Bathroom Update

We (meaning Steve) have been working on painting our cabinets.  A very cheap and fairly easy project! So far he has already finished the guest bath, master bath, and laundry room.  Here are pics of the guest bath (didn't take pics of the other yet)...

Before:

After:

Crazy Kids

A few of those moments I got lucky enough to have a camera on hand for...

They love being silly together!

Mother's Day

I had the most wonderful Mother's Day.  Just a relaxing day with my babies with nothing to do but enjoy them.  It was one of those days when you just feel overwhelmed by the amount of love in your life.

Spring Break in SLO

We had an amazing week with the family in SLO.  We rented a home that we were lucky to come across while searching online.  Even though the pictures, description, and price all looked wonderful when we agreed to stay there, we were still not expecting such a breathtaking place.  Located just behind the back entrance to CalPoly, we drove about 10 minutes down a dirt road to get there.  Here is a pic of the house from the road leading up to it:

And  a few more great shots of the place:

The kids had a blast playing together!

At Avila Beach:

Luke took an hour and a half nap while we were there!

We took the kids to the SLO children's museum:

Making s'mores!

Charlie, Emily, and Katelyn had so much fun together!

Kate and Emmy exploring around the house

Future Mustangs!

 

Awesome hiking trails (we saw cows, deer, and wild turkeys!)

View of CalPoly

The kids' first time at farmers market

On the way out...Kate not too happy about it!

It was such a nice week with the fam!

Fun Times

Steve started a Saturday morning pancake breakfast ritual.  Katelyn loves helping!

We had the crate in because we watched my mom and dad's dog for a while...Katelyn loved climbing in with Tucker!

Yogurtland awesomeness...

We tried a fun painting project where your supposed to pull the masking tape off after the paint dries and it leaves whatever pattern you made...

But she got a bit carried away and we couldn't even find the tape afterwards! (she really liked that greenish color too!)

They finally started pulling their own weight around here...

Sometimes they are so sweet together it just makes me all teary-eyed!

Luke is apparently NOT ready for puffs! This is what he does every time he tries them!

Henderson and more...

I haven't updated this in a while so this is a bunch of randomness over the past month or so. Steve came home with the Hunger Games series (a student of his bought it for him at the book fair) and so I thought I'd give it a try.  I was completely hooked after the first few pages! So any spare minute I've had lately has gone to reading (not my usual hobby, although I get addicted if I have a great book).  I just finished book 1 and will be starting 2 tonight...but I made myself put it down to catch up a little on the blog...

1. We had so much fun visiting Papa and Nana in Henderson!

Papa made Mickey Mouse pancakes for Katelyn

Yuuuum!

Papa and Luke

They even let us escape for a date night down on the strip!  We ate at Cabo Wabo (my first time, it was SOO fun and delicious!)

Killer coconut margarita...I admit I had to have two.

Katelyn got private golfing lessons!

And even got to drive the golf cart!

We ate at Steak n' Shake for the first time also, so delicious!  I think Luke wants to work there someday.

2. The weekend after Henderson, Michelle and Zach (and Crosby) came to Bako for a visit.  We had fun BBQing and hanging out by Mom and Dad's pool (the weather has been so nice!).

Katelyn loves to help Grandpa fix things around the yard.

While Luke just chills and gets a kick out of everything.

Michelle's friend makes these adorable tutus (with matching bow and necklace).  Katelyn loved running around in it all day.

The kids LOVE Crosby!

3. Luke just turned 8 months old, I can't even believe it!  Pretty much every day I wish that he would just stop right here and stay this cute little chunk forever.  Then I'm up with him at night wishing the opposite!  He's doing pretty well sleeping through most nights now (10-11 hours) but this didn't happen until we figured out a way to fix his problem with wetting himself through at night.  We now have to use the night time diapers and kind of rig them to make it so that he doesn't get soaked.  As long as he stays dry he seems to make it all night.  He is sitting up, but still tumbles down all the time!  He rolls and army crawls all over the place but isn't up on all fours yet.  He's full of giggles all the time and has just started his "dadada" babbling sounds.  Katelyn thinks its so funny that he knows how to say "dada"!

I love my boys!