THE LARSENS: May 2012

Friday, May 4, 2012

Almost there................8 weeks to go

Here are some pictures from week 32, taken by yours truly. I am totally not ready to have this baby, but I have a feeling the baby won't care if I am ready or not. I still need to get some a couple things, like a car seat and crib and stroller. I hear they make you have a car seat to take your baby home in these days. I guess I need to get moving, but I am having a hard time making decisions on what get. Also, I need to work on finding a name. Oh the dreaded name. I hate picking names.

Ocean Shores, WA

A couple of weeks ago we headed down to Ocean Shores to visit Dave's little sister Melia and her family who were vacationing there. The drive wasn't bad only about 2 hours to the coast. I was surprised at how different it was here compared to all of the rest of the Washington coast. I guess most of the beaches in Washington we have been to were in the Olympic Rain forest. I guess that about says it all. It wasn't green or lush and had very few trees, and no sea stacks. Don't get me wrong it was beautiful in its own way but just not what I was expecting.

Taylin and her cousin Raeney. The are only a couple days apart in age. Needless to say Taylin was so excited to see her.

The trip was cold and windy but we enjoyed being with family and Ryan's good cooking. It was also nice to meet baby Katherine that we hadn't met before.Thanks for having us!

Good Easter

We had a great Easter this year. We got to talk to Dave in the morning (always a good start to our day) on our way to church. After church we stopped at our favorite spot by the Sound and let the kids run for a bit before heading home.

We had lunch with some friends and neighbors and then the kids enjoyed their 2nd Easter egg hunt of the day.

My Grandma and Uncle stopped by for a couple hours on their way home from a long road trip. We had a picnic at the lake and played at the park. We enjoyed catching up and soaking up the sun together. All and all a pretty good day.

Birthdays

Jaxon and I celebrated our birthday days last month. Jaxon, turning the ripe old age of 9 and me turning 31. Ya, I know we are both getting old.

My friend made me this beautiful cake pop and Jelly Belly bouquet for my birthday. It made my day. The kids and I celebrated by going to the movies, then out to dinner and hit Krispy Creme for some delicious donuts for dessert on our way home. It was a good day.

Jaxon's birthday started out with breakfast in bed, a birthday tradition.

He got to Skype with his daddy on his special day.Then we headed off to the Tukwila Family Fun Center for some go carting, laser tag and arcade games. After an afternoon of action pack fun we headed home for banana splits with our good friends.