Nice Long Weekend

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend! Ours was pretty good. Andy was off and home the majority of the weekend so that was nice until I saw this

For those of you that are confused let me fill you in on the cycle of my husband.......It starts with working a gazillion hours everyday for awhile then it goes to "me time" (solo activities of surfing, snowboarding, and/or vacations by himself (in case you didn't see the solo part)) and then to a project that takes months to finish but looks really nice

(and always end with a "I am never doing another project again") and then the cycle starts over. So even though it will probably turn out wonderful, I was a little disappointed when I saw the supplies. Carter got to have a camp out at Grandma Sally's and Bella got some one on one Mommy Time.

Then the next morning we picked Carter up and had lunch with them and I got an early birthday present....new slippers!

 This is what Bella loves doing at Grandma Sally's.................

and then just some pics of Grandma Sally with the kiddos..........

Then we did a little Christmas decorating..........

So a pretty good weekend filled with some quality family time.

Thanksgiving Fun

This year for Thanksgiving we were at my parents house along with my brother and sister-in-law, grandparents (dad's parents & mom's dad) and the Schei's (my dad's sister and her family). We had so much fun and the kids got a lot of Auntie/Uncle/Cousin/Nana/Bampa Time! I love my Family!

                                                                Bella & Uncle Bri        

 Nana and the kiddos

                                                              My Dad & Grandpa Tom

                                                                   Auntie Allie & Bella

                                                                       Grandpa Tom

                                                                  Aunt Julie & Grandma

                                                                      Bella & Whitney

                                                           Whitney, Allie, Maddy, & I
                                                                       Carter & Bella

                                                          My Grandpa & Grandma Boe

Andy & I

Love, Marriage, Babies

Andy and I were set up on a blind date (even though we knew of each other from school years) by my cousin Luke Lomsdalen (thanks Luke!). The date didn't go so well but after a few more dates Andy started to grow on me and after just a few more we knew that this was "it". We were engaged after six months of dating, had a year long engagement, and then had our wedding on Oct. 7, 2006.

Shortly after our wedding we had our first child, Carter. He was born 5 weeks early and we spent 2 weeks in the hospital with him.

Then we had our second child, Bella. Bella was born 4 months early at only 24 weeks. That's as early as our wonderful UW Hospital can save. With only a 20 % chance of survival, we are truly blessed with our little miracle and that she has had no complications (which is EXTREMELY rare)! We spent 3 months & 3 weeks at UW with her and the amazing nurses and doctors who we will be forever thankful for!