Will do a big update tomorrow after our BBQ today and Potluck tomorrow :). And will add a fun little gender poll!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Some of this and that!

A post of all sorts of RANDOM things!

First off...The Splash Pad! 

Last Friday was SO hot so we decided to go cool off at a Splash Pad on the east side of Tucson!  It was so fun!  Ainsley's first time and loved it!  Made me very excited about the new splash pad being built in Oro Valley!  It was about 100 at 11am so a nice way to cool down.  But when we got back home it was only 93!  Couldnt believe there was really that much of a temperature difference!  crazy.

Here she is all ready to go!  Sporting the suit and tennis shoes.  I used to wear tennis shoes on deck sometimes when I swam, so guess this didn't look so weird to me. LOL.  I hadn't gotten her water shoes yet!



Evan and his friend Bralyn






She was making the cutes faces!  She calls Isaiah "that boy"


And later that night we had a great Friday night!  We grilled out, kids played outside, and had a nice evening together!  Christian has been working some long days so the nights that he gets home early-ish...I am so excited!

Ainsley's fashion statement...No doesn't hurt her, wears it like this all the time.


SO silly!  Guess another lady in this house likes icecream sandwiches!  Check out that face!



The next morning, Mother's Day weekend began!  LOL. I know it's not a weekend but there were so many fun festivities!   I went with the mom's group I have joined here to the Ritz Carlton Spa for some relaxation!  We had a great time chatting, laying out, getting pampered, and having some lunch!   Christian stayed with the kids and then my mom came in and helped him out too! 

I was so excited my mom decided to come down for a quick visit.  My brother leaves for the summer next week and I won't see him much :/ .  So I am taking all the opportunities I can for family fun!

By time I got home the kids were napping so my mom and I decided to let Christian nap and headed out for some mother-daughter time!

Ainsley LOOOOOOOVES MJ


Mims and her girl!

Was that really all the pics I took?!  Maybe my mom has more!  We had a great family dinner that night then Christian and MJ went to see a movie and we rented a chick flick and ate junk food! 

Mother's Day "weekend" was so much fun!  Full of relaxation, pampering, FOOD, laughter, and lots of family time!  It was PERFECT! 

Here are a few pics from Evan's tennis class this week!


Sisters sitting sideline :)

Ainsley really wanted to give it a try!

woooo not bad!


Group shot plus 3 little sisters :)

And I decided to take a few pics at Ainsley's gym class this week!


Fun in the balls!  Seriously, she turned away EVERYTIME I tried to take a picture!!!!!


Her favorite!!!!


Jumping with her buddy Carly from playgroup!  Her mommy is also pregnant with number 3!



OOOOO This is fun!  But, no smile of course!  She gets so shy in public sometimes!  The owner, Kevin, ran our class this week because our teacher was out of town.  He is hilarious!  His wife is also the principal at the school we are hoping to send the kids too.  Small world!


Swinging!


A sweet picture of my boy!


And the ONLY pic I got of him today!  Great job Mom!  haha!  I was chasing little sister around though...it my defense!


Off to Phoenix for the weekend!  Excited to see family and friends and celebrate some very special birthdays!!!!!