scottsdale babymoon

i just returned from a weekend in scottsdale with jocelyn. and like my aunt said "i dont think you know what a 'babymoon' means", it wasnt the traditional husband and wife situation. but i didnt want to fly too far, craig and i just vacationed to southern california last month, and scottsdale (with its spa and shopping) didnt really seem like a couples thing. so next best thing? JOCELYN.

our first night there, we stuuuuuuuuffed ourselves at culinary dropout.

the next morning we headed over to our resort's spa. we got massages and goofed around taking selfies in the "quiet room".

the montelucia has a fabulous spa but it was very holistic. we had to touch this huge crystal and close our eyes to make a wish. i had a hard time with it. jocelyn loved it. :)

after our massages and close encounter with the light-up crystal we lounged around at the spa pool.

pina colada time!

the beautiful grounds.

that night we had a great dinner at blanco. all 21 dollars of it.

the next morning was more pool and more pina coladas.

that afternoon we met up with rebecca (who lives in gilbert and is so sweet and fun) to get our hair braided at a braid bar. we also had sweet tooth fairy and cafe rio. bonus.

 

 

later that night, jocelyn and i drove back to scottsdale and had ice cream at the sugar bowl. very retro of us. our friend between us wasnt feeling it.

on our last day we sat by the pool, shopped a bit and had grimaldis pizza. the perfect day.

with the perfect best friend. ok, baby! im ready... in about 6 weeks or so. :)

back to school

tagg went back to school a couple days ago. FIRST GRADE! this was also his first day at the new school since our move. he was very excited but also a little nervous. he was sad to leave his friends from kindergarten and was worried his first grade teacher would have him read a chapter book in front of everyone. ahhhh. to be six and have those kind of worries. he also asked "what grade will i start getting bullied?" (blech. im so over the term/obsession with 'bully/being bullied')

im happy to report that he had a fabulous first day of school (no chapter books and no bullying) and already has a little group to sit with at lunch and chase girls at recess.

and my baby started his second year of preschool yesterday. he was also excited to go back to school. his main concern was what kind of snack miss judy would serve. 

i have approximately two months before the baby arrives. so my main concern is how to fill my hours while both boys are in school. its a nice break to have the house/car/shopping cart to myself but honestly i really do miss these little humans.

the smiths visit the smiths

last week brady and jocelyn (with their two kids, lucy and tucker) came to visit. it was a very fun couple of days and we are so excited to have them living only three hours away now!

the first day they were here we went down to the fun center. the kids loved the swings. tagg's weird.

im flyiiiiiiiiiing.

good thing the worker insisted that an adult rode with the kids. brady and craig were clearly paying attention the kids' safety.

the frog hopper. apparently is was make-a-weird-face-day for tagg.

tagg, lucy and sully were super brave and went into the 3d motion theater. they have a camera on the audience so the worker can make sure everything is okay during the three minute movie. i have never laughed so hard. their faces! horror mixed with excitement.

that afternoon it cleared up so went back home to play on our homemade white trash slip n side.

tarp from home depot + dish soap + water. hours of entertainment.

that night we had dinner downtown and took a ride on the great wheel.

a couple of my favorite people.

after the wheel we went over to hot cakes for dessert. super tasty. except for the smoked chocolate. ew.

we had sully and tagg in our room so the smiths could have more space. i set up a mat for tagg to sleep on (i was going to have sully sleep in our bed) but apparently these two wanted to get cozy. looooove sleeping kids.

the next day was more fun in the sun. aaaaaand one of our (four) chickens laid her first egg! so exciting.

we headed down to golden gardens to play in the "real" sand. look at these four!

the ballard paseo is about thirty seconds from golden gardens so we hit that up. happy humans.

later that afternoon we brought out the slip n slide again. this time the men got in on the action. this was craig's "baseball slide".

go brady, go!

that night we got a babysitter again and went over to bellevue for dinner, shopping and a movie.

little did we know that the movie would royally blow so we got our money back and went downstairs to bowl instead. such an upgrade.

and to end the night? we danced on stage. craig and brady were still in their movie. what else were we going to do? i honestly cant believe that jocelyn moved to camas. now its only a short drive to fuuuuuun.

sully turns FOUR

last friday, sully turned four years old. we took him out for donuts when he woke up. nothing like sprinkles to get the day started.

speaking of sprinkles, sully (with a little push from tagg) requested an ice cream party for his birthday.

i have been waiting for an excuse to purchase acrylic ice cream cone holders so i didnt mind the theme request. 

"uhhhhh, mom. hate to tell you this. but i dont think thats going to work." tagg, when he saw me start to put together the ice cream cone pinata. so there, tagg.

birthday boy (we had to call him that for the entire "birthday" week!) enjoying his cone.

why is he so cute?

ice cream cone holders!

getting ready to take the first swing.

sully and his little friends.

mini ice cream cone sugar cookies for the favor packages.

favors.

we looooooove our birthday boy.

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY to our sully putty. he is sweet, smart, a sports whiz, a great cuddler and an amazing sharer. craig, tagg and i are very lucky to have him.