Take me out to the Ball Game!?!

A few weeks ago my whole family got tickets to an Arizona Diamondbacks game thru my moms work. So we decided that it would be fun to take all the kids out for a night at the ball park. There were so many of us we took up an entire row of bleachers. My brother Galen and his kids were in town for the weekend and were able to join us. It was a blast! I'll have to admit that it was a little crazy, but fun to see all the grandkids together having fun.

Of course Addison HAD to have everything she saw. And Uncle Doyle didn't help any by encourage her every thought. I'm not sure how much of the game we actually got to watch, but just seeing the excitement in the kids was enough for me.

Here are just a few things that Addison enjoyed while at the ball game......

And here is the LOVE of my life in all his true glory!!

A much needed night out

I've had the privilege of having this whole last week off of work. I still had to go in for the usual paperwork, but no patient's were scheduled due to the doctor going to Hawaii for a Dental Convention. It has been nice to only go in for a couple hours in the morning and spending the rest of the time with the kids. I really feel like I've gotten some things done around here. It's been a nice change, but is going to come to an end quickly.


The other night my sister Christine and I decided that we needed a night away from children to get some much needed shopping done. We had attempted to do this the week before, but had no luck. It's amazing how much more you can get done without 5 kids tagging along. Needless to say we got everything done and saw the entire Chandler mall in under 3 hours. It was Awesome. It was so nice to have a night out with my sister and we've now decided that we need to start doing this on a regular basis. We'll see what the husbands have to say about this.....

Aaron's pool party

With summer officially here it was nice to play in the water again. Addison's favorite cousin Aaron turned 4 this last month, so my sister decided to have a pool party in her back yard with several different water attarctions. The kids loved it and it was nice to get in some cool water and out of the sun.



Since the kids did a pretty good job of soaking the back yard while playing in the water, they decided to break the Diego pinata indoors for a change. The kids loved it, but I'm not sure Joe felt very safe. Good thing it broke before the big kids got to it!

Who Spilled the Beans!?!

So, I know I haven't posted in a really long time, but I swear I have some good excuses. As you might have read in my husbands last post he has started a new job for a four star resort here in Phoenix. We are all excited for this great opportunity that he has been given and he is definitely learning a lot. He finally has a set schedule on the day he works, but his days off vary from week to week. I never know when I'll get to see him and usually his days off are days that I have to work. The only thing that puts my mind at ease is knowing that this will all be over before the end of the year and the fact that those days are spent with his children that love him dearly and look forward to those dad only days. Most of our weekends are spent waking up to Cole being gone and not coming home till sometime later that evening. It's getting easier to deal with as the weeks go by and me and the kids are finding lots things to kill the time.

Okay, now for the real news............We are expecting AGAIN!! NOT by choice, I might add. This has come as a big surprise to all of us. In other words NO this was not planned. We were hoping to wait a few years, so Cole could get out of school and start his career, but as you all know life never goes as planned. We have tried to keep it a secret for as long as possible. But, I guess you can say the Cat's out of the bag. Cole and I have known for sometime now and just starting telling people about the end of March. As of today I'm 15 1/2 weeks and I'm due October 8th. That means Lincoln and this next one will only be 15 months apart. SCARY!

Not sure if I should cry or be excited, but everyone I tell seems to think this is the most exciting news they've heard in a long time. We've decided not to find out the sex on this one just to make it a little more exciting for all of us. I've been to doctor and everything looks good. I'm actually surprised at how little weight I've gained so far with this one and the fact that I'm still wearing all my regular clothes even though I'm almost four months. Think it has a lot to be due to the fact that I'm constantly going from the time I get up to the time I pass out on the bed due to exhaustion. Plus, for the first 8 weeks of being pregnant I was competing in a biggest loser completion at work. After 8 weeks of working my butt off working out and only maintaining the same weight I knew something was up. I've never been what you would call regular so when I started feeling sick I knew something was wrong. I told Cole and he being the man that he is told me to wait a little bit to see if it would go away.(Ya right, like something like that just goes away.) I took a test anyways and that only confirmed the diagnoses. I continued working out but not nearly as intense as I had been before.

Now that the sickness is over everything is going great. I'm sure this will be the same as the others, simple from here on out. It's kinda funny that I'll deliver about a month before Cole is done with school and that I delivered Lincoln almost exactly one month before he started. Just goes to show how quickly plans can change. We've had time to get over the shock and I think the excitement of having another is starting to set in. Wish our little family luck!!!

We're Going to the ZOO, ZOO, ZOO

A few week s ago we made a trip to the zoo before it got hot around here. Addison loves the animals and could probably go every day if we'd let her. Thanks to grandma for getting a zoo membership so now Addy can go whenever the weather is nice. The last trip we went on I was still pregnant with Lincoln and it rained most of the time we were there. So it was nice actually get to see the animals this time and not be totally exhausted by time we were finished. A bunch of Cole's family went along and it was good to see all the cousins there together. Addison loves to feed the fish or turtles, which ever she can find. And if you ask what here favorite part of the zoo is, she'll tell you the giraffes and getting to feed the squirrels popcorn. Here's a couple of pictures of the event full day.

The best part of going to the zoo is watching cute little Addison's face light up when she gets to ride the carousel. She usually gets one ride right before we leave. Just to make sure we end on a good note.

EASTER

I know it's late, but I thought I better post something about Easter. The morning was spent finding baskets on the table. Addison was up and moving for about on hour before she realized there was something on the table for her. Lincoln on the other hand could have cared less, but hey, mom and dad got to eat all his candy! It was definitely different not having Cole there to share the experience with, but we're starting to get use to him gone every morning. We have early church so, the rule was no candy til after church. Addison made sure that as soon as we walked thur the door at home she had the one piece pick out and half way gone. We later got to show dad all the exciting things the Easter bunny got us when he got home from work. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and spending time with family. All in all it was a good day for all of us.

Addison checking out all her goodies.

Looking good for church.

Well, I guess it is time to update all of those who may be following my career change and education. About two months ago I quit my job at The Olive Mill as a line / prep cook to hopefully move on to bigger and better things. It took several months of searching the internet, and a lot of lost hope, but one day out of the blue I got a call from Chef De Cuisine (fancy name for someone who writes 1/2 the menu)Michael Scott. We scheduled the interview and whala I landed a job two weeks later. I am VERY lucky to be working at a four star resort while attending school, but the experience is not always worth it. Don't get me wrong, love my job just not all the people and the amount of stress that is happening currently. I was actually hired to help close this restaurant and to help open a new restaurant at the resort. Even though I was hired to do so, my job is still up in the air. Rumor has it that a majority of the staff will be cut so that new staff can be put in place at lower wages to help save money. Although that is just a rumor and I WAS hired specifically for the new restaurant, I still am losing a ton of hair over it. Not being able to provide some sort of meager income for my pregnant wife and two kids is laying on me kinda hard. What you have not heard the news????? I will let her blog about that some more.