So busy!

So much has been happening. I often wonder how I got everything done when I was working full time because it really seems like I am busy all day everyday. Allot of fun things have been happening lately.
Aiden and I went to Elensburg a few weeks ago to visit Auntie Shell with Grammy. We stayed in a hotel with a pool which is Aiden's favorite things to do. We got to see Michelle's TINY dorm and we had allot of fun.
Aiden also started Tball a few weeks ago. He really likes it and it has been so much fun! Luke and I have been helping the coaches (Cory & Stan) and just really enjoying it. Aiden is the youngest and smallest and so dang cute!
We went to Dionne and Brian's cabin last weekend in Bremerton. We had such a great time and got some much needed relaxation. We took walks on the beach, had a fire, bbqed, and played games, basically got to spend some really good quality time with our family and best friends.
Two weeks and we will be in Kauai I feel so unprepared and can't believe I am going on vacation while unemployed. However this was paid for a long time ago so we will be fine, it still feels weird though =) Aiden gets to stay with Grammy and go to Ocean Shores with them he is really excited and it makes me happy to know he is in good hands and going to have fun with his Grammy and Papa.
Next posting will probably be pictures of Kauai. Unless something really exciting happens but I am guessing I will be busy doing laundry, organizing and packing the whole family for the next two weeks =)

Aiden turned 5!

So yesterday was Aiden's 5th birthday and we had such a fun day. The day started out with a present for great grammy and papa sent from AZ, which he totally loved! Then we got ready for the day and went to his school at 8:30am for a field trip. We went to the Puyallup Fair grounds and learned about animals and farming and we even got to see and pet animals. It was allot of fun and such great timing a field trip on his birthday. We got back to his school around 1pm, went home and met my mom. Then my mom, Lyle, Aiden and I went shopping and of course Aiden got totally spoiled. They basically let him pick out what ever he wanted, clothes, toys, snacks. It was funny watching him because he really didn't know what to do with himself. After Aiden's shopping spree we went to Chucky Cheese and met Uncle Sean there too. We had a blast at chucky cheese, lots of games, pizza and cake. Finally we got back home around 5 to spend the rest of his bday with daddy. It felt like a REALLY long day but it was super fun!

Aiden also had a party for his birthday on Saturday. It was pretty low key, which to me means less stress =) He got lots of cool stuff and got to hang out with his favorite people for the day. Thank you everyone for coming!

Today I went to Briarwood Elementary and registered Aiden for kindergarten. I still can't believe he is starting this chapter is his life already! He also is officially out of the baby/toddler section of clothes. We had to shop in the boys section in Target SOOOoo weird.

Anyway thank you everyone for making this birthday so special for Aiden. He is a really lucky boy to have such great friends and family.



This is at his field trip


We got to pet a chicky




Playing games at Chucky Cheese with uncle Sean's help.



Aiden was pretty good at air hockey =)




I had to take a pciture.



ARRrrrrr!

Random Updates

I went out to a girls dinner last night to say good bye to our friend Robbin she is moving to Georgia. While at dinner I was informed that it has been to long since my last blog posting so I figured I would type something up while I wait for it to get closer to dinner time.

Most of you already know, but I will say it anyway I was laid off from my job 9 days after my boss switched me to part time. Which is totally silly why didn't you just lay me off from the beginning? O'well it is what it is. We decided to keep Aiden in his Junior Kindergarten program it is very important to us and not that much money. I am of course on unemployment which helps. I have been applying for jobs EVERYDAY all mostly relating to admin type of work. I have not received one phone call or email back, I can only imagine all the resumes these companies are getting. So I have started to try and be more creative, I added testimonials from past clients that Moshe and I worked with and starting putting in the subject line of the email with my resume "A perfect Administrative Assistant!". Whatever helps me stand out...right =) If anyone has any others ideas please let me know.

Aiden and I have been enjoying our times together. We have gone to the park a couple times, gone over to Dionne's and played with Amya. We also had Riley for her whole mid-winter break which was awesome. Oh yeah and we went to the Bouncy Place, which is a huge warehouse with tons of different blow toys the kids and I had TONS of fun and it was really cheap, my perfect kind of day! We also have been preparing for Aiden's birthday, and I must say this birthday has been a emotional one I just can't believe he is turning 5 and starting kindergarten so soon, I have SO many things on my mind and so many concerns about wanting him to get started on the right foot and have a positive attitude about school, it is just SUPER important to me and I really hope I do everything in my power to encourage him and don't realize it when it is to late. Speaking of emotional I almost cried looking at lunch boxes at Target thinking about Aiden bringing lunch to school and eating in a cafeteria.

Luke is doing good trying to stay busy at work, it has slowed down allot. Doing side jobs on the weekend whenever they are available. We booked our condo for Kauai two days ago, we are SOOoo excited to finally get that booked and paid for it was a very hard decision where to stay but we ended up right next door to T&T and saved several hundred dollars which was awesome. The whole trip is paid for now (except spending money) and we can't wait!

Funny story.....So I went to pick up Aiden from school today and his teacher was like "I have to tell you what Aiden said today" and she showed me this book with kittens and the kittens were doing cute things, she said "I showed the kids the pictures and asked them what they thought the kittens were doing", Aiden looked at the kitten stretching and said "Pilates!". That's my boy!

All in all, we are trying to stay positive through this unstable time and make the most of it. Everything always seams to work it self out.

PS...If anyone has any creative ideas for applying for new jobs, I am open to anything or any ideas for fun and cheap things to do with Aiden we are always wanting to try new things.

PPS... I will miss you Robbin!

Pictures from Benihana's

Here are some pictures of our dinner at Benihana's for Riley's Birthday. We had so much fun! Everyone around us was just watching the kids because it was so cute seeing the excitement through their eyes. A nice man stopped by our table to tell Luke how good he thought our kids were. Best compliment we could get.

Damn Economy!

Today is the second day of my new work schedule. I am officially a part time employee for the first time in my life! I am now working 25 hours a week. I pulled Aiden out of child care and just kept him in pre-school which is 8:30am-11am. This was cheaper and off set the cost of the money I am loosing from not working full time. Last week was very stressful trying to get everything all sorted out between my boss and I.
Basically he cannot afford to keep me full time right now. The plan is to go back to full time when Aiden starts Kindergarten in September (which I still can't believe he is going to be in kindergarten).
On the positive side of things I am off work at 1:30 everyday. I have so many things I want to do. Yesterday I got some shopping done with Dionne and today I am going to the gym, then Aiden and I are going to the park. I am really excited to take advantage of all the extra time I will have and I am really excited I get all this time during the summer.
I am however nervous that I might loose my job all together, but at this point I am going to take advantage of this time and have some faith in my boss.

Last Friday we took the kids to Benihana for Riley's birthday. We had so much fun the kids loved it and the food was so good! I have some pictures I will post later.

Fun Times

I wanted to share some pictures of the last few weeks. We went bowling with the whole family, it was so much fun (great idea mom). Nothing makes me more happy than seeing my kids have fun and seeing Ty, Aiden and Riley together I can only hope that they will be as close as Brie and Trevor and I were growing up. The other pictures are of the Family Fun Center which was also so much fun, we met Alex, Danielle and Shayla down there, it was crowded but allot of fun.
This weekend Luke and I had a little date night and went and saw Benjamin Button, it was great, really long but it needed to be in order to explain everything. The weather was so nice Saturday Aiden and went for a walk and a bike ride, I can't wait for summer. Aiden keeps asking me if we can go to the beach, I can't wait until I can say "Yes" =)

That's all for now. I hope everyone has a great week!

"The Five Love Languages"

This year I have some things that I know need to change and I think if I can really focus on making these changes my life can change dramatically. These things revolve all around my family. More and more each year I realize how important it is to raise a well rounded, human being, gentleman, boyfriend, husband, business man or entrepreneur...whatever Aiden's path shall be. I feel so responsible for making sure I give him all the tools to take the right paths. I am always trying to think out side and the box and be open to change and learning new things as a wife and a
mother.

Parenting is hard and marriage is really hard. Allot of times you do things and say things not realizing the damage you are doing I say things out of frustration thinking that I am just trying to communicate my feelings (with Luke not Aiden). I know that I want to try to be more patient and try to not to raise my voice, it really accomplishes nothing.

So I new I wanted to make some changes and I new I could be happier and living a more fulfilled life, but I didn't quite know how to make these changes. Coincidentally Jenny happened to have bought this book call "The Five Love Languages" and she happened to have it in her car when she came over one day. Now I am beginning to think she might have just changed my marriage. I just finished the book I read it in 5 days and WOW it really was amazing! Now it is just a matter of applying the techniques I learned. I really could talk about this forever but then I would start getting really personal and I don't need to be blogging that to the world =)

If I could I would buy 20 copies of the book and give it to all my friends and family because it really opened my eyes. Not only to communicating with Luke, but also to Aiden (There is a "The Five Love Languanges of Children" that I will be buying).

I am so thankful I am only 27, Aiden is only 4, I have been married for only 3 and half years, I have so much more time to get this parenting and marriage thing perfect.