Catch up!

This is just a sneak of what we have been up to for the last month. You know me, my posts are few and far between so I going to combine some of our "events" to show you the latest!

Not the most attractive picture of Kinsley but I had to show you a picture of the dress that she got from "Santa". A Cinderella dress is the only thing she asked for Christmas and she was beyond ecstatic when she opened it. Lately Kinsley has been like a life size dress up doll. She changes into her dress up dresses from the moment she wakes up until I pry them off of her when we have to go somewhere. Even then, when we get home off with the clothes and into her dress up clothes. I have to admit, I love it. She is so much more girly than I ever was. She likes to have her necklaces, bracelets and her hair done. Right now her favorite princess is Cinderella (hence the dress) but she loves all of them. I don't know about you, but my favorite princess is Ariel. So that is Kinsley in a nutshell.

Trains, trains and more trains. Cooper is OFFICIALLY obsessed. This is the gift that he was so excited about. He is hilarious because he calls them "choo choo rides". He loves to look at them, to play with them, to hear them, to ride them. Anything involving a train and Cooper will spot it out! I love that he has something that he is so into.

Us spoiled Southern Californians got a downpour of rain for about a week and half in January. I honestly don't know how you Washington girls do it. It is such an effort to get the kids in and out of the car when it is raining so hard. If I didn't have kids I would have LOVED the rain, because I love looking at the rain and lighting candles and having soup. But when you have the kids they get a little cabin feverish! :) One day Kinsley and I got all dressed up and played in the puddles. It was so much fun!

Chris had his alumni baseball game and it is sad because there a fewer and fewer guys from our "era" that are coming. Granted we just had a week and half of rain so I think some of them that had to travel thought the game would be cancelled. But the day of the game the sun showed itself for the first time in a while so they still had the game. Even though there weren't as many wives to talk to, we had a blast. The kids LOVE watching their daddy play baseball. They would yell to him right as he was at bat. It was awesome. Chris loved having his kiddos cheering him on.

Chris loves teaching Cooper to play baseball. He is gently "encouraging" Cooper to bat left handed. Babe, are you thinking scholarship?? :) But no, Chris is seriously adorable when he is playing with the kids. He loves playing with them and teaching them new things. He gets so proud and just smiles those million dollar smiles when the kids do something that he has taught them.

Such a fun day!!

This was our Valentines dinner. King crab legs, mashed potatoes and spinach.(I know the table setup is a little sad, but crab is messy!:) It was SOOOOO yummy. Chris and I both love crab but never buy it because it is so darn expensive but it is fun to splurge every once in a while. We put the kids down early and ate dinner and just talked. It is so nice to have a time to just sit with your husband, knowing that you are not going to be interrupted. I love that I have fallen more in love with Chris as every year has gone by. I feel soooo blessed to call him my husband. I love my Valentine! :)

I hate these plates! They are the plates I registered for when we got married and my tastes have changed immensely since then. My mom actually got me new plates that I picked out, but I want to save them for when we move into a bigger place. So for now, this is what we got! :)

These are the flowers Chris got for me for Valentines. They looked a lot better but I took this picture after they were 5 days old.

When Chris walked in with my flowers he also bought some for Kinsley. It was PRECIOUS!!! These are them, but again they look really sad, but they were really pretty. Kinsley loved saying "Mommy those are your flowers and these are MY flowers." I fell more in love with that man at that moment! He was so thoughtful!

And Sara, these are for you. I know I told you I would do these a long time ago but I am just now getting them on the computer for you!! I think yours are SOOOOO much better, but these are my attempts!! Yours are what I am going to strive for! :)

Love to all of you!!