Our fun weekend

COWBOY STAMPEDE

My Saturday began with a "baby shower Cowboy Stampede" which I can not take much credit since some of my good friends or should I say "Martha Stewart's" did the creativity part. We had so much fun with theme and it turned out perfect...

Amber expecting little Mason soon

The party favors which were baby soap wrapped in twine
Baby jars filled with candy assortment


Rach did an amazing job on the onesies and invites



Delicious food that was theme oriented


Amber and I


Hosts: Love these girls and it couldn't have turned out any more perfect

We love you so much Amber and can't wait for the arrival of Baby Mason


ALKI BEACH

Later that day we decided since it was my first official Saturday not working that we would drive to Alki Beach. Even though we arrived at 4pm it couldn't have turned out better weather and we found a great spot. It was so much fun to see the kids play together in the sand and have a great time as a family.


Trey loved the sand so much


After building a sand castle they decided to stomp it to pieces

Just us


She loved being buried in the sand

We had a great day spending time together in the sunshine

No Cavities!!!

Showing Maddie the air

She was amazing and such a great girl

All done and No Cavities

Thanks Dr Radley


After having no cavities celebration Doughnut

Last night before bedtime we told the kids what to expect tomorrow at their first dentist appt, Maddie kept referring it to The Berenstein Bears episode about the dentist which I think helped her get excited. When we arrived she was very talkative and energetic where as I was already shaking and about to cry. As many of you know I do not like going to the dentist and haven't since I was very young. Maddie walked back and introduced herself to Dr Radley "Dr Rad" he was so great with her and said everything and showed her all the fun tools. She was so excited to wear the purple sunglasses and watch Dora on her own big screen. She did great and the end result was "NO CAVITIES"... Great job Madelyn

Trey was a different story he absolutely hated it from the time he walked in till they said he was all done. I had to hold him on my lap and tip him upside down so he could look. When he saw that he got a new toothbrush and pick a toy from the treasure chest he was happy once again and just blew kisses on the way out. "NO CAVITIES"

We won't go into my appt since I had to have my 4yr old come to me as I sit in the chair and say

"it's ok mommy it won't hurt, he just needs to paint and count your teeth." than your all done. I unlike both kids need some work done but at least I have 14wks till I can since being pregnant they can't do much. That should give me some time to relax gear up for it. At least I got a new awesome Sonic care toothbrush for being a "big" girl...

It was a great appt for the kids and Maddie can't wait to see Dr Johnson again...

It's official...

IT'S A BOY!!!!

little feet

I love this picture its his little bicep


Definetely a boy!

Well its true we are having another boy and couldn't be more excited for Trey to have a little buddy since they will only be 2/1/2 yrs apart. Maddie was the one that had a hard time. It was hilarious how she reacted. Well up to just yesterday she was so sad we were having a brother but after last night she said "ok mom and dad I can have a brother" too cute.... We would love suggestions for a name since we have none. Something strong, not too popular hmmmm.


It's OFFICIAL

Something else that has just become OFFICIAL is as of June 5th I will be no longer working at The Salish Lodge and Spa. After 5 1/2 yrs of our marriage I am finally able to be a stay at home mom, no more nights, wkds, and holidays I can't believe the day has come.... Sooooo excited

20wks/Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day

Nothing better to wake up to a delicious breakfast and a darling banner, flowers, and more

We spent Mother's Day with an incredible woman my Mother-in-law and as you can see Madelyn wanted to look just like Mommy

My AMAZING hubby made Mother's Day so special with flowers, new shirt, breakfast, banner, and an incredible day

20 WKS

On May 21st we will find out if the kids will have a Brother/Sister.

4 years old

It's my Birthday!

It's my 4th Birthday

Madelyn and her Princess and The Frog "Cupcake Cake"

The kids couldn't get enough of the cake


Maddie and her friend Ava enjoying their cake

My good friend Sarah made this for her


New sheets for her new bunk bed

Maddie and her bff Issy


Summer fun from her friend Taylor

good friends Maddie, Avery, and Tiana


Madelyn and Tallulah best of friends

We love you sweetheart


Celebrating with the Howells at Red Robin

Happy Birthday Madelyn Grayce Hadley

Happy Birthday to our sweet Madelyn... Sorry this post is late but it has been completely crazy around here with Chad's job, and moving. When we planned Maddie's party we had no plans of moving that weekend so it was going to be a low key but fun day little did we know it was complete craziness. We woke up at 7 and loaded the Uhaul at 8. thanks to amazing friends in our church we completed it in an hour. We than unloaded at 11 and also finished in an hour. Than to look outside and notice the dark clouds and rain drops that fell we decided at the last minute to change Maddie's party from Coulon Beach Park to Bellevue Square Mall. After running all over to make sure we had everything set we made it. I realized that I was still in my sweats from morning. Oh well this is for Maddie I guess I can go without makeup and getting dressed.

Madelyn spent the night with Grandma and had a great time going shopping, pedicure/manicure and much more. The party was a success and the kids and parents had a great time.

Thank you so much to everyone for supporting Maddie on her 4th birthday. We love you

California Surprise

The night of my party my mom surprised me with a trip to "Laguna Beach" we were flying out at 7am the next morning. Our flight was great and went really smoothe. When we arrived it was partly sunny but with the palm trees we knew we had arrived....







We were very fortunate to stay with my mom's cousin Bill and Dianne in their beautiful home on Laguna Beach. We had our own private stairway to a private beach area of Laguna. Every night Diane would tell us its time to get in our jammies and "snuggie" which meant curl up in a warm blankie and hang out and chat. Our meals were phenomenal every night thanks to amazing cooks.

Sunday morning "my birthday" started out great with a wake up call from my adorable kids and hubby singing me the "Cornelsen birthday song" than to a delicious breakfast. Mom and I headed on the road to "LA Jolla" since neither of us have been there before we weren't sure first off how to spell it yet alone get there. Before we knew it we had arrived to such a beautiful and wonderful place the San Diego Temple. Even though it was raining it was breath taking.

Later that evening Bill and Diane took me out for my birthday to this amazing Mexican Restaurant we had delicious food and a great time.

It was a great way to celebrate my birthday!

Monday morning we were off to Huntington Beach and thankfully we had great weather and not to mention the shopping was amazing...


This is the main shopping place HSS couldn't be better

We have been told about this popular place to eat for a long time so mom and I decided to try it out since it is well known. We agree with everyone it was great food.

Beautiful beach



Hugging our palm trees

Later that evening we walked down to the private beach of Laguna and enjoyed watching the sunset which was gorgeous.

Tuesday morning mom and I decided we would drive to Burbank and "try" to get onto Ellen knowing that we didn't have tickets and not sure if we would. When we arrived at 7am we were about 8 people from the front and made our phone call hoping they would need extra people. A few minutes later 3 girls in front of us and 3 girls behind both said "we have 4 tickets and only 3 so why don't you go with us and your mom with them." We couldn't believe it we might actually get a shot to go to Ellen. At 8am the girl gave us numbers and told us to all come back at 12. We decided since we had a few hours we would do the WB tour, which was totally worth it. We went on the set of Two and a half Men, Mentalist, and my favorite Friends. Out tour guide was hilarious and also worked for Ellen...




FRIENDS Set

Than it was time to see if we get to see her show. After calling out the numbers we walked across the street to her studio and sat on a long bench until they called everyone to start walking in. Once they have enough people they will send the rest to the "Riff Raff" room. To my surprise my number was called last "264" Wow! I really made it whooooo....

ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW! March 10th

My mom is in the green striped shirt

I was in the 3rd row which were amazing seats.

The show is taped the prior day and I can't even begin to describe how much fun we had dancing, seeing US Hockey Girls team, Dominique Monaghan. We also won a $50.00 G.C. for Walgreen's, 5 pieces of Cover girl makeup that Ellen models for, and a book by Jonathon Safran Foer. It was an amazing experience and we hope to go back her Christmas show.

We finished our day with doing "city walk" we saw the Kodak Theatre, and my favorite star "Sandra Bullock". It was freezing so we didn't last too long we were exhausted but had a fabulous day!


Farewell Laguna Beach until we meet again. Thank you Mom for an amazing and incredible trip with many memories. I LOVE YOU!!!