silverwood 2010

This year we decided to leave the baby at home and take 2 additional kids

we had a packed suv!

chelsea didn't know she was going till we showed up at her door, {jordan didn't know chelsea was going either} and vincent found out a day or two before we left!

i love to surprise my kids!

poor chelsea!

the name of this ride totally describes how she felt!
the panic plunge!

alex borrowed chelsea's sweater!

go victoria secret model!

{no lines at this time}

vincent and chastin played while we waited in line

all six kids had a wonderful time!

and so did we!

the sign at the end of tremors ~the biggest roller coaster

cheese!

giant ice cream at the end of the day!

{i had saved points all week for this, and ended up not wanting any!

bummer!}

Lunch date at Pike place market

Crab pot for lunch
True was so good!
Hot fresh doughnuts
{us seattlites have some market favorites}

$10 bouquets

wreath of peppers ~ so pretty

John came home from work early,

I had the day off,

so to the market we went!

Off to school again

This is the face True makes every time a camera comes out.

Shilo is in First grade and loves full day!

Jordan is a Sophomore and was so excited to go back to school

Alex is a Junior and taking college credit classes

Chastin is a Fifth grader and looking forward to doing patrol again

Our July

Ear buds, soccer ball & a crown.

What else does a 1 year old need?

Top Pot for our moms Fridays this year.

{we decided on a food theme for our mornings together.}

Taking in a sounders game with the Shippers

lunch @ Monicas parents pool

{evey, true, chastin, shilo, vincent}

P.F Changs with old friends.
{Denae & Audrey}

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john brought jordan home a full bag of her favorite food

CHIPS!

and a ball that bounces 75ft in the air

some oreo treats too!

then i put her to work on destroying the old bathroom tiles
{happy birthday}
actually this is the day before her birthday,
the morning of her birthday she left to Disneyland with a friend
lucky girl!
spuds in kirkland for fish and chips
then off to arthurs house for a movie with eliza

las vegas '10

seeing the sights

Belagio fountain shows

Cravings buffet at 10 o'clock at night
{had to hit this one, food network voted it 'best in vegas'}
we agree

yummy~ all pink purses

fresh made mexican
~delish~

spent a lot of time here in 111 degrees.

pure bliss

saw some show {girls}

bliss for my hubby

stayed at the stratosphere

saw a lot of this

had an old favorite from my past

and decided that this needed to be a yearly trip for the two of us.

10 years and counting

cd of songs i picked out for him that remind me of us

jordan wrapped it all pretty for us, with our anniversary date &

cute saying she put together for us all over it.

{it was really sweet and thoughtful}

{really bad picture}

california pizza kitchen. we always celebrate as a family, because we

were one before we were married.

and it always has to be a new place none, of us has ever been before!

now that's a tough one! 7 people. new place. kid friendly. yikes!

{cheese burger pizza, 5 cheese fresh tomato basil pizza, all meat pizza, cobb salad}

telling john that he and i are going to vegas to celebrate in 2 weeks!

surprise!
he had no idea it was coming!

how fun!

{we wanted to get married there- we didn't}

my flowers.

i love flowers.

anyone who knows me knows this.

red roses like when we were dating and the white~well you know, i love white & flowers, how perfect!!