Ugh...

Yep.. I said it.. ugh.. I have gotten so lazy keeping up to date with our activities! So.. in a nutshell.. here we go!













Happy Anniversary Jason!

May 19th was our 4 year anniversary.. and if you want to get really technical.. May 10 was our 15 year anniversary since we began our together! It's been an amazing road with some fantastically wonderful adventures and some rocky roads. I love you honey.. you are my amazing each and every day.

Congratulations go out to Lakey... aka.. Aunt Kiki!

May 15th she got to walk the walk and receive her diploma! I had to fight Jules for the camera to capture the event... so as you can imagine.. our photos are EXTREMELY blurry! I think you can make out her hair... and maybe her beaming face if you squint and hold the camera at an angle! On a lighter note, we've got 27 pictures of the ceiling, Jules fingers and some unknown indescribable shots.. not to mention the one she caught of me in my undergarments earlier that morning. Yikes!

Congratulations to Uncle Biens!

He purchased his first house in April and had a monumental move over the next four weeks. He cleaned, painted, dug a 7 foot hole in the backyard for his Koi pond, transplanted I'd say.. maybe a good 200+ plants, a couple dozen Koi.. (the big ones mind you - some 36" and beyond!), 5 cats, 1 McCaw... oh and his household goods! After all that he began landscaping his backyard and even in the roughed in stage.. you can see the beauty he is creating. I am so excited to be able to watch and witness his progress! That.. and now he's only 20 minutes away. Jules loves going to see her Uncle Biens! Such big smiles she has for him!!!

Kameron set off on his big summer adventure this last Tuesday. He's with a.. if I get it right here, a seed company who travels and works farms wherever the need is. It's on the job training for farming at it's best. I haven't seen the guy for so long and now it's going to be another 3 months or so before I get to see him again.

Kaity and the girls have settled in at Dads(that's Hailey in the blue and Lexi's head!). They're doing the best they can trying to make things work out in cramped quarters and lively kiddos! What beautiful girls she has. Jules has had a chance to play with Hailey and Lexi a few times now and I love watching the way she lights up when they are around. Instead of playing beside each other they interact with each other too. Sounds odd of me to say that but I've seen her play by other tots but not really with.. make sense? With both Hailey and Lexi she interacts and shines so brightly it is just a simple joy to watch them all together!

Hmmm.. we've journeyed down to see Great Grandma and Grandpa and visited the new kitties they have. If we'd not just found new homes for Cleo and Bandit I might have been tempted.. but.. it's just too much stress bringing more into our crazy beautiful home right now. Miss those critters and their lively activities.. just not picking up after them so much!

Lets see.. along with Jules birthday.. J's and my anniversary.. we got her pictures taken the same day by my favorite local photographer. It was so cute, Jules has been counting for a while now but that day.. it was the best. The photographer asked her how old she is, knowing it was her birthday that day. She tried to play a game to get Jules to hold up her two index fingers.. so as she did it.. she said 'one, two'.. and Jules promptly followed with free(three), phour(four), phive(five), six! Goodness I love this child!!!

Lastly.. I've been decluttering, decluttering, decluttering. If I lived on any other street than the one I live on, I would of held a garage sale to try and up my piggy bank.. as it is, I'm on load 6 to Goodwill and still going. Crazy right? I look around and think.. there's still so much to delete that I get a bit overwhelmed.

I've grown tired of the majority of our decor and instead of taking it down and sticking it in a closet in the hopes that someday I may love it again.. I'm just deleting it. The things that I take down but absolutely without a doubt love.. well.. they go into a pile and if after a day or two the love has waned down a bit at the thought of separation.. yippee! Gone. This has happened with 90% of the things I've got. Jason would argue with you on that one but.. I've deleted a lot of wishful design ideas and shoes and clothes and purses and.. well.. even just plain crap. It feels good.. now to hit him with he news that I want to repaint nearly the whole house... not so good news. ;)

Take care.. Ang