Special Times

I am finally having the time to update about the past few weeks so here you go...

Zoo Day

On Friday my good friend Charise and I took the girls to the zoo for the day the weather was perfect and almost all the animals were out. We had a great time together as always.

Looking at the Giraffe

Sitting in the wagon together

Cystic Fibrosis Auction

That night Erin J and Erin C put together a Cystic Fibrosis Auction Dinner it was put together so well and the outcome was amazing. They were able to raise over $5,000. The night was not only for Cystic Fibrosis donation but also in memory of Jolene. Great job girls...

Kyla Abigail Hadley

After a 11 days of being over due, and finding out that she was breach my sister-in-law Laryssa had sweet Kyla Abigail on Sat afternoon. They spent 6 days in the hospital because she stopped breathing twice but now they are home and the family is doing very well especially beautiful Kyla.

Sweet baby Kyla Abigail

Engagement

The next weekend we headed down to Vancouver. Friday afternoon Adam took Britney to Portland for the day and they ended up in an Art Gallery where he had talked to the owner about hanging a picture of the two of them. She was completely surprised by seeing the amazing picture and not even knowing that he was on his knee proposing. Later that night they arrived at my parents for a surprise couple engagement party. Mom put together skits from different wedding movies that we all took part in acting out, ate pizza, and had a blast. We are so excited to have Britney become part of our family and to go to Manhatten NY for the wedding December 5th. We love you

"I'm Engaged"

Opening their gifts


Sooooo cute

So You Think You Can Dance

Saturday afternoon we headed back to Seattle for a "Girls Night" of So You Think You Can Dance show. My mom, sister, and I sat together and had a great night of seeing some of the most amazing dancers ever. It was a night to remember always.

Dinner with the girls at TGI Fridays

Sommer,Rach, and I during intermission

Mindie, Mom, and I at the show


Two of my favorite dancers Kerrington and Twitch

Taking a bow. It was a fantastic show

Chad begins the start of a long 4 yrs....

Yes its true Chad started school last monday at BCC to take his pre-requisites to get into Physical Therapy school. It is going to be a long but well worth it 4 yrs. In December he will have applied to about 10 schools to attend and after taking the GRE Test we will know our destination by Spring of 2009. I am a little nervous to say the least but also very excited for Chad to have a career that he is excited about. Let the adventure begin....

Trey is 9 months old....

Trey is growing up so fast each day he is doing something new. His new favorite is to wrestle with his big sister. Well you could say "get taken down by her". They are having so much fun together. Now that he is very mobile crawling and standing up onto everything she thinks he is a toy. We love him so much.


He is soooo sweet

Wrestle Mania

I love his smile

Well that sums it all up sorry it was sooo long

"Baby Steps" now onto the next race

About 6 months ago my mother-in-law had asked if I wanted to run in the "Jock and Jill Marathon" with her on Labor day. My first thought was "heck no" but I said yes. Since I have never ran nor trained for any sort of race besides hurdles (10yrs ago) I didn't think I could do it. As well as having the excuse for the last 2years of being pregnant or nursing). So last fri I looked at my calendar and saw that day was the last day you could sign up so I did it. There was no backing out now the money has been paid eeeekkkkk....

I woke up Monday morning and headed out for the race, she was doing the 1/2 marathon walk and I was doing the 4+ mile run/walk. I thought I would start baby steps and work my way up. Well little did I know that as soon as the gun went off I started to run with everyone else and before I knew it I had run the whole way to the finish. I felt like I had accomplished something that day and was ready for the next step which will be the 1/2 marathon in Leavenworth on October 4th. Wish me luck...

Thank you to my family for their support that day!

I love you...

8 months old

My little Trey is 8mos old Today!!!



Loves to smile



Loves to sit by himself



Loves food time



Most of all loves his sister

Family Reunion/Hannah Paige baptism day

The ferry ride into Bainbridge Island

Celebrating Hannah Paige Motter

Emily, Hannah, and I

After the special baptism

The beautiful dock ehind us

Me with Maddie and Hudson at the "frog"

All the baby cousins minus Talmadge

Payton and Trey

Trey and Uncle Nick

Vacation was over it was time to go home

We had a great time at Poulsbo Inn

This last weekend we went to my mom's side Family Reunion in "Indianola". For those of you who have never heard of Indianola it's just outside of Poulsbo. Every year they have "Indianola Days" It's where people build amazing sand castles, eat salmon, play games, and much more. The main reason we were there this year was for my cousin Emily,Bruce, and little Hannah. In the epistical church you are baptised as an infant mostly so when the tide was out my Aunt Kate who is a priest baptised her. It was so beautiful and special.

Thank you for having us apart of your special day Motter Family. We love you and missed those that couldn't be there.

I love you "punkin"

It's hard to believe that 4 years ago today we were in the Portland Temple knowing that from that day on we will be together for eternity. In 4 years we have accomplished so much with eachother we have two beautiful children, a house, and so much more. I am so happy to be married to the most amazing, honest, hard working, sexy, and best daddy and husband ever. I love you sweetheart so much.

Happy Anniversary

Britney's Visit

This last week we were able to meet my brother Adam's "girlfriend" Britney she is from Pennsylvania. From chatting with her on facebook I could tell that we would get along well not to mention that she is beautiful and makes Adam sooooo happy. From the moment she arrived she was friendly with the kids and very outgoing. We took them to Ivars for dinner and the Mariners game which was way fun. On Tues we all went to Snoqualmie Falls which they loved. We had a great time with them and can't wait to see her again in Sept. We love and miss you Britney.

4th of July

4th of July

We had a great time this year with friends/family, We went to the Johnson/Wooley BBQ, later that night at the Bailey's/Simon's for a dinner BBQ, and than watched our guys be kids and set off fireworks. Later that night we went home and did some of our own. I soon found out that Maddie is a "Pyro" (sp) She loves the sparklers and especially the roman candles which she wanted to do herself.

Family Pic by Jenn.

Friends: Madelyn, Jacob, Dottie

Just the girls: Emily,Rach,Me,Emily,Erin,Jen

Just the little girls: Tay, Maddie, Issy

Maddie loves the sparklers

My little Pyro

Grandma and Madelyn shooting off the Roman Candles

What a Fantastic Day!