Cute 'lil Reid!!

Such a sweetie!! 4 1/2 months old now!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While mommy and the kids were visiting Grandma in California, little did we know that daddy was very busy working on a birthday surprise for mommy! Coming home, we went to Rodney & Elysse's wedding reception where daddy met us, and then rode the rest of the way home with us. When we got home, he took my hand, asked me to close my eyes, and led me inside the dark house. When he turned on the lights, a bunch of friends from Sweet Home jumped up from their hiding places yelling surprise and happy birthday!! Oh-boy was I ever surprised!!!!! The kitchen is absolutely beautiful!!! I am still in awe and shock! So, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who had a part in this surprise! What a wonderful birthday surprise, and what a wonderful husband, and wonderful friends who mean so, so much to me...

Beautiful!!! Hickory cabinets, granite counter tops complemented with a slate back splash, recess lighting, new flooring, elimination of a door in trade for a window and more cabinet space! Wonderful!

Before, there was a false ceiling that came to pretty much where the flowers are....they knocked that out which creates such a different and improved look!

Coming soon...! A pantry with a new fridge and more pictures of the process!

I am now the proud owner of two kitchen sinks!! This round sink (love the shape!) is called a prep sink for washing vegetables and such!

Beautiful counter tops and an overhang for putting bar stools at!

To Grandma's house we go!

Mommy, Chet, Zane, and Reid decided to visit Grandma in California for 9 days on a spur of a moment decided trip! So we loaded up the suburban and took off on a 10 hour drive! Thankfully, all the boys did wonderfully in the car ride down (much to mommy's relief!) and we arrived in sunny California ready to play! It was wonderful to see Grandma again, and we all had fun going to all sorts of fun places, and enjoyed seeing family and friends! What a fun trip it was!

The San Francisco Zoo!

We made a trip to the San Francisco zoo...just me and the boys! It was so much fun! The boys loved seeing all the animals! We got there right before they opened and virtually had the whole zoo to ourselves plus a couple other moms! Imagine that for a huge zoo! Since we got there early, we got to see a lot of the animals being fed! Chet especially liked seeing the grizzly bears forage for their food! The bears had to catch their own fish swimming in a large pool of water, one which caught the fish right in front of the kids! Very cool!

We got to see the penguins get fed too! They are so little and cute!

A big old rhino!

Cute Chet!

I love the pretty pattern of the giraffes!

Having fun playing on some animal statues!

Half Moon Bay...

We spent the day at the beach in Half Moon Bay with Uncle Gordon! It was such beautiful warm beach weather! Just perfect to play in! The boys had so much fun!

Chasing seagulls!

Flying a kite!

Playing in the sand...so much fun!

Cute little Reid! Love those blue eyes!

We met my high school friend, Jenny at a park nearby Grandma's one day! The boys had fun playing with her!

Zane was so cute to want to read Reid a book! So sweet!

Happy Hollow...

We had so much fun going to Happy Hollow (a small amusement park and zoo for young kids) with Uncle Gordon!

Uncle Gordon and Reid!

Ye-haw! What a cute cowboy!!

Another cute cowboy!!

Chet got to ride on his first roller coaster ride with mommy! It went pretty fast, up and down around corners, but he thought it was a lot of fun! And little brother Zane had so much fun watching us!