Muffin Tops Be Gone

So I have a little bit of a muffin top I would like to get rid of around my waist. I started a new blog and a weight lose competition that starts July 1st. If you want to join in on the fun, click HERE for the official rules and details!

Girl's photo shoot

I have been meaning to take the girl's pictures for a long time but you know how life gets. I finally got them done. Here are a sample of my favorites.
I think this one is my absolute favorite one of Danielle

Lexi decided she wanted to pose this way. I couldn't get her to sit right, so we worked with what we had.

She started doing this weird thing. I am glad we captured her doing it.

There was a lot of crying from Lexi before we could get any good ones from her. This one I love because you can see a little teardrop on her cheek.

We warmed her up with some care bears of course

A typical look for little miss Danielle

My friend Shannon took these adorable pictures. So if you want to get some cute pics of your kids or family, go check her out HERE

Thanks Shannon! I love them!

Fun Times

The last few months just seem to have flown by. I thought I would share a few of our fun things we have been busy doing.

For memorial weekend we day camped with the family. This is Danielle's first camping trip. She of course had fun being held by everyone and putting rocks or whatever else she could in her mouth for a little taste test.

*****WARNING*******

If you get grossed out easily skip the next two pictures.

I had Johnny take the girls up one of the days without me, so I could finish some projects at home and just have me time. He came home and put the camera right in front of me. He knows of course that I would look at whatever pictures he took and this is what I got a glimpse of.....

Yeah thanks Johnny!

A few weekends ago, our friends invited us to go to the Country Mercantile to go on the rides and enjoy some yummy food. We were the only ones to ride them so the kids had about 4-5 rides each on the planes and the merry-go-round. I kinda felt bad for the operator guy but it's his job right?

Kate and Lexi flyin' high.

Our family just can't seem to kick some colds. Someone in the family seems to be suck with it. Lexi had it for about a week. I just had to take a picture because she NEVER falls asleep anywhere but her bed. She must of been feeling really yucky because it was about 4 hours before her nap time.

I just don't understand why she takes her shirt off like this, but somehow she manages to get it off, while other times she gets stuck.

Just a cute picture of Danielle.

Once it finally warmed up around here we went to the park and discovered that Danielle loves to swing. I broke down and bought her one for our house.

The next few weeks are full of wedding stuff, father's day, vacation, swim lessons and much more I am sure.

Bring on the good times!

Anniversary Trip

On May 7Th, 2010 Johnny and I celebrated our 5Th Anniversary. Since Johnny was in the middle of soccer season, we decided to celebrate later.

This last weekend we got a little getaway to Portland, OR. We left Thursday night and got to our hotel around 8. On our way into the hotel parking we spotted a Cold Stone, so after we checked into out hotel we ventured to get some ice cream! Oh Cold Stone how I have missed you! We headed back to our hotel and enjoyed the pool and hot tub. We decided to book our hotels through priceline.com, which we have never done, and we we not disappointed. We totally lucked out with the first hotel. It was super nice and the one thing I really wanted to do on this trip, was to sit in a hot tub, and I got my wish.

Friday morning we drove a few blocks to the temple. Johnny and I have never done a session there. It was so beautiful. I loved the style of this temple. It has so much marble. I just loved it. Here are some pictures of us after our session.

You can tell in this picture that it was raining.

We did some shopping that day over at Washington Square. It was nice to try on clothes and not worry about Lexi crawling under the door or trying to look under someone else's. We then headed to our next hotel downtown.

Isn't she a beauty. It was next to this park and was right next to a yacht club. It was so pretty and the room was HUGE!!! I think it was bigger than our first apartment we lived in. We then got a couple's massage. Johnny is totally convinced now.

After getting all pampered we got dressed up and headed over to Morten's Steakhouse. We forgot to take a picture of us all dressed up :( If you have never heard of Morten's, it is fancy and expensive. (and if you know me well enough, I have a hard time spending 20 bucks a person to eat, let alone like $75 or more, and we had a great deal) They are the type of place that has a dress code. They have these wine cellars that famous or rich people have. It. was. amazing!!!! The food was beyond perfect. This was definitely one place we won't be able to go again soon, so we enjoyed every second of it.

On Saturday morning we headed out early and walked over to Voodoo doughnuts! We saw this place on the food network one day and thought we would give it a whirl. It was so fun to see all the different ways you can shape or top a doughnut. We hit it at the perfect time because when we walked out there was a line out the door. Here is Johnny with his voodoo doll

The inside has raspberry filling for the blood.

One of the best ones we got was one with crushed oreo's with a peanut butter drizzle.

We spent the next few hours walking around downtown. Nothing was opened yet, but we just enjoyed looking at the buildings and the interesting people that are located downtown.

I can't remember the name of this fountain but it had something to do with a car. You can't see him too well but Johnny is standing on the other side.

In Pioneer Square they had this flower festival going on. They arranged the potted plants on the ground and formed different designs. I thought it was pretty impressive.

This is what I love about big cities. I love art and I love architecture. I love looking at the little details in the building and art that surrounded me.

We did a little more shopping, and then on our way out we stopped to look at some waterfalls. We hike around a little bit and enjoyed the scenery.

Here is Multnomach Falls. I have driven by this several times but never had the time to stop. I was so amazed!

This view is looking down part of it. (This picture is being stubborn and I can't get it to turn but if you tilt your head to the right you can see the full effect.)

Out of the whole trip this was the only picture we got together. We had a great time talking to each other and just learning more things about each other. We both really needed the break away. Hopefully we don't have to wait five more years to do this again.

It was great to come home to see that our kids missed us and were well behaved for Grandma and Grandpa. What would we do with them? Thanks so much for letting us get away! We love you so much!