It's about time for a post...

Inspired by all the recent blog posts by family and friends, I decided I better give at least an update, although pictures will be random! :)

Michael got to go on a field trip to a near by farm. They had several baby animals for the kids to hold and pet. They fed bread to the pigs, cows, goats, and a llama! The final stop was the chicken coup, where they each gathered one egg for the farmer. 

Here is my first picture I've taken while pregnant. I think I was 18 or 19 weeks. And Yes, I was as tired as I looked!

 

Here are some fun shots of the new baby at the 21 week ultrasound. The tech cooperated and the baby's gender will still be a surprise. I'm going in again in 8 weeks for a second ultra sound. 

This is my favorite shot. He/she has his arms up ready to fight! It must have heard his siblings and is practicing some moves...

For Spring break, we went to the Lincoln City, a town on the Oregon coast, with some friends. There were lots of places with tide pools where we found tons of fun critters.

These cute little girls are all just months apart and were super cute playing together. 

For lunch one day, we went to the famous Mo's crab shack. Brinly loved the clam chowder! She would say "More please, AHHHHH" and open her mouth big and wide.

Michael was cracking us up while we were waiting for our food. He was just off in his own little world, singing songs, making faces, doing who-knows-what in his brain. 

One of the hi-lights of the trip was this giant sand dune on the coast. It was quite the work out to get to the top, but once there, it was a total blast!

 Here is a crystal that Chelsea grew...for months....just sitting on our kitchen counter....growing. 

It was a lovely. :)

Miss Brinly is getting bigger, even though I don't like to admit it. She has learned all sorts of big words. We are really struggling with the potty training, so she has multiple baths each day. We talk about how Daddy doesn't go potty in his pants, and Chelsea doesn't go potty in her pants, etc. We were running some errands one day and I asked if she needed to go. 

She said "No. I don't need to go potty. I don't pee in my pants. I Responsible!"

If only that were true...

The elementary school and muffins with mom day! 

For my birthday, the kids got up the morning of, at 2 AM (with Dan of course) to bake me a cake. I must be getting to be a heavy sleeper, because I didn't hear/smell a thing! Love my thoughtful family!

The Activity days had a special brunch with mom, where the girls taught us all about the manners they had learned at their previous activity. 

This last weekend, we went to Walla Walla, a gorgeous town about an hour East of us. I was impressed with all the fancy restaurants lining main street, and the fun restored old homes! Our friend Annalise was staying with us for the weekend, so that made it extra fun. Brinly is snuggled on her lap under the blanket. 

We went there to watch the lighted balloon festival.  The balloons stayed on the ground, but it was neat to see them all lit up. The kids kept having contests about which was the favorite balloon.

It was a fun, quick trip, but we had to head home right after the lighted balloons. I had the lucky task of speaking in sacrament meeting the next day for Mother's day.  :)