9 years and Counting.....

Dave and I celebrated our 9 year anniversary today! Normally we would go out to eat and catch a movie but we decided that since we had just gone to Vegas that we would stay home and have a nice dinner with the girls to celebrate. Before we left for Vegas Taylor and Maddie started asking me if they could see my wedding dress. I got the idea to have Dave and I dress up for our anniversary- he in a suit and I in the wedding dress. I cannot tell you how cute it was when I walked downstairs and the girls saw me in the dress! Taylor called me a bride all night and they both had to keep touching the dress. We had a candle light dinner, took pictures and did some dancing! It was a great evening- one that none of us will forget for a long time.

Grandma Oh-Oh

Hi All,

I am sure that most of you are aware of the situation with my Grandma but wanted to keep everyone up to date. She has been in and out of the hospital the past few weeks battling numerous things. Her latest diagnosis is not good but she is an AMAZING woman who is putting her complete faith in the Lord for taking care of her. She is battling cancer- for sure Ovarian and they also believe that she has colon and stomach cancer as well but these have not yet been confirmed. Last Monday, they went in to remove a mass from her stomach but were not able to because the mass has wrapped itself around her bladder and other parts of her body. They were not willing to take it out because they didn't know if she could survive the operation. She has been sent home for the time being and needs to rest and regain some strength back. They are going to start Chemotherapy in about 3 weeks. If the mass shrinks while doing the Chemo then they will stop treatment and try to take the mass out again. I ask that you pray for my Grandma- for her strength to begin to come back and for her healing to start so that they can proceed with the Chemo. I also ask that you pray for my Grandpa- he has been lost without his usual Opal in his life and he struggles daily with all that is going on. Finally, I ask that you pray for my mom and for Connie. They have been with my grandparents 24 hours a day this past month and they are worried and stressed to the max. They are amazing women with giving hearts but they too need love and encouragement as they deal with this. Thanks Everyone.

A Piano!

We have future pianists in the Myers household!!

Dave's dad and Lynette bought the girls a piano! We were so thrilled, thankful and excited to have them offer to buy the girls a piano! We have had many wonderful concerts since the piano arrived a few weeks ago! We are so lucky to have such amazing family members who are always so very generous to our children. We love you and thank you very much for this wonderful piano!

I haven't purchased any kids piano music books yet and so the girls have been "making" their own! I love that they use the newspaper as their sheet music! Papa and Grandma Lynette be sure to bring your ear plugs the next time you come to visit!!

The Newaukum River!

Jerry owns 40+ acres on the Newaukum River and he was nice enough to ask us to come and spend the day on the River with him and his family! It was a very overcast day which turned out to be perfect. The kids spent the majority of their time by the water. Taylor picked up lots of rocks. Any that were not worthy of bringing home with us were thrown into the river!

The biggest thing (at least for me) was that your choice of bathroom was the above (the girls favorite!) or an outhouse. Let's just say that I didn't drink ANYTHING the entire time we were at the River. It does sometimes pay to be a teacher- I have gotten very good at holding :)

Jerry showing the girls around the River!

The sun did finally come out later on in the day and Maddie enjoyed dipping her feet in!

Taking a break and having a snack!

This was when we first arrived...you can tell because all of Taylor' s clothes are still on! She is currently going through a phase of letting me do her hair (yea!) and smiling for pictures!

I loved this picture of Maddie! Miss Maddie was asleep within minutes of being in the car! She had lots of fun chasing the big girls around!

Here are a few pictures of the gorgeous area! My favorite was the waterfall. It was hidden around the bend of the river!

Maddie is off to Preschool!

Maddie's first day of Preschool!

In the fall, Maddie will be attending preschool (hard to believe that she is grown up enough to do this already!). The preschool offers mini day camps for the kids to attend during the summer so that they can meet the teacher and spend some time getting to know the kids. Maddie went to her first day camp on Friday. I was nervous about how she would do with the drop off but she went in, sat down where the teacher asked her to and was all smiles from that point on! The teacher seems very nice and Maddie hasn't stopped talking about Miss Sandy! She will be going to two more mini day camps during the summer and will start the regular program in early September. More posts to come on Preschool in the fall!

Miss Sandy had lots of different centers set up for the kids to explore and create with. This is what Maddie created! She was SO proud of her "artwork" that it is now hanging in our kitchen!

Northwest Trek!

In May, Dave and I bought a year's membership to Point Defiance Zoo and NW trek! We decided to take a day trip this week to NW Trek with the kids. Although it was quite warm, the kids, Dave and I had a great time! Pictured above you see Taylor and I making a butterfly necklace in the discovery center. We stopped here last and it was the perfect way to end the day. They had all kinds of different crafts for the kids to make and lots of interesting hands on exploring about different animals. It was impressive!

On the tram ride we saw lots of animals- we were mad that we didn't bring our bigger lens because our pictures would have been much better! I loved this marsh that we passed and if you look really hard you should be able to see a bison across from it getting a drink of water!

We saw lots of bison on our tram ride as well as carribou and moose (I'm getting old- I know we saw some other animals but can't recall them!) The bison were Maddie's favorite. She loved them because they "have a big bummy!"

We enjoyed a picnic lunch and during our break the girls discovered this very large rock. I love this picture because Taylor is wearing my sunglasses and Maddie is totally not cooperating!

One last view on the tram ride....it was really breath taking in person!

If you haven't been to NW Trek I would recommend going soon!

Sweet Peas!

A while back my sister was watching our kids for us for the day and ended up planting sweet peas in egg shells with them. Taylor and Maddie were thrilled to watch the sweet peas grow in our kitchen and then helped me transplant them into a pot on our back porch. I didn't hold out much hope for actual flowers but when we came home from Crescent Bar we looked outside and saw gorgeous sweet peas growing! We picked our first batch and are enjoying watching new flowers appear daily! Thanks Nana for a fun project that we have been able to enjoy these last few months!