That's right we're going to DISNEYLAND!
We're leaving late tonight and will be going to the Magic Kingdom on Thursday and to
Too much excitement-has worn these kids out lately!
The final birthday this month for our little family was on the 14th and it was Chad's! He turned the big three-five this year-yikes! I hate to say that his actual birthday wasn't too exciting! We had family night at my moms-and ate our Monday night crock pot dinner and watched Ocean's 13 on their new huge tv. It was fun, but it didn't really feel like the fun birthday parties we've been having lately. Even his presents weren't a surprise-He wanted a fly fishing trip, new waders and kick fins. I didn't know how to pick out any of that stuff, (because why would I?) so he got gift cards.
The next night though we celebrated right-my Mom and Jim took us to Big Al's in Vancouver. we had a yummy dinner-sang happy birthday and went bowling.
That place is super fun times-so if you live in the area and you're looking for something that the whole family will like-that's it. It has a big arcade, tons of bowling and the food there is actually really good. It's not super cheap, but it's not super expensive either.
Happy Birthday old man! I love you!
Bekah turned 4 on Saturday, and we were in a hotel in Eugene (Chad was doing a show out there). I still decorated with balloons and crepe paper-so she still got to wake up to a little birthday magic. She opened her present from her Dad and I-a new set of very real golf clubs and bag-all pink! She was so excited-she's been really wanting to play any kind of sport lately.
It was a good thing then that while Chad was at the show-I took the kids on a short little road trip to Corvallis to visit the Youngs-and she got to go to soccer with Taylor! She loved it, and she was good at it too! I wish I could have gotten some cute pics-but I went to a younger class with Topher aka "no attention span boy". We then went to the Youngs house for some play time and then over to see the new clinic and "help" do some finishing touches (we were more trouble than help-and left not too long after we go there). I would have taken some cuter and better pics of them all, but we planned on going back on Saturday-but when we got to the exit-not only were the kids asleep but so was Chad-so I kept driving :(. 
For her birthday dinner we went to her choice-Red Robin ate some yum food and they came and sang to her. It was an unorthodox birthday-but she had fun-especially since she got to play with her friends again-she misses them lots (as do we all!).
We celebrated Bekah's birthday on Friday at Chuck E Cheese. She wanted a "girls only-princess party", she did let Dad, Topher, Papa and Jordan's daddy come-but that's it-no boys! It was just a small party since we are going to Disneyland in a week. She had her 3 friends come-Jordan, Jaycie and her bestest friend from school Alexi, (we invited the Young girls and another little friend, but they weren't able to make it). We had more adults there than kids! It was great! The kids actually got to play together, and there weren't so many to keep track of!
Cute girls eating pizza
The "beautiful princess cake"
Kids enjoying the beautiful princess cake
Thanks for the Princess Dress-ups Jordan-So much fun!
Thanks Grandma for Horton and the book that "matches him", and also my "magic" markers!
Getting sung to by Chuck E Cheese himself and dancing along-You're a Birthday Star!
Then last night at girls night-one of my new favorite girls in the world, (and this was even before this surprise that I loved her guts), Emali brought me ALL THIS! 
Does anyone here LOVE 7gypsies? (i do, i do-me waving my hand enthusiastically in the air!), her mom works for them, and Emali raided her stash for me-how STINKING COOL is that!?!?! I LOVE YOU EM!!! Thank you Thank you again and again!
Well, we are in our temporary, temporary place. For those of you who haven't heard-we moved over to the new complex that we are going to manage for the next 6 months or so. The problem is, is that the old manager was not leaving-she fought for 2 months to stay, so we had to move into a vacant apartment and wait it out for a bit. So we moved into a town home here and have been here for a week and a half. The manager moved out yesterday-and left the unit in a complete disaster and stripped everything out of it. It will take at least a week to make it liveable. Then we move again! Bekah and Topher are sharing a room and a bed-because Topher decided he was too big for a crib, and Bekah's toddler bed was too small to share-so they are in a twin and have loved it so far!
