Hey again, Half way through the month and almost done with the entire year. This year really blew by us. We wanted to make sure that we still got out and saw some Christmas lights, despite things feeling so hectic this year due to having a new baby to care for. We spent a few […]

Hey there, Last month of 2023, and then we will be in the year 2024. Amazing. Last day of this month is Dec 12, 2023, or 12,31,23 (123123). We began this month with the opportunity to go see a new movie. “The Shift” by Angel Studios. While at the movies we also got to cash

Hey there It is crazy to think that I am officially off of work until next year. I’ll be taking FMLA during the first part of next year to help out and get things settled before returning to work. Speaking of returning, we returned to my parents and the kids. Luca (who initially was a

The day is here! November 22. Ezra’s birthday, Maryia’s birthday, and my dad’s birthday too. Wait wait wait.. Ezra? Our new baby. Welcome to this crazy world, Ezra. Below is a photo of the hospital on that morning we arrived (already decked out for Christmas) and then a quick one of my fun bunny suit

hey again This year due to our odd schedule of having to work evenings and being forced to sacrifice our weekends, things have been off. We ended up doing our pumpkin carving after Halloween. These are the designs the kids helped to design and carve. Luca ended up falling asleep when we set them outside,

hey there. Happy November. The leaves are changing, and we are getting into that cool/rainy time of year. It is one of the best times of the year. We took our trip to the Portland Japanese Garden and checked out the recently changed leaves. This year was a totally different experience from last year, yet

Hey there So, the last part of the month is upon us! I got some much-needed yard work done (pictured below) before my parents came to visit. The next day we went to a pumpkin patch. Arabella won a 25lb pumpkin thanks to hitting a target with an apple on a slingshot. Luca was hamming

hey there, We spent the next day taking a trip to go see Gramps. It was good to see him and catch up a little bit. The following day we took our regular yearly trip to Papa’s Pumpkin Patch. Man, prices have risen a lot. When we first started going here the pumpkins were all

Hey again, So we are back in another rental. Yeah, I’m not kidding. We haven’t even been given back the money from our first rental while our transmission was replaced and yet here we are in another thanks to some corrosion that was happening on our paint that is also covered by warranty/recalls. This time

Hey there, Happy October! We started off the month by going to a Blue Angels show and to the Evergreen Museum so the kids could see them up close and personal. While at the museum we also got to see a part of the Berlin wall. After this, it was off to work for the