Grandma Hobbs, Grandma Searle and Great Aunt Cena drove into town for a long weekend. I had a BLAST with the three of them. Pat and the kids enjoyed the company too, I'm sure. While they were here we dug up a beautiful weed from an empty lot in the neighborhood and planted it in my yard, we called every doll shop in the Phoenix Area and drove to one. I learned more about Grandma Searle and Aunt Cena's lives then I thought possible (Aunt Cena remembers the names ands stories of every face she's ever met). We really enjoyed there stay!
Camden turned 3! He wanted a Planets Birthday Party. We played "out of this world" games and flew spaceships to Mars, blindfolded of course. So many of his dear friends and there space cadet parents came, it was a hit for sure. Uncle Jared was there too!!
Auntie Ari, Aaron and the two boys joined us from No. Cal for Thanksgiving, as well as Grandpa Hobbs from Utah! We went to the Train Park and devoured great homemade food and treats. Ari did a photo shoot for me and another for my family. They are amazing pictures. She is really top of the line. Even though Camden and Kota had there "moments", the visit wasn't long enough!!
The week after Thanksgiving, the four of us jumped on a plane to FLORIDA for 12 Days! It was a lot of fun for all of us (well, Laura may be an exception :). After 3 1/2 days of visiting Laura's family in Ft. Lauderdale, Pat and I left the kids in Her care and cruised the Gulf of Mexico for 4 days! Olay! Our friends, the Colton's joined us. We went to Cozumel and swam with the dolphins (worth every penny) and parasailed in Key West. The weather was unbeatable as was the company. Pat and I really had a funtastic time. We went out with the kids back in Florida to see alligators and picked up our annual ornament: Santa riding a Gator. Oh, and the 12 Days of Christmas in Florida children's book to add to our xmas book collection. We can't thank Laura, George and the Kids enough for there hospitality and the great fun that we had with them!
As soon as we got home, we jumped into Christmas. My Mom came out the Sunday before Christmas and helped me finish up my loose ends. I loved having her. Grandmas are the best! I'm sure her fingers are raw from doing the dishes so much...sorry Mom, and THANK YOU! Santa came to our place and brought Camden a blue bike and Ellie a littlest pet shop puppy house (Santas' all about the sales). The day after Christmas I ran to IKEA (twice, the first time I was an hour too early) to pick up a slide We spotted in the Last Chance discount area. It's in the playroom and it's actually keeping them down there!!! BEST GIFT EVER!
We've also been a sick house since Florida. Cam and Ellie had the Hand, Foot and Mouth virus. That turned into double ear infections for Cam and Ellie losing her voice. I then got a killer sore throat and headache which went away Christmas day only to be hit by a common cold that is taking over my nose. Ellie got the cold too, as well as croup and she has fought her nap now for 3+ days. Besides that, Life is wonderful. I have so much to be thankful for.
Oh I just remembered the last update: I'm Pregnant! Yep. Due the end of June. 14ish weeks along...just starting to get over nausea (never had it this bad with the other two). THat's about it for us! What are you up to :)
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
