Washington Trip

We spent this past weekend in Washington. One of the hospitals there was interviewing Brett for a job and they told him that the whole family could come. For anyone who knows me very well, as you might guess I was really excited. I love Washington! My favorite place to go for an escape/vacation is Seattle. I was so excited to spend the weekend as a family in my favorite place.
Brett was interviewing for a job in a city called Centralia, but we were staying in Olympia which is about 25 minutes away. I've decided that Olympia is the most beautiful city. I couldn't get over how pretty and clean it was.
While we were in Washington we were able to do some fun things together as a family. The hotel had a pool, so of course we spent some time in there. This was Annabelle's first time in a pool, but I don't know if it counts because only her feet got wet. We also went and visited a really neat childrens museum. It's like the Flint childrens museum on steroids. McKinley loved it! I'm sure she could have spent hours there. After that we went to the Point Defiance Zoo. This is my all time favorite zoo. It was really fun zoo with a lot of shade and it was really clean. (You might be noticing a pattern here- I like things to be clean) The zoo also has an aquarium in it, which is really neat. They have a really fun kids play area in the zoo that has fun toys and even has a little splash pad. We have a zoo pass that we got in Idaho and it got us into this zoo for free, which makes it even better.

The trip was so much fun. I really enjoyed getting to spend the weekend as a family. The girls did so well, especially on the plane. They are becoming quite the flyers since we moved away. This was McKinley's 9th flight and Annabelles 2nd... Yeah, they are really racking up the frequent flyer miles. This was the first time in the past 2 years that I wasn't flying alone with the kids, and it was great.
As of right now we haven't made any decision about which job we are going to take. We have 2 really good options, one in Washington and one in Montana. Both will put us closer to family, which we are all excited about.

Happy Mothers Day

This past weekend Brett went to Montana for a job interview. Brett met with all the Anesthetists and Administrators at the hospital, and on Saturday a realtor took him around town (Great Falls) to look at the sites. Everything went really well and we're really excited about the possibility of working there. However, we are trying to keep an open mind because we are all flying to Washington this week for a job interview in place called Centralia. This city is an hour and half from Seattle and Portland. I'm excited that we all get to go together. It will be a fun trip. We're staying in a nice hotel with a pool, and we're hoping to make it to a really fun zoo thats nearby.

On Sunday McKinley was able to go up and sing a Mothers Day song with the rest of the Primary kids. She was recently moved up to Sunbeams because she was the oldest kid in nursery and was struggeling being in their with all the little kids. She has done so well in Sunbeams. It was so sweet to see McKinley up on the stage singing with the other the kids. I almost started crying seeing my cute little girl up there. I can't believe how fast she is growing up.

Brett got home from Montana Sunday night and brought me the best Mothers Day present (besides him) ever! He got me a cricut.

I am so excited! I have wanted one for so long, but didn't think I would get one for a while. My friend Valerie has one and is so sweet to always let me use it, but I'm so excited to have my own now. I have the best husband ever... and yes I would still think that even if he hadn't given me a cricut for Mothers Day. It was a wonderful Mothers Day.

My Baby is Growing Up

Annabelle is now 4 months old. Where does the time go? I can't believe how much she has grown and changed. She is such a sweet baby and so easy going. Its been nice having a baby that is willing to be set down every once in awhile. However, she started thinking she was getting ignored and developed this screech. She doesn't do it very often, but if she starts feeling neglected she will let us all know.
She is such a smart baby. When you look at her you can tell she is figuring things out. She's been grabbing toys for a month now, and of course everything she gets ahold of goes right in her mouth.

She has discovered her feet and I am always amazed at how she can get both of them in her mouth at the same time. Yes, she got my big mouth, but the talent of sticking her foot in her mouth... well, that she gets from her daddy! :)
Annabelle is so strong and has been holding her head up since she was born. She sits up so well that we recently moved her into the big kid tub.

She loves being able to take a bath with her big sister. Plus now she gets to sit up and play with toys. She use to hate bath time, but now she loves it.

We've recently introduced Annabelle to the outdoors, and we've been recieving mixed reviews from her. She's gone to the park a few times and she took her first trip to the zoo last week.
We sure love our Anna"Baby", and her big sister McKinley is crazy about her. Annabelle gets hugged and kissed all day by her big sis.

I can't wait to watch Annabelle as she continues to grow and develop. She is such a sweet baby with such a cute personality. I love to see her smile. She has the cutest little dimple that appears when she is smiling big. What a blessing she has been to our family. We love you our sweet little Annabelle.

This weekend we got McKinley's kite out. The Easter Bunny had brought her a kite and Saturday was the first nice and windy day.


McKinley wanted to use the kite tails to fly the kite, so the kite never really got very far off of the ground. We had a lot of fun and McKinley can't wait for another windy day.

Having 2 girls is so much fun. I know I may not be saying that in 14 years when they are both teenagers, but so far I have loved having little girls. I don't know what I would do with out them. Being a mother has been better than I could have ever imagined. They are so much fun!