Spring Fever

This week the sun finally came back and it was glorious! Every year it's the same: I forget how down winter makes me until spring comes back and then suddenly I have way more energy and I feel so much more positive! It is such a huge difference for me! The sun comes out and I am filled with the desire to just go play outside, and swim and run around with the kids. It's so great! Levi and Emery and I went back to the truck park for the first time in a while and it was so nice to play outside with blue skies and not be freezing!

In Emery milestone news, she learned how to pull to stand two days ago! She is so proud of herself and I am so proud of her too! I am actually surprised how quickly that happened considering how long it took her to learn how to crawl. Of course, she doesn't know how to sit back down again yet so when she gets tired of standing she starts to fuss until she gets rescued. Haha.

In Levi milestone news, we had his third birthday party last Saturday and it was perfect :) We had six little friends of his over which I think was just about the perfect number. We did a pinata and cupcakes and let the kids run around and play together and that was it. Super low-key and fun. And I was surprised at how well the kids did with the pinata! They all loved it and it took a little while but they did actually manage to break it open themselves which was quite the accomplishment considering that it was a dinosaur taller than Levi. Haha. And oh man, my favorite was watching little Lincoln get his power stance on and just whack at it. We didn't blindfold them because we figured it was hard enough already.

Anyway, Portland Dining Month has rolled around again. Eric and I went to this very Portland restaurant called The Picnic House. I'm glad we went because it just felt like the epitome of Portland- very quirky with a theme of "bringing the outside in." Unfortunately, the food was just ok. I mean, the meat was super tender but had a bit of an earthy taste to it which I just didn't love. But it is still always nice to go out with Eric and spend some us time.

So yeah, that's pretty much what has been going on. I alerted my boss at the district and my contract company that we will be moving to Texas this summer and I've already been talking to my contract company's rep down in Dallas to let her know what I am looking for for next school year. It's getting so close and I'm so excited! Also, I am very excited for Spring Break this week and for my family's family reunion! I love that we will get to spend several days together as a family and no one will have to work! So great!

My little strawberry! She got this outfit from Eric and Natachia but it has been too cold for her to wear it. I finally just put a white shirt on underneath though and I have to say, she rocked it. 

Her smiles are the bestest! 

Levi: "I building an army number 'veyor belt!"

They look so cute riding in the shopping cart together but when I try to take a picture, Levi hides. *Sigh* At least you can tell how psyched Emery is to be sitting next to Levi. 

Dinosaur island cupcakes for Levi's birthday party! They were a big hit with the three year olds! 

Sunny park day!!! He told me he was the ship captain looking to tell the ship where to go. 

I love this outfit so much! 

We celebrated Isaac's one year birthday the other night and tried to get a picture of the babies together. Isaac is the one on the left and Corbin (on the right) is only two weeks older than Emery but is massive compared to the other two haha. 

Levi was playing around on the coffee table the other night and totally biffed it and gave himself a black eye! It still hasn't cleared up all the way and it just looks so sad!