We have been so busy with ordinary life, I haven't taken any pictures! I had to scroll through my cellphone to see what we have been up to. These are mostly all of Jay since it's just the two of us most days ;)
Valentine's dinner date at Jay's preschool
Jay (and okay me too) absolutely adores Felix. Not very many cats would let kids pack them around in all different uncomfortable positions. I tell Kevin all the time, this cat is very tolerant! lol
Something cool I have been up to for once! lol For Christmas Kevin got me lessons to get scuba certified! So I did all my pool time and also had to do 4 open water dives on 2 different days. Our instructor took us to the Homestead Crater in Midway.
It's a crater that they blasted a tunnel through to allow divers to practice in their 65 feet deep warm water! I think we got down to about 45 feet on the last day. They make you do all kinds of skills underwater. So there was one skill where I had to take my mask completely off and then put it back on while 45 feet deep. I did it fine but when we finished and were at the surface he told me I need to practice that one more because "you were on the brink of panic". I just had to laugh because I was panicking! lol :) It was challenging for me and my nerves, but I did it! I'm really proud for doing something so out of my comfort zone. And I'm super excited to get into some clearer water!
Kevin has been certified for 22 years! So he was just coming along for the fun of it. I finished the final exam last week so it's official- I'm scuba certified! Wahoo!
Jay doesn't usually sit still for very long. This kid is so active! There was one day though when he was just quietly playing in Scott's room for over an hour. I had to have documented proof that this actually happened :)
Grandma B got Arianna a little pedicure spa kit for Christmas and we finally got it all out. ALL the kids got in on the action and we had a little assembly line with mom as the spa director. The other kids were too embarrassed to get in the picture (especially one un-named 11 year old)
Excited to have some fake nails
We have had record breaking rain around these parts, but there was one week that was sunny. I'm glad I went out and enjoyed it before the rain started back up!
Jay and I enjoying some hammock time
Jay practicing his gymnastic skills. Reminding me a lot of his big sister Hailey!
Other than scuba classes and trying to get started on our backyard landscaping, I have just been spring cleaning the house and washing all the windows inside and out and all of that non-fun stuff. I do have a pretty good helper though
And bonus- he gets paid in cookie dough ;)
One thing I have to write down though. Most of the time Jay is a pretty good kid and oh so sweet. That's why this is so funny. When he gets mad at me for not letting him have something he wants, or whatever else he yells on the top of his lungs, "MOM! You're the WORST driver!"
Every time. It's adorable.
The other kids are doing good too-I just haven't been taking pictures lately. We are planning a fun trip to the Oregon Coast soon so that will be fun! (And will probably result in picture overload I'm sure!)