Get on with it already

OK so I need to finish posting our fun trip/time with my sister and nephews because I have a ton from today to post!! Mina started swim lessons and we spent the gorgeous day @ the beach with friends. First things first.....
After heading over here with my sis, brother-in-law and nephews we went to Jump Planet (LOVE that place!) The kids had a blast!jumping of courseMax even went up and down the Big slide all by himself! Good job buddy!Mina was goofy of courseMax actually REALLY LIKED it! Maybe he's turning into a liker?Maybe not!:)It's frustrating when your little chunky legs won't stretch up to the next rung on the ladder and you get stuck and your mommy has to come rescue you:( But I'm glad you had fun!They next day we were off to the Children's Museum in Everett. Did you know they have 1/2 price admission every Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30? And every 3rd Friday of the month is FREE from 5-9pm!
It was a big hit Mina and Max's favorite place was the water room!Who could blame them, it's pretty fun!Max also really enjoyed the train area (big shocker)It think my Nephew's liked the "bank" best (hmmmm)My sister is a bank teller so this picture is what I picture her like @ work:)
I liked the glow in the dark room! They didn't have this last time I was there.
A whole room of light bright! Cool!Even the adults got in on the action making some fun interactive album covers. Yup that's us on the big screen! (can you guess who's who?)Mina's other favorite was the theater (another big shocker). I just sat in the back and pretended to be Simon Cowell ( "it was all a bit karaoke to me"-insert chest rubbing here-)But hey she makes one heck of a hedgehog doctor!You too buddyI tried to recreate this adorable picture from when Mina was a babyWell, it's not so great but hey, I tried!:)My older nephew Caleb really enjoyed the construction zone where you build things.but it was all cut too short:( We will definitely be back!
They had to leave the next morning:( By Val, we had so much fun and it seemed to go by too quickly! I love you!

Fantasic Voyage

Well We've had a busy week! It started out great with a wonderful lunch at Sam and Bobbie's house! Of course Bobbie had everything looking gorgeous:)John and Dan were informed they were beer snobs..... They took no offenseWe had a wonderful lunch and even better conversation.
It started out a little weirdand got stranger from there.We had a great afternoon, Thanks Sam and Bobbie!Then my sister (Valerie) arrived with her husband (Doug) and my two nephews Caleb and Jacob. We headed across the mountains to mama and Daddies house. Of course we had to stop at Miner'sMax liked that idea (of course)We sure did have fun at Nani and Papa's
playin' at the parkrollin' down hillssquatin' in Teepee'sBeing all around mischievousNani got a chance to brush up on her Max impersonation!Max really loved having his big boy cousins (or "my boys" as he affectionately called them:) around to play with or watch them play:)
We sure did have some dirty boys to cleanGood thing they're cute!What started out as good "clean" funTurned quickly into Chinese water torture!But ended on a good note:)And of course there was was candyVal wasn't a fanbut Max liked it!Then it was back over the pass (through quite a bit of snow) to spend a couple of days at my house!:) In effort to not have this post be entirely too long ( you mean it's not already?) I'll post the rest of our time another day. Stay tuned.....

New arrival!

Guess what came in the mail Tuesday....NEW KIDS!!
NOOOOOO! I didn't order new kids, what could it be?
A new dog?although we could use one, we love our stinky old one too much
AH HA!A new computer! YAY! Now it needs to be hooked up!:) Can't wait!
Who needs toys? Seriously, my kids played with a box full of peanuts and bubble wrap for hours!
They would have played even longer but we had to put it away for Parish group:)
This week, Esther organized a "Man cook off 2009!"
John brushed up on his skillzmakin' the famous Tom Douglas curried cashew salad with honey, sesame vinaigrette. Yummy!Arthur making his family recipe biscuits and gravy. It was quite tasty!Lyle made homemade lemon meringue pie! Very impressive!Tim's oven roasted chicken (it sounds like a restaurant chain!) was my second favorite.and I failed to get a picture of TV with the yummy lasagna he made:( I'VE never even made lasagna! Nice job dude!
And the winner is.........Nice job honey! I knew you were as good as I thought you were!
$15 Starbucks gift card! (Nice prize Tanders! Thanks!)
It was fun, good sportsmanship all around. There were only a few incidents of vote buying!:)