Best Carnival Ever!

May is always a busy month and 2012 was no exception.  We partied like it was 1983 at a family wedding.  The Monday after the wedding was Munchkin's birthday, then Bub's birthday was on Wednesday.  Munch picked the Space Needle for her birthday dinner and was suprirsed with a "special" birthday dessert.  Munchkin LOVED the fact that the resturant moved! 

The party continued throughout the week until it was finally time for the much anticipated Carnival Birthday Bash.  Munchkin always has really awesome birthday parties, but I think this was the best one yet. A carnival would be not be complete without:
- Cotton candy
- Popcorn
- Double bouncy slide
- Coke bottle ring toss
- Duck pond
- Goldfish ball toss with real fish
- Sand pens (you fill a pen with colored sand)
- Bean bag toss
- A bubble show
- Balloon artist
- Hand dripped corn dogs
- Candy and old school "toys" - Fun Dip, lollipops, animial cookies, Crackerjaks, pretzels, etc.
- Family and great friends

But, the coolest thing of all was that Munchkin requested that all of her friends bring dog items (food, toys, treats, etc.) for homeless dogs in lieu of gifts! 

Happy Birthday Munchkin!  I sure do love you to the moon and back... and all the stuff animals and back! xoxo

February, March and April... say what?

Like everyone else, I have been busy with work and life.  Here are a few highlights of the past couple of months....

Oh how I do LOVE to ski!

I did a little traveling (more on this later).  I went to Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora. 

Bubs and I went to a Sounders match.

Munchkin and her babies - Baby B and Baby Boy. 

We celebrated Andyfest!

Uncle T came for the weekend, so we took him to see the "pointy flowers" (aka tulips). 

How in the world is it almost May already? 

Pizza...Pizza...Pizza

Guess which lucky duck got to go skiing?  Yup, the lil one! She did awesome... made this Aunty very proud!  (I haven't been cleared by the doctor yet....GRRRR!)

Getting ready to go...safety first...

Pizza - Green Light - Pizza

Riding the "Magic Carpet"

"Resting"

...  its finally time for snow angels!

10 Years Ago

On October 23, 2001, we said "see you later" to my grandmother, Popo.  She was generous, the luckiest woman ever, loved being present in all of her grandchildren's lives and was simply the glue of the family.  She loved dolls, crafts, traveling, People magazine (or any gossip magazine), playing Nintendo, cooking/baking, and having all of her family together.

Today, I celebrate the incredible woman that Popo was and the fact that she's in "God's big big house," as Add would say.  I hold on tightly to all of the wonderful memories that I have of and with my her.  While Popo is no longer physically here with us, she lives on in our hearts.

Popo, I love and miss you.  There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you.

For Uncle Tony...

This post is especially for Uncle Tony, who recently requested a blog update.

We recently traveled to HI for my cousin's wedding.  Here is a little preview of our trip.  :)

Addi was willing to work even while on vacation.

WAIOLA SHAVE ICE ... or "ice shave" as Add calls it!  On the last day, she ate a large then went back for seconds, which was a small with ice cream on the bottom.  We LOVE our shave ice!

The boys went in the hamster balls.  It was exhausting and super hot.  Afterwards, many of them felt or got sick!

The rehearsal dinner was at Tiki's Bar and Grill. One of the workers insisted that I take a picture touching the tiki.   

The before....

  

.... and after!

I took a quick picture of the set up before the guests were seated.  It rained the morning of the wedding, but it cleared up just in time.  The weather was perfect!

After the wedding festivities had calmed down, the trip was spent caring for my grandfather.  We are so fortunate to have such great caretakers, who take really good care of him! 

I'll post some additional pictures and stories soon.  :)