The Pianist...

Avery has been taking piano lessons since Christmas and has been loving it! She is so excited that she can play "real songs"! In fact she has now mastered playing Twinkle with not only her right hand but also the left hand chords! Mozart....watch out! Here comes Whitlock!

slumber

So here is my sweet baby who says he is too big to be called a baby anymore...he got his new motocross helmet and insisted on taking it up to his room with him that night. When Dan and I went to go turn his light off before we put ourselves into bed, this is what we found! (notice the puppy that he got for his first birthday...) Now, who is going to tell me that I can't still call him my baby?

One more year older and hopefully wiser...

Yes, it is almost my 32nd birthday! (Feb 28th) I can't quite believe it myself. For the past several years I have been taking a long weekend for myself and heading down to the LA area where some of my family lives to hang out and take a few moments for myself and regroup. I had the best weekend spending time with family and myself. My cousin Dawn and I walked ever morning...so nice to walk in the nice weather and not have to worry about the rain! We shopped. We went and had a tea luncheon in Seal Beach and then took a stroll down main street and down the pier. I took some extra time to watch the waves and surfers for a bit. (I would love to move back...dan??) We had dinners and coffee breaks together. Movies with my favorite cousins Troy & Jacki, who let me act like I am in my 20's again, even though everyone knows I am no where close any more! Jacki and I stole away one evening and literally ran around Knott's Berry Farm and got in as many rides as possible! Crazy fun! Eat your heart out Alisha! ;-) (Thanks for hanging with the old lady Jacki! Love you!) Thank you Dan for a much needed weekend away! I love you!

No More 5 Year Olds at our House

Well, the day has come...the Whitlock house has officially moved into the "big kid only" house. Our baby, Paris turned 5 on February 6th! She thought it was the best day ever! I told her that I was sad that I would never have a 4 year old again...she respomded..."you can always get one!" We'll have to talk about that later!

I think she had a pretty good birthday! Wednesday the 6th she had a party with her classmates at her preschool and that night we met Aubbie & Poppy (ginnie's parents) and Grandma & PaPa (dan's parents) at Red Robin (her favorite restaruant) for a bite to eat. Saturday night we went to Aubbie & Poppy's for her annual birthday dinner. Aubbie always makes the birthday girl or boy whatever menu is requested. Paris' menu this year included chicken fingers (made Aubbie style--gourmet), salad, baked apples & pears with homemade granola & yogurt, asparagus and juice. It was really good! She also requested a "pillar" cake, which included two tiers (yes, there were pillars and all) of pink & white frosting with a few disney princess figuirnes on top. It looked like a wedding cake! As always, major props to Aubbie for another amazing bday dinner! On Sunday we met up with friends and hit the local aquatic park for some waves and fun. Grabbed some pizza on the way home and shared some PINK cupcakes. It was more of a birthday WEEK!!

Long time no blogs!

WOW! It has been forever since my last visit to blog-land! Since the last time I wrote things have been crazy on the homefront!

The kids started school. Noah is in 2nd grade and loves his new teacher. Avery is in 1st grade and is reading and enjoys her new friends. Paris is in her second year of preschool and is looking forward to being with her siblings at "big school". All in all the are doing great!

The second week of school I started a new job. The Abernethy Center is a local event facility in Oregon City, not far from Sandy. (abernethycenter.com) I am loving every minute of it!

Shortly after that the kids started soccer once again! Noah played with the 9 year olds this season! And played awesome! He just gets better and better each season. He really loves the game and as long as he loves it we do too! Dan was the head coach for his team and they really enjoyed the one on one time together. It took some getting used to at first for Noah to not treat Dan like and and treat him like Coach instead but once they worked out the quirks it was smooth sailing. Avery played too! She had a few friends from school on her team. Her good friend, Molly joined us this season. Molly's dad and grandpa coached and they all had a great time! Paris is really itching to play as well, but I just explain to her that "our family has only one mommy" so we will probably wait one more season until she plays as well! WHEW!! What are we doing? ;-)

Noah is a EIGHT!

My baby boy is EIGHT years old! I can't believe it...that means Dan & I are OLD! Noah had a blast for his bday. He invited several friends over to spend the night. (what was I thinking?) We had a total of 8 boys here to watch movies, eat pizza, play and stay up way too late! They had a blast but Noah had a soccer game the next afternoon...bad idea mom!

Road Trip!

With summer almost over Ginnie and the kids decided to hit the road and visit family in Southern California for a week or so! The kids did great and couldn't wait to get there so we drove straight through...18 hours later we arrived, ready for action! We had a great time hanging out with cousins, hitting the beach, Sea World and luckily, we're able to be there for the newest cousin to arrive! Baby Caden came at a whopping 10lbs! As cute as can be!