La felicidad que se encuentra: Kyle, Jenny, Alexa, Tyler, Tad, Liam, Nathan, and Audrey

We extended the driveway and poured a sidewalk to the outbuilding.  It's so nice to be able to park 2 cars in the driveway now!  Here are some before / during / after photos: Audrey has the most amazing hair.  With her double cowlick it goes straight up and we love it.  She did get a mysterious haircut and no one will fess up.  Everyone lost screens until someone owned up to it and it totally backfired.  No one came forward so after 2 weeks we lifted the punishment.  At one point, Tyler came to us and said he knew who did it...he said he asked Nathan if it was him and Nathan said, "Yes!"  We reminded Tyler that Nathan is 3, doesn't know how to use scissors, and would say yes to literally anything so don't throw him under the bus haha. Tad got glasses! Liam learned how to ride a pedal bike! Audrey fell off a chair and split her chin open but Auntie Meggan (Hulme) came to the rescue and glued her back together again. Tyler was just diagnosed w ith...

I was in charge of our anniversary this year and surprised Kyle with a long weekend in Oregon.  We spent the first day in Portland, day 2 hiking Multnomah Falls, and day 3 on the coast.  We did a food tour in Portland that had 12 courses from different ethnic restaurants and food carts.  We were blown away by how lush and green it was in Oregon. Todd & Melissa watched the kids while we were gone and they took everyone swimming! For Alexa's birthday she really wanted a double piercing.  We decided to go to a tattoo and piercing parlor instead of Claire's because I've heard it's a better, safer, cleaner way to pierce.  The workers were so cute and awkward having a "kid" in the shop.  All of the employees were covered in tattoos and piercings and were telling each other to watch their language because there were children present.  And one yelled at another employee to change the music from heavy metal so he awkwardly changed it to Disney haha. For her...