Part 1 - Big Fat Update
I suck at this
updating thing!
February has been such a busy month and I have thought of many things that I
want to run and post on here, but I just don’t get around to it! Bailey turned 3
on February 14th.
Tanner turned 11 on February 23rd.
And, we went to OMSI on February 18th, to sort of celebrate both birthdays with
something fun, they both could enjoy. Needless to say, I can’t believe my babies
are another year older. How does this happen? I say this every doggone year, I
just get adjusted to the fact that they are another digit older and WHAM, they
are having another doggone birthday! Bailey keeps telling me that she’s still my
baby, now if only she will say that for another 15 years, I’ll be good ;o)
A tradition I started
a few years ago, the kids get to pick their birthday meals on their birthday
from breakfast to snack, to lunch, to dinner and their cake. Bailey chose heart
shaped toast with butter and red sprinkles for breakfast, chicken nuggets for
lunch with daddy, and pizza for dinner. She wanted a heart cake, so Elaine
(grandpa’s girlfriend) made her a chocolate cake with ice cream in the middle
and purple frosting, in a heart shape. So cute! Tanner’s choices were cranberry
and orange muffins for breakfast, a cold lunch of bologna and cheese sandwiches,
cookies, a banana, chips, and HiC, and for dinner he picked grandpa’s famous
corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and carrots w/fresh french bread. Grandma picked
up an ice cream cake from Baskin and Robbins that ended up melting a little bit
as we were opening presents, but it was VERY tasty anyway… chocolate cake
w/chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
The kids were spoiled
as usual, with gifts.
They
got lots of fun things. Bailey got a jacket that my mom made for her (I’ll have
to take a picture) and $$ for dance classes, Dora’s dollhouse toys, a new trike,
some clothes, and the list goes on… Tanner got a PSP, which he was totally
excited about. I had him believing that his big present was ordered online and
it wouldn’t make it until Saturday, so he was SHOCKED and HAPPY. He deserved
it… last year we got him a gas powered RC car that was over $200 and it never
did work right from Day 1. So he really deserved a wow gift this year. He got
$100 from Grandpa, which he will probably turn around and buy some new PSP
stuff, and my mom made him a beautiful quilt (again, I’ll take pics) and got him
Globetrotters tickets. Which, she got two of them, so dad and grandma are both
campaigning to see who will get to escort the man to the game. LOL. Maybe, I
should just tell Tanner to ditch them both and take me instead? haha!
OMSI
was fun! Tanner invited his friend Timmy to go along with us. Tanner’s dad from
TriCities and his wife and son came down to join us for the day. Grandma Lisa,
Myndi, Jack, Lane and my mom also joined us. So we had quite the crew. We ended
up buying a family membership, so we can go back for free for a year. There was
so much to do and see that we are already planning another trip. They had a fun
little playground area for younger kids… with arts/crafts, building blocks,
train tracks, a grocery store, water play, etc. Bailey didn’t want to leave at
all! They also had a Cartoon Network Animation exhibit that the kids had a blast
playing with.
So, as you can
February has been a BUSY month. Bailey is starting dance here shortly, McKenzie
& Ashlyn are both starting softball. Katie is graduating MIDDLE SCHOOL this
year. My baby will be in high school next year, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? Because I
can’t. OMGosh!
I will leave you with
some picture albums from this month… enjoy! 
Click each picture to go to the
corresponding photo album. These can also be found in our
photo gallery
Valentine’s Day & Bailey’s 3rd Birthday
Tanner’s 11th Birthday
