WICKED!

At the end of May, I went to see WICKED with my mom, my niece Tycie and my sister-in-law Shannon. We had a blast and it was fun to finally see what all my "Cali" friends had been raving about when they saw it like years ago! Hey! I can't help it that Spokane is so 'behind the times'! LOL

On our way in, I said, "OH! Let's take a picture!' Then everyone was like, "no, we'll get one afterwards!' Well, you know that's a recipe for it never getting done. I was soo mad. We didn't even realize we didn't get any pictures until we were almost home! So aggravating! Oh well, my brain will cherish the memories!

While we were at the show, Rob and his brother Mark took all 7 kids to see Kung Fu Panda 2. Rob didn't see much of the movie, cuz this is what he had to watch the whole time! LOL He is the best!

Hailey's 1st grade Spring Program

Also in May, Hailey had her spring program. It was sooo adorable! She was the cutest bee I've ever seen in my life! I had searched high and low for a costume, and when desperation set in, I decided to go to the Display House and just buy a new one. It was so crappy, but it was going to have to do. A couple days passed and I just had a feeling to go to Once Upon a Child and I found the CUTEST bee costume complete with a tutu, which is exactly what I had been searching for! I love 2nd hand stores, and I always get GIDDY when I find the PERFECT thing. It really is true that 'one {wo}man's trash is another {wo}man's treasure'!

May (cont)

The weekend after we got back from our trip to Orlando, my sister Jeana, and her husband Joe went to Vegas for his brother's graduation from dental school. So we had their kids stay a few nights and they all had a blast!

Gabrielle pushing Berkley in her baby stroller. LOL

MAY 2011

California Closets had their yearly "Conference" in Orlando this year. It was the first week of May, which is a pretty big week in my life.... My birthday is the 2nd and I married the man of my dreams on the 4th.... (It was our 12th anniversary). So, Rob decided it would be a great idea for me to join him in Orlando for the week. I have to say, I'm sooo glad I went! I got to sleep in everyday, work out as long as I wanted, and sit by the pool in 85 degree weather... while hearing kids yelling out "MOMMY!" and knowing that they weren't talking to me! That said, I seriously missed the kids soooo much!!! After the 2nd day, I couldn't wait to come home to see them! It was such an awesome trip. I enjoyed it a ton more than I thought I would and it was nice to get a break. It was also really cool to meet the corporate employees and other franchisees that Rob has talked about for the last few years. They all LOVE Rob! He got a few rewards too, which he was totally psyched about!

Sadly, I didn't take many pictures, but it was definitely the highlight of MY May, so it's goin on the blog! :) Thought I'd share some pictures of where we stayed...

On our anniversary, we came up to our room and found this:

Masquerade!

The BIG GALA night was a "MASQUERADE" theme, and me, being the huge FANTOM that I am, couldn't resist taking the opportunity to dress up and pretend the masked man would show up. Sadly, he didn't. And Rob didn't dress up either, oh well. :)

APRIL 2011

We went to Sacramento for SPRING BREAK to visit Nana and Papa, Uncle Mark & Aunt Shannon & cousins, and our awesome friends from when we lived there. Even though Rob and I started to cry the minute we pulled into our driveway from the 17 hour long drive, we had sooo much fun! !! Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be making that drive again ANYTIME soon! UGH!

First, we drove to Walla Walla to visit Grandma Jan and Grandpa Ken. It was so fun to see them! Then off we went on our 17 hour voyage...

Hailey's book that she started to write on our way down there:

I drove all the way to Redding. We got there at like 3:00 am... it was pretty CRAZAY! I could NOT drive any farther! So we stayed at a scary hotel there and the kids were up bright and early for us.... (they're so fun to travel with!) We were so happy to finally make it to Sac! While there we:

Went to the Jelly Belly Factory

Drove by our old house :(

Spring Break cont.

Went to the Sacramento Temple

We did tons of fun stuff! It was a great trip. I only lost a few more brain cells...

(Don't let the smiles fool you... this may have been the only "happy" moment of the whole drive.... both ways!) LOL It sure makes for fun family memories, don't it?