I know...It's been forever!

I know it has been a long time since I posted. I warn you...this is going to be a long one. We have been busy working, playing, traveling, and doing the normal things. People say that when your kids get older, it gets easier and busier. The easier part....sometimes I wonder if that is really true or not, but busier....I really believe it. Not like it isn't busy when you have a baby and toddler, but when you have a toddler and one in school it's even more. I know it is going to get even busier when both are in school.

The past couple of months, Caden finished his first year of preschool. He has grown up so much, learned tons of new things, and has made lots of friends. He has another year of preschool before kindergarten so that will keep us even more busy next year because that will be three times a week instead of just two. The end of April he had a school program. He was so cute singing and waving at us when he wasn't suppose to.

May was crazy. The first weekend, I went up to Seattle for Hannah, my best friend since 3rd grade, who had a bridal shower. I went up there just by myself for the weekend and it was fun. When I came home, a couple of weeks later, I went to a bachelorette party in Canada in the middle of May and that was a blast. It was my first time in Vancouver and it is gorgeous. It was the longest that I didn't talk to Greg because it was roaming there and we don't text. It was hard, but I think the kids had a fun time with dad watching movies and eating junk food. I came back on that Sunday and on Monday, the whole family drove back to Seattle. We take a couple of days and it is cheaper for us to drive because we have to pay for all four tickets now. Our dear friends, Hannah and Nate, got married on the 23rd. I was a bridesmaid, Caden was the ring bearer, and Lola was the flower girl. They did a great job and were the cutest. I wasn't able to take pictures, but it was such a crazy time and I didn't have any time . It was go, go, go all week. Weddings are stressful, but with kids, it just adds a little more. It was a good trip to Seattle, but really crazy. It was a beautiful wedding and we are so happy for Aunt Hannah and Uncle Nate to finally make it official. They dated for 8 years and we have all been waiting forever for that day. We came home and haven't had a break since. We have been playing tons. The kids don't have lots of cousins in Seattle, so I had to get them playing with other kids right away. So we have been doing that every day and our wonderful friends, the Morgans from Oregon(with the exception of Kyle) stayed with us for a few days. It was fun to have them here playing everyday. It is so nice for the kids to know each other even though they see each other every 6 months or so. They just left yesterday and it was a wonderful visit. Lots of staying up late, chatting way too much, watching Twilight with our wonderful commentary throughout the whole thing (I think Greg really LOVED that), Stan's fries and shakes, catching up with Defreese, and just lots of playing and plenty of time outs :)

Before I forget, in May before I left for Canada, it was Lola's birthday she is two. I just want to post a little about our Lola. I feel like I don't talk about her enough. They say that with your kids, you spend most of the time with your first. You try to even it with all your kids, but even if you try to make up for it, you still give most of your time with your first. I know for sure that is for pictures. I have tons of Caden and I do have a lot of Lola, but it is really hard to get Caden out of the pictures with Lola. He always jumps in. It drives me crazy. Yes, Caden is cute, but sometimes I just want to take a picture of Lola for goodness sakes :) She is the sassiest, funniest, craziest, cutest, smartest girl ever. When you first meet her, she has such an attitude. Your lucky to have any eye contact from her, and if you do get it from her, you just hope to not get a scowl. You may think it is rude, but it is plain funny. She likes her space and does not forgive easily. She holds grudges with other kids and will play with you when she wants to play with you. She makes me laugh so much every day. Her laugh is so contagious. She has the biggest mouth and she shows it to you when ever she laughs and eats. You can see every little tooth she has. She copies everything you say and is such a bright girl. Instead of calling Caden his name, she has nicknamed him Honey. It is adorable. She loves jumping, dancing, can't stand it if anyone sings, loves getting her nails painted, snacks all day instead of eating meals, likes to put herself in timeout, has cherry red lips that you can't not kiss, has a cute hoarse voice, but knows how to scream to make your eardrums pop. That girl drives me crazy and I just cannot get enough of her. We celebrated her birthday with the family. It didn't faze her at all. She didn't even get into the whole present and cake thing. She just wanted to play with her cousins. We didn't do too much for her bday because it was in between the trips, but we tried to do what we could.

I will post pics or a slideshow soon. I don't have that much time right now.

Well I think that is good for now. It is sizzling HOT outside and summer has begun. Pool days and snow cones...here we come!