return from the pre-camping costco trip......thanks for your help girls....

our flat friends are here!!!

for those of you who don't know my friend, becky, let me tell you about her and her amazing creative abilities!! first of all, she is the mother of 2 girls. mia-9, holly-6 and 3 identical(and i mean IDENTICAL) triplet boys- tyler, lucas and joey. their family is in the midst of a 16 (?) state trip. since their kids were going to be missing their friends, beck and mia, came up with the brilliant idea to create 'flat friends'. the likkel boys decided that they would love to join in on the fun so we created our own. as we speak, they are enjoying lazy days in holland, michigan. my old stomping grounds! (becky grew up just across town from me. we never knew each other until we had a chance to become friends, since our husbands are friends. (wasn't that good of God to bring her into my life at just the right time! :) ) anyways....becky was kind enough to leave her girls behind. ok, not really in person, but in paper. they have already spent the first 2 weeks with the vander veens and the mellemas. today, we started our week with them. we plan on taking them to sun lakes with us. i don't think they have ever been there so it should be a great time. after our week together, beck has started a journal of sorts, to track all the fun. we can add journaling and pictures so that the girls can have something to 'remember' their summer by. we will be adding pictures to our blog and you can check out all of their adventures by checking our her blog at...www.fivesourlimit.blogspot.com

i'm pretty sure that that's the right address. let me know if it doesn't work....

for my birthday, my hubby, went above and beyond!! my day started with breakfast in bed. eggs Benedict..my very favorite!! he had told me earlier in the week that he was going to be taking me out of town for a few days but i had no clue where we were going! long story, short....we ended up going to the Westin hotel in bellevue. this is our favorite place to stay. mine especially because it's right across the street from shopping!!! he surprised me with a pedicure, then 4 hours later, a couples massage! this, in and of itself, was a huge deal since he had just told me that he would NEVER get a massage...grossed him out. so this was a huge act of love on his part!! :) it ended up being wonderful. you'll have to ask him his thoughts because he may have some other thoughts on that. thanks anyways hon, you're a good sport! :) we spent 2 days just enjoying being together, having some alone time. we spent a good part of one afternoon on the rooftop deck. i wish i would have taken better/more pictures but i didn't so these will have to do. thanks babe for a great birthday!! this one's going to be hard to top! :)

my favorite birthday gift...my 4 boys all around me!!