Soon-to-Be Mrs. Bramble's Batchlorette

We had the most amazing weekend in Chelan celebrating our fabulous friend Cabe. We had warm sunshine, tasty food, view of the lake, 12 wonderful friends, long soaks in the hot tub, and lots of local wine!
Cabe and I sitting on the limo bus waiting to start our wine tour. You can see our fabulous house in the background. Thank you Spry for hooking us up with the amazing rental.

Laura surprised Cabe with a visit from California and Ailie came all the way from Atlanta!

Almost all 12 of us... where are you Coffey?

Thank you girls for such a fun weekend. I can't wait for the wedding.
(Todd is one lucky guy.)

Happy Birthday Megan!

It was Megan's 5th birthday yesterday.

She had a Minnie Mouse themed party!

Nana made one of her amazing cakes!
Happy Birthday Megan!

After the party, Steph and I had to go to Vancouver for our soccer game. The girls came with us and we stopped at Build -A -Bear so Ellie and Megan could make a stuffed animal. We were a little short on time so we had to run through the mall.
The girls learned an important lesson...
it's not fun unless it's frantic.

New Swimming Pics

We are still enjoying taking Addy Mae to swimming class!

"Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall..."

Addy likes to float on her back and kick, kick, kick!

We actually had both Parker and Addy at swimming this week, luckily my wonderful mother-in-law came to help too. I don't think I could have handled two babies in the pool.

Thank you Mikal for taking all the great pics!

Weekend in Seattle

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating and getting caught up with all of our favorite people. When you live far away from your friends it is always fun to attend events that allow you to see as many people as possible. We both maximized our time with friends this weekend!

Saturday night we attended Kyle and Kelsey's gorgeous wedding. We were both happy to connect with some college friends that we had not seen in a long time.

Some of the girls with the adorable bride.

Matt and I enjoying the yummy dinner... we loved the mashed potato bar with all the toppings.

Sunday morning, the girls all went to breakfast at Oddfellows to celebrate Jamie's birthday. We had our own private patio seating where we could really chat and get caught up!

The wonderful day ended with an afternoon with my sister Leslie, her husband Mike, and baby Caroline. It was so fun to see how she is growing... holding her head up, smiling, and becoming more interactive.
Such a fun weekend...we're so lucky to have great friends & family.

Easter

We had a great day celebrating with our wonderful families. Matt made delicious spiral cut ham and twice baked potatoes. Everyone else brought yummy sides, salads, and desserts. Unfortunately, it rained so we had to do the Easter Egg hunt in the basement but I think fun was still had by all.

Addy checking out her presents from the Easter bunny.Family Easter Photo!
Addy showing off her egg from the Easter egg hunt.

The cousins dancing wildly to Addy's new bubble machine.

We hope you all had a great Easter!
We missed you Mike, Les, and Caroline. We look forward to seeing you next weekend.

Loving this weather!

We had a perfect evening!
Matt barbecued while Addy and I played on a blanket in the grass.
The weather was warm enough for us all to eat outside on the deck.
One more nice day before the rain sets in... we hope you enjoy it!

A week with the kids!

This week has gone by really fast...
maybe because it has been so busy.
Here are a few pics to catch you up on what we have been doing.
I must say, we have all gotten pretty used to having the extra kids around and we are going to be sad when they have to go home... especially Addy.

I got pretty good at feeding two babies at once.
Walks pushing the double jogger stroller.Bath time is always more fun with a friend.

Story time!

Jake and Ellie are a big help with the babies.Megan playing dress up. She is wearing my boots and my childhood dance costume.

I never had more than four kids at a time. Megan stayed with Grandma the first half of the week and then Ellie got to go to Grandma's house and Meggie came home. Four was plenty!

We had a great week! Now I am going to start planning my vacation!