Barbeque at the Bollengiers

We spent Sunday with the Bollengier family celebrating Baylee's 6th birthday!  We had a wonderful time cooling off in their beautiful pool, eating delicious food, and catching up with our dear friends. It was a great day!

Fun Day in SF

We had a wonderful day in San Francisco last weekend. One of the Christmas presents we got for Dave and Jill was tickets to a Giants game whcih was dedicated to "Knocking Cancer Out of the Park." We decided to go to the city early so we could take the kids to the Exploratorium. Connor loved it and could have easily spent more time there! We'll have to return soon! We finished the day at the Giants game... we had a great time, even though the Giants lost. :-(  It was fedora hat day, so we all got our own Giants fedora. The kids were amazing as always... going without a nap and staying up way past their bedtimes. They were happy and energetic the whole day. As you can see in the last photo- they crashed soon after we got in the car! That's how you know the day was filled with fun and excitement! So thankful for our family, an awesome city so close by, the SF Giants, and so much more!

Mother's Day

We had a lovely day celebrating Mother's Day this year. First, we went to Mom's home and had a lovely brunch with my family. Then we headed to Dave and Jill's for an afternoon bar-b-que. It was nice to be around family and celebrate all the wonderful, amazing moms in our families. The only negative was that Maddie was very sick, so Michael stayed at home with her... hence the last picture of her sleeping on the floor. Poor baby girl! I missed her that day, but being her mom is like having Mother's Day everyday! 

Baby girl's trip to the hospital...

Although not a happy occasion to post about, I'm doing so for documentation purposes since I seem to be so forgettful since entering motherhood! Anyhow, we had to take Maddie to the emergency room one night this month. She started wheezing really bad at Connor's baseball game (it was an especially windy night and the allergies seemed worse). The wheezing didn't stop and we called the advice nurse around 9pm, and of course, they sent us to the ER. Luckily- it was a night that Mal was home from work, so she stayed with Connor while Michael and I took her in. She was fine, but needed a couple breathing treatments. She was such a trooper that night- falling asleep during the breathing treatments and just allowing the doctor and nurses to check her out without much fuss at all. Since then, she's had a couple wheezing incidents so we're carrying her inhaler with us everywhere. She's pretty good about taking it and it helps tremendously. Poor Madeline, we passed on our allergies and asthma to her. It's a terrible feeling to have your child sick... but this experience made me so thankful for our healthy children. 

Celebrating Mommy's Birthday

Muckdogs Baseball!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Yesterday, we celebrated Michael's 33rd birthday. Grandma and Pops were up watching the kids while we worked and brought some delicious cupcakes to celebrate the day. That night, we went to a fundraiser for a friend from little league. This is her second time fighting cancer and this fundraiser was in celebration of her "Hitting Cancer Out of the Park!" It was a fun night filled with good music, a raffle, silent auction, and the kids' favorite part... a candy bar with endless amount of goodies. Fun was had by all. 

Happy Birthday Michael! You amaze me everyday at what an awesome husband you are. You are such a wonderful dad and I'm so proud to be your wife. Thanks for all you do for our family. Most of all, thanks for making life so fun. I feel like we laugh so much and our family is happy all the time because of your joyful, happy spirit. I love you dear! You make 33 look amazing!

Muckdogs Game

Grandma and Pops and Poppy and Mimi came to cheer on Connor at his baseball game. We had an awesome game! Connor had 3 great hits and got an out on second base! It's so exciting to watch him play! The team sang happy birthday to Michael after the game!