Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Justin Bieber Concert 10.9.12

 We got there early and "tailgated" in the parking lot. Lauren had fun making signs. 
 photo op with the radio station

 Ben just thought it was cool to be playing in the car!

 The Le May car museum was right behind us, poor Kevin hasn't gotten to go yet. It was kind of torture to just have it right there! 
 Watching Never Say Never
 We brought some good reading material:) 
 Getting ready to go in!!! 
 Nana called just as we were about to go in and said she'd like to buy the kids shirts- they were sooooooo excited because their mean mom and dad had already told them no:) Hadley got one too, we can't wait to give it to her tonight! 
 A little cotton candy pre-funk
 Kevin needed a beer to cope with the screaming girls. He was a little caught off guard by the level of screaming! 
 Family shot!
 The lady next to us was handing out ear plugs. Kevin says she was a life saver. 

 SO exited! We had floor seats which were pretty tricky, it was hard to see so we had to hold the kids pretty much the entire show. 
 Singing along! 

 He "flew" out with wings on. Ben can't stop talking about it. He was so mesmerized by the special effects, he just is so curious how Justin Bieber can fly! 
 I love this face!
 This was Ben most of the time, just in awe of it all. 
 I wish this pic wasn't blurry, I love her face and the way Kevin is looking at her. 
 He seriously made this face most of the time- he was just amazed and you could see his brain analyzing it all trying to figure out how these things were possible!
 Miss Lauren had to lay down for a song or two and rest. Not Ben though, he was up and ready to go the whole time!
 He ended with Baby Baby and the crowd went wild! Including Lauren. 
 She jumped out of my arms and ran towards the isle and started jumping up and down. It was a great way to end the show!

 Go Lauren! 
And just like that, they were out. We got a good laugh at how Lauren fell asleep here.

Both kids went to school in their shirts today talking all about the show. Such a fun night for all of us- even Kevin:) One we definitely won't forget! 

Sunday, September 30, 2012

The orca and her trainer

 These two were cracking us up on Saturday. 
 Injured fluke, luckily trainer Lauren was able to save her.

 The orca was too sick to eat on her own so she had to be bottle fed
I just crack up at them- they are hilarious. 
And of course, doing what they do best- sucking their thumbs! These two are going to be doing this forever...

phone pics

 We got to have Carsie all to ourselves the other night and it was so much fun! Is that face not to die for?! LOVE him! 
 Go CWU!
 Totally blurry but loved it anyway. These two are so much alike, crazy, can't stop moving, into everything. They have fun together. 
 The kids were eating those sorbets from Costco that come in the fruit. Carson decided the spoon was pointless and just dug in! 
 Little Miss Jodie, who is practically a celebrity at our house! 
 These two have been missing each other so much since they don't get to spend Fridays at Nana's anymore (because of school). 
 My two favorite boys at the park! 
The kids are having fun getting out some of their old toys for Jodie. This tunnel is now a new favorite. Gotta love that! 
On Saturday we met Oma & Opa at Red Robin in Smokey Point for lunch since we hadn't seen them in a few weeks. Hadley got to come too!

More from Cannon Beach

 I found a few pics on my phone that I forgot to post. On the way to Cannon Beach we stayed a night in Portland. Ben thought the built in hair dryer was the coolest thing and had to keep blow drying his hair. Too funny. 
 Lauren loved the phones so we unplugged them and let her "talk" away. So funny what they find amusing in hotels. 
 cheese!
 The VW Tillamook bus

 Lauren had fun jumping off the sea wall. Ben wanted to do it so bad but he was just too nervous. 
 On a shell and sea creature hunt.
 We found a bunch of jelly fish on the beach and one dead bird, which is of course all they've been talking about. 
 We watched a professional crew build this on Saturday for a company that had a party there on the beach. It was pretty cool to see.
One last jump before we left! 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Team picture day

 Ben is loving his new soccer team so much, it is hands down the best kids sport we've ever participated in. Scott is so impressive with the kids. 

 Ben totally focuses and tries so hard the entire hour, he was so sweaty at the end today. 
The team! 
Another great thing- Scott hands out the jerseys on picture day so it's guaranteed that everyone will be in uniform for pictures AND he doesn't have a professional photographer, he just tells everyone to bring their cameras and gives us a few minutes to shoot. Of course I forgot my "fancy" camera (that is like 3+ years old now so hardly fancy anymore) so this is the best I got. I tell you, this guy has got it figured out!