Addy's 1st Bus Ride!

Since we live right next to an Elementary School, I would say we have roughly 200 school buses drive by our house everyday! It's gotten to the point were Addy will hear them drive by, look at you, and say "BUS!". On occasion she will follow that statement up with a question, "Addy ride bus!" She does it with so much excitement that Kristi and I couldn't wait to get her on one. Here she is waiting for it come.

Now her first ride wasn't in the traditional yellow school bus it was actually in a Sound Transit Bus, the best alternative choice for transportation throughout the whole Puget Sound! (According to there brochure) Addy doing her FAKE cheese!

The privilege of taking Addy on her first bus ride went to Julianne and the greatest thing about it is, she rode for FREE!

Addy checking out the sites during the ride. Another FAKE cheese!

I actually really love this picture for some reason! I'm already looking forward to the day that I get to experience my first bus ride with Addy. Since I start work at 3:30 am and the buses aren't running yet I have never gotten the opportunity to ride on the Metro yet so I believe even Addy has me beat on the times I have ridden on it!

Until the next bus ride, The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round, and round....you see what kids do to ya!

The Boys Turn 1!!!

It's hard to believe that a year has already gone by. It seems like yesterday we were just blogging about the two new additions to our family but in a blink of an eye Easton and Owen are officially 1.

Easton in his birthday outfit saying, "LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!"

Owen in his outfit saying, "Our birthday?....alright!"

Kristi and I talked it over and decided just to go with a smaller birthday party for this year. We invited just a small group of friends over for dinner and cake!

Here is a picture of all the kids enjoying the ultimate b-day dinner, Mac-N-Cheese and Hot Dogs....you can't go wrong with that!

We of course went with the Cars theme this year. We thought since we are watching the movie at least a couple of times a day we might as well go with it!

Owen in his birthday hat!

The boys made out like bandits in the gift department. Jim and Karen got them another walking training lion but besides that they got a lot of learning toys, cars and trucks that make noise, stuffed animals, and clothes from everyone else.

The boys are already to do the 1st annual birthday cake eating contest.....

.....of course they had to wait for all of us to sing Happy Birthday!

It took a little while but then Easton just decided to dive right in and go for it!

Owen wanted to feel things out before he committed.

It wasn't to long before they both were into it.

I don't think I could ever get sick of watching these guys eat cake.

Although Owen looks like he is now possessed by the sugar Gods!

Happy Birthday Boys!! We are so proud of you!! Thanks to everyone that was able to make our little party and thanks to everyone that wasn't able to make the party but called with a nice birthday wish!!

Easter!!

The only thing I really remember about Easter as a kid was waking up and running around the house trying to find my Easter Basket and on occasion telling my brothers where theirs were hidden if I happen to come by it! (Shawn is still mad about that!) The kids are still to young to run around the house to search for their baskets so this year we just placed everything out on the floor for them. I'm sure it won't be long until the kids will be running around the house looking in every nook and cranny trying to find their basket. I am already going on the record in saying that, my money is on Owen to be the one that let's his brother or sister know where their basket is, if he happens to come by it!

Addy enjoying her new sunglasses and her new toy cell phone!

With the boys birthday being right around the corner we decided to give them a truck to share and also some new outfits!! It seems like they just keep on outgrowing there old ones so fast. Here Owen is enjoying the new rig.

The boys in their Easter outfits. Kristi and I are a little upset with ourselves because we had the boys in these outfits twice, once for church on Saturday night and once for Easter and this is the only picture we got with them wearing it. We have to do better!

I know I went overboard with these pictures but what is Easter without and Easter Egg hunt! Of course the boy's are too young to participate so Addy was the lucky one and got to do it all on her own. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures, believe me there is a lot more, like I said I went WAY overboard with these pictures!



"I see one over there!"



Some times you just have to sacrifice and egg to get a good shot!


"I can't believe these are all filled with candy!" Candy that dad needs to check before you get to eat it!!

I can't wait till all three of them get to search for the eggs next year! Oh by the way....Shawn your basket is on the left side of the washer under the towels!!

Easter Eggs!!

On Saturday Addy and Kristi decided to dye some Easter eggs. As I sit here and write this I honestly can't remember if Addy helped out last year dying eggs or not but I can tell you that this year there was no hesitation when she saw the dye and eggs on the counter, she was ready to go and did a pretty dang good job if you ask me.

Four eggs at one time....NO PROBLEM!!

She wasn't really sure on how to use the tool that takes them out/and holds them when you do multiple colors but she was ready to dive in with her bare hands at a moments notice if it didn't work. I love the fact that she has one sleeve up and one sleeve down.

"That's right dad if this wire thing doesn't work I'll grab it with my bare hands!!"

I thought that they turned out excellent and looked amazing but I really thought the greatest part of this whole thing was how Kristi decided to take them and make them into deviled eggs for Easter dinner! WIN/WIN!!

Next year we will have to try and advance it by doing multiple colors on the eggs but like with everything else, baby steps!!

Back to work!

It was a sad day in our house this past Tuesday as Kristi's maternity leave came to and end. For the past several months Kristi has been taking Tuesday's off during the week to spend time with the kids and I, which has been amazing but it's now back to work.

With this being Kristi's last day I decided to cook her an egg and cheese sandwich which is her favorite breakfast that I make, in fact I think it's pretty much the only thing she likes or requests from me when it comes to breakfast food.

Having breakfast as a family!

After breakfast we decided to get out of the house and head over to the Alderwood Mall so Kristi could spend some time with the kids in the play area. We thought why mess up our house or give the kids an opportunity to break things in our house when we can go over to the mall and let them run crazy there. As far as I know this was the first time the twins actually got a chance to experience the play land, which I'm happy to report they enjoyed tremendously.

Typical Easton running all over the place.

Addy showing the boys the lay of the land and telling them how it's done. Easton and Owen actually look like they are listening to her. That won't last long.

Easton and Owen climbing Mt. Rainer.

After the kids were pooped out in the play area we decided to take them over to Ruby's for lunch. Besides having great kids food they also love watching the train go round and round.

We of course weren't going to get out of the mall without letting Addy throw some pennies in the wishing well. She absolutely loves this part. The only problem is after she throws the coin in she likes to bend down and put her hands in the water. Thank God for hand sanitizer.

I hate to say it but I guess Addy's wish didn't come true because Symetra did not call Kristi and tell her to just continue to stay at home on Tuesdays with her family with full pay! STUPID WISHING FOUNTAIN!!