Party

 

We had a party last night to celebrate Marc making Journeyman.  You can catch a glimpse of the work we are doing on the house...notice the small deck?  Emma and Ceci are enjoying a Chicken dinner.

 

Here is a little more glimpse of the deck and new patio.  All the kids ate on the steps...we will be adding railing eventually...Marc literally built this deck the day before the party.

 

Here is another glimpse of the new patio...we've got big plans...can't wait until it's done.  Even in it's unfinished form it was perfect for entertaining...that's the idea!

 

Cruzy and Zach enjoyed some boy time with Marcus...I didn't take too many pictures...it was such a fun time I just enjoyed the party.  Thanks everyone for coming!

Cousin Time

 

All the cousins were here for Marc and Tracy's birthday last weekend.  We are doing some work on the house and the cousins were lucky enough to be here when the concrete truck arrived...The front porch was a good viewing spot.

 

This was the second slab that was poured. 

 

We had to take a cousin picture since everyone was there.  We have

Baylor (3), Elle (5), Gia (5), Marcus (6), Emma (8), Olivia (8), Ceci (9), Sophie (10) and Tucker (9)

 

We had a little lunch then the cousins had to leave.

 

 

Gramie stayed behind so she could watch the kids all week.  They worked on this puzzle the whole week and got it done.  They also did a lot of work in the yard and made it look amazing for an upcoming party.  Thanks for everything Gramie!

Wow...Frog

 

Marc was mowing the other day and ran into this guy...

 

He's Huge!

 

We put him in a safer place so he wouldn't get crunched by the mower.

Are you ready for some Football?

Marcus is!

 

Bring your kids to work day

Marc got to bring the kids to work one day...from the looks of things; it was a great learning experience and lots of fun..

 

Babysitting

 

The Stark girls babysat the kids all summer.  One day Chad came and picked up all the kids and took them to the lake.  Here are 2 of the Stark girls with Emma and Olivia jumping in the lake.

 

Looks like fun to me!

 

Look Mom!  No Hands...Marcus is a little dare devil.

 

What a fun day! 

Rebecca's Baby Shower

 

My good friend Rebecca is having a baby girl so the girls and I threw her a baby shower at work today.  I was in charge of cupcakes...I had a little helper too...Olivia helped make the fondant owls and she put each owl on a cupcake as I frosted them.  Thanks Olivia!

 

My talented friend, Crystal made this adorable fruit baby in a carriage...Rebecca's baby is going to be named Kennedy Rose...isn't that so sweet!

 

My cupcakes made it all the way to work in one piece!

 

I'm pretty proud of these, I must say. 

 

Here it is all put together...

 

Me and the girls...Amber, Crystal and mom-to-be, Rebecca.  Amber made a yummy punch and provided a cheese and crackers platter.  What teamwork!

 

It was a great turnout...Rebecca got a lot of good stuff...I think she's set for little Kennedy Rose!  Congratulations Rebecca!  Can't wait to meet her!!!

AVISTA Night at AVISTA Stadium

Last night we went to Avista Stadium for Avista night.  They had a great set up for Avista employees and their families.  We started out at the glitter tattoo parlor.  Marcus wasn't quite sure about this.

 



 

Olivia was wondering what this was really all about.

 

Emma was very curious.

 

Just as they finished with their tattoos, Otto showed up...we just had to get a picture.

Showing off their tattoos.  Marcus got a skull and the girls got flowers.  Too Cute!

 



Then off to pitching practice.  Nice throw Marcus.

 



 

Emma's our only righty.

 

Great job Olivia.

Next was basketball.  Emma shoots.

 



 

Olivia shoots...they were playing against each other.

Next was the big slide...weee...

 



 

The Ninja course...every time through was a race.  Go Marcus Go!

 

Emma was just a little quicker than Olivia this time.

 

We got to line up on the field to wait for our turn to hit.

 

Marcus first...he did great...all of that t-ball really paid off.

 

Emma did great too...she's ready for coach pitch next year.

Olivia is ready too...we were so proud.

 



 

Daddy even hit a few!  Go Marc!

 

Then we had hot dogs, sodas, and ice cream sandwiches all courtesy of AVISTA.  We went to find seats after dinner.  Harlow and Jack came too.  The kids went right to the top and showed off their "K" cards. 

 

Kaydin and Jaslyn were also there. 

 

Cruzy was there too of course.

 

A huge storm came through and Jaslyn had to leave because her parents received word that there were trees down and power out at their house...the storm passed quickly and the game began.  Kaydin, Olivia and Emma did lots of cheers and dancing...they were really into it.

 

Showing off the "K" cards!

 

Daddy caught one of the sling shot shirts from the 7th inning stretch.  Emma got to wear it!

 

The night ended with fireworks! 

 

It was an amazing night overall...the perfect family night.  Even though half of the AVISTA employees got called out to restore power due to the storm, it still ended up pretty nice.  Marc didn't get called out until the early morning so he got to enjoy this awesome family time.