Addy's Pizza

I'm not sure if I should even mention this but I'm going to do it any way, "I'm addicted to 'America's Next Great Restaurant' on NBC" I'm not sure why but I love it! The only problem with this is it seems every time I fall in love with a show it gets cancelled. The last show I loved was Lone Star on Fox! Ya...it was canceled after three episodes. I literally watched the premier, the middle, and the series finally in the matter of three weeks. Why am I mentioning all this because I think Addy is ready to open her own restaurant. A couple of names that I came up with were, "U Wanna Pizza?", "Y-Not Pizza", or my favorite, "Tequila Mockingbird!" I'm not sure what the last one has to do with pizza but I thought it was funny! Here's Addy working up a storm in the kitchen.

Every pizza she would make would have that perfect amount of sauce. Here she is spreading out the exact amount needed to make the perfect pie! Now....If I was making it I would of just dumped the whole jar on it because I LOVE the sauce but not Addy!

I like this picture because it looks like Addy is giving Kristi the old thumbs up with her free hand and continues to scrape the jar with the other!

"No....mom just a little more cheese and that will do it!"

Here are the finished products! Of course Addy will offer more choices then just cheese at "Tequila Mockingbird" heck she might be so excited to get your business she might even hide things in your tree....ok...that might be a little overboard. How about the girls bathroom named "boo" and the boys named "Radley"....I just need to stop.

It was time!

Owen's first hair cut should of happen a long time ago but for some reason Owen's hair is growing a little differently. He has a lot on the top and a lot in the back but nothing on the side. It's a little crazy but if we waited for that to grow out before we decided to cut it he would be 7.

Here are a couple of pictures just to show how bad it got. These pictures I feel make it look worse then it was but you can tell that he needed it bad.

Here's a good shot to show that he has a lot of hair on the top but nothing on the side.

Easton even thought Owens hair was so bad that he was going to take it upon himself to get him there.

After the hairdresser combed out all his curls his hair looked even worse and made us feel bad.

This is the first hair cut off Owen's head. Does it seem odd to anyone else that we keep our childrens hair and put it in a bag. Why do we do this? I want to know, do you know where the baggy of your hair is? Seems really strange to me! I think if I had a bag of my hair and showed it to my kids they would say, "That's gross dad!"
We decided to take Owen to this place called Belle and Max , located in Bothell. It was a pretty cool shop although Owen didn't want anything to do with getting his hair cut. From start to finish he was in tears the whole time.

Here he is trying to jump from his seat! I think Addy was standing there not to only supervise but to catch him if need be.

"REALLY.....YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING DAD.....REALLY!"

As soon as he got out of the barber seat he was totally fine and just wanted to play.

His hair is still really hard to do anything with, it's so curly and with it just being on the top and back how do you style it?

After Owen was done it was Eastons turn. As you can see he liked it just as much as Owen did.

Buzz Light Year in one hand....

.....mom's hand in the other!

I was hoping to get a picture of both of them together with their new hair cuts but as hard as we tried it was not going to happen so we just waited till we got home and then snapped a couple of pictures. Here's Owen reading some Green Eggs and Ham. With his curls and light hair I think Owen won't really have a true hair style for a little while but it will come in time.
As you can tell Easton was in no mood for a picture. Earlier in the day she made it so his hair would spike in front which looked really nice but as you can see it kind of laid down by the end of the night. Hopefully we can snap a couple pictures where both of the boys are looking nice for everyone.

Josh's Visit

It took 4 years to get my younger brother, Josh back out to the Pacific Northwest but we finally made it happen and the nicest thing about it was he was just in time for my birthday.

We celebrated my 34 fast and exciting years on this earth and what better way to do it then head out to the Red Hook brewery and do the tour. Josh is kind of a beer buff and likes to try all the different types were I'm like, "I'll have your lightest beer....if it's half water that is fine!" so cheers to me turning 34 and double cheers to my brother coming out and helping us celebrate.

The nicest thing is the tour only cost a buck and you get around 2 1/2 beers during the tour. Josh got around 4 because if it was dark or not to my liking I passed it right on over. I guess the key is if you want to get drunk on a beer tour take me a long with you because you will not only get yours but you'll get half of mine as well.

Kristi and Josh living it up!

Josh and I tearing it up!

While Josh was here we also did the Seattle thing. Rode the monorail, did Pike's Place Market, and ate fish and chips on the Water Front! I think the coolest thing about Josh's trip is that it didn't take Addy any time at all to warm up to him. She still ask, "is Josh coming over again?"

Addy loves buses, monorails, or anything that has to do with public transportation. I'm not exactly no where this loves comes from and seems a little crazy if you ask me but if that's her thing I support that and will probably get her a bus pass for her birthday! Here she is just enjoying the view out the window.

I have to say one of biggest things I have to work on is if the kids get a little out of control in a public place, DON'T PANIC JUST GO WITH THE FLOW! I get a little "on edge" if you know what I'm saying not exactly sure why but I do. Here the kids are getting totally in trouble, out of control, causing complete mayhem right outside of Steamers....ok...maybe not exactly out of control or maybe not even close to mayhem but if there faces don't say trouble I don't know what else does.

Josh spending some time with the kids!

I'm so thankful Josh was able to come and spend some time with us and the kids. I hope we can do it again real soon and maybe next time Laura, Oliver, and the new addition can come as well! (No I didn't forget there babies name! They are due in July) Thanks for coming BRO!

PS - Please give us a call when you land in Minnesota next time so we don't have to call the National Guard out searching for you!

Three Weeks of He(double hockey sticks)

It all starts today! Over the next few weeks instead of working my normal shift (3:30am-noon) I will now be working the night shift (3pm-midnight). It's going to be a big change for me, in fact I don't remember the last time I was up till midnight. It's nothing I did, it's just that we had two people bring in doctor slips saying that they can't operate the trucks, so they had to change someone and of course it's always me. I think it goes with out saying that it's not only going to be tough for me but for Kristi and the kids as well. While I'm at work Kristi will have to feed, bath, and put three kids, all under the age of 3 1/2 to bed on her own and we all know that's no easy task.

I can't lie ever since I heard of the changes last Friday I've been in a real POOR mood,with a short fuse and really NEGATIVE attitude all at the same time. I try to tell myself it's only three weeks but there is more to it then that if you know what I mean.

This being the first night I work 3pm-mid. I was able to bring Addy to school but believe me I was just in a poor mood. We went through the normal drill of putting her backpack and jacket in the wall locker, washed her hands, then headed into her class. In the past when we take her into her room, if she goes in without a problem we would just turn around and leave because we felt it was easier for her that way so automatically that's what I did. Addy went in and I turned around and left. After taking three steps I heard Addy say "Good Bye Daddy, I love you!" and then it hit me. Everything is going to be fine! It's crazy how a three old can change your attitude in a matter of a second. I left being so thankful for that 1 moment I guess I just really needed something and that was it!

Here is Addy before heading into class. I took these pictures so Kristi would have proof that I just didn't bring her in her pajama's and a hat.



Thank you Addy and I have to say, "I love you too!"

Dinner with the Dyk's

In February we tried to get together with the Dyk's for dinner. There response to us was, "check back in March!" Check back in March???? Now, that's a popular family!! When March rolled around we had them check their busy schedule and when they said they were open we put in our reservation. In fact we were so happy to get them we went out and bought one of nicest things we could think of..a Coors Light Mini Keg!! It's only 1.5 gallons of beer but if this doesn't scream, "SPECIAL MOMENT!" I don't know what else does!

We were so excited that they accepted our invitation that we wanted to go all out so we went and got a Spiraled Ham, made green bean casserole, and Texas Style potato's. It was pretty much a Holiday Dinner in March and if you think it was easy to find a Spiraled Ham when it's not a holiday, your CRAZY. I first scanned the whole store trying to find one then I decided to ask the person at the meat counter. Her first answer was no but she told me she would check. She then went in the back room and asked the HEAD butcher who came out in his white uniform covered in blood and said, "You looking for a ham!" "I was to scared to say NO so I replied, Yes" "I have a couple and I tell you right now that after you eat it, it will bring a tear to your eye!" I almost felt like I was doing a drug deal right there in the middle of our Safeway and I wasn't talking to the low end dealers any more I was talking to the head boss who just took care of someone who betrayed him! I was telling myself if he says I will have a tear in my eye by GOD I'm going to be wheeping over this stupid ham


Here are the boys enjoying their dinner.

We ran out of room so Addy and Andrew had to have a little picnic in the living room!

I'm not kidding when I tell you that Addy knows how to run an iphone better then I do. I have a Blackberry so when I get an iphone I pretty much just stare at it and have no clue what to do where Addy is already browsing pictures and playing games. Here I'm guessing Andrew told Addy, "I just texted you!" Too Funny!

Here is the whole group(Easton and Owen had already gone to bed). We all had a really good time.

Kristi and I are already talking about when the next time we want to have dinner with the Dyk's because we want to get our reservation in before they are booked thru October. I'm just kidding Dyk's! Thanks for a great time!

Welcome to Potty Training!

I have no excuses on why our last post was sometime ago all I can say is I do feel bad and hope you will still stop by here every now and then when you have a chance.

I thought I would do something light hearted to get back into swing of things and what is more light hearted then Potty Training 2.0. In the past few weeks we have been introducing Owen to the process and he has been doing pretty well to our surprise. I really don't think it has anything to do with us, in fact I think it has more to do with him getting an orange tic-tac every time he goes potty in the toilet. He LOVES those things!

Yesterday, we decided to take the next step and put him in a pull-up. Here's the catch when Addy was in pull-ups we got her some pink, Barbie pull-ups and of course we had some left over so we thought when the boys are at home we would just use the ones we had left over and get rid of them......bad idea. Here are the pink, Barbie pull-ups that I'm talking about!

Here is the reaction we got when we put them on Owen. He was devastated! it was like we told him he had to wear them for his High School graduation and that's all he could wear for his High School Graduation.

It was like he was saying, "Mom your taking away my man hood!"


After we took them off he was like, "Thank the lord, It's still there and I'm still a man!" I like how Addy is in the back round arguing in his behalf!


"See Mom I don't need a pull-up I'll just walk around like this, Letting it breath!"

I do have to say that after this experience we did go to Target and bought some Toy Story Pull-ups! I guess the Barbie ones will just have to be used by Easton or by me when I turn 70!