Busy Wonderful Day!!!!

Saturday morning we woke up early ready to leave for Wenatchee. Unfortunately Steven's Pass had other plans. The passes weren't clear until after 10 so we left a lot later then we wanted to. We missed the dog pull but got to my mom's in time to hang out with some really good friends of ours that had driven from Yakima to see us. We hung out for a bit and then went to Daniel's football game. It was a lot of fun and he played really well. Oh and they won!!! After the game we ordered pizza for dinner and then Paul, Kailyn and I went and listened to this really amazing guitar player in Cashmere. We were super tired but decided to go bowling anyway. Allias totally annihilated everyone- I think he bowled a 163 his first game he only had two open frames. We all had a blast though and it was so fun to be with my family. I love that I have seen them like three times this month!

I am just so happy that my kids and mom and are getting to spend more time together! It makes me cry when I think about it!

My mom's cat Nala kept holding onto Molly's leash so she couldn't go anywhere- it was the funniest thing. Molly actually really liked the cat at first and tried to lick him a few times. The cat didn't appreciate that at all and finally swiped Molly in the face. Of course Molly went ballistic and tried to chase him down.

 So cute! Travis was giving K a little bowling tutorial.

She was sooo tired and needed to go to bed!

Strike!!!!

 He wasn't too happy with his score

 This is one of my favorite pictures ever!!!!!

 He was the only one happy with the way he bowled!

 My mom and Mikael (Daniel's girlfriend)

 Checking out the scores

 Me and my adorable kid brothers!

Off for now

I took Allias into his new orthodontist last week. He hasn't seen any orthodontist since December because of school/moving issues so I was super surprised at the result of our visit.
He got braces about 18 months ago because he has a severe cross bite and some other crowding issues. The new ortho looked at his mouth and said that although his teeth were now straight- his cross bite was not improving even with the jaw lock in place. He said that as long as Allias' jaw keeps growing in the wrong direction (which is what it is doing) they will be fighting a losing battle. We made the decision to take the braces off for now and let him finish growing. In four or five years depending on the severity of the cross bite they will either put him back in braces or he will have to have surgery on his jaw. But for now he is braces free and loving it! He picked Duke Blue retainers with a basketball on them (go figure) but he doesn't get those until Thursday.

Here is the before picture-

Getting them off!

All off!!!

Allias with his I got my braces off party pack (goody bag filled with all the things he "wasn't supposed to eat" while he had braces on) jerky, gum, popcorn, fruit snacks, corn nuts etc.

Awwww look at that smile!

I can't believe this kid is turning 16 in a few months!!!

Kailyn goes in next month for her evaluation to get braces. From what I have been told so far it looks like she will be in braces for the next four years! I guess I should feel lucky I am only paying for one kid at a time!

Dates

The picture of Travis and I  in the last post is from our date Friday night. We went and watched the Everett Silvertips play hockey. It was fun even though the home team lost. Hockey is such an exciting sport and like most sports I liked watching the minor league/college players better then the pros. There just seems to be so much more heart involved.
Saturday Trav took Kailyn out- they went bowling and then walked around the mall. Other then a lady in the candy store acting like a total neurotic freak they had a great time.
Trav took a couple more pictures but they are on his phone and I will have to get them later.
There is a super cute picture of her devouring a cinnamon roll at Cinnabon that I have to share once I get it from his phone! Aren't they precious? They look so much alike to me in this picture! People always tell me that Kailyn looks just like me but I don't know, I think she looks a lot like her daddy.

When they got home Allias and I headed out to hangout and do a little shopping. My nephew Gavin came along as well.

The pretzel line was super long so they hung out in this sweet ride and waited for me.

I am quite proud of myself because I let him choose the radio staion (R&B- blah), the place to eat (McDonald's- YUCK). I didn't actually eat anything at Mcdonald's though but I don't think he cared. He was just bummed that I didn't tell the girl in the drive through that he thought she was hot. I was so going to but I thought he would get mad!

We spent most of our time shopping! I am pretty sure next to watching or playing sports it is his favorite past time. He got some new cologne and a belt for church from Ross, some jeans and a nice polo from the Calvin Klein outlet and some basketball shoes and a Lebron James tee from the Nike Outlet. There were some killer sales going on.

Here he is with his shopping bags.

There was a church dance that night and he wore his new outfit- I should have taken a picture. He looked so handsome. He complains that people here in Washington don't dress "fresh" enough. Not quite sure what that means but I know people ask him why he wears shirts with collars every day lol. I am glad he isn't interested in adopting the sloppy style of dress I see a lot of the kids around here wearing.

The cuteness is killing me!!!

I can't believe how beautiful (inside and out) this girl is! I feel so lucky to be her mother. She is a truly amazing human being! Her guitar broke in our car accident so my mom and step-dad bought her a new one. My mom brought it over last weekend when she and Jason came to visit.

And speaking of cute........

Home sweet home

The best part of being home!!!!!
Living close enough to family to hang out for the day.
My brother Jason is in Wenatchee visiting for a few weeks from Alaska so he drove over to hang out with us for the day.
(haven't seen him in like four years!)

Grandma came too!!!! All of my kids are taller then her now!

My favorite thing about being so close to my mom is that we don't have to cry when we say goodbye anymore because we are going to see each other again in a few weeks instead of a year!
Cuddle time!!!!!

My mom also brought her sewing machine and turned a ripped up bed skirt into valances for my bedroom windows. They turned out nice. She is going to do the same thing for Kay's room the next time she comes.

My dad came last week too- I can't believe I didn't take any pictures. But again I will see him again soon so I will make sure and take pictures then.