Happy 40th to my sister!

Happy 40th Birthday Stacy!  

My darling sister turned 40 last weekend!  We started the weekend at my nephew Tyler's football game.  Tyler was also nominated for Homecoming Prince so he wasn't able to participate in the homecoming walk during the half time of the football game.  Instead, Stacy had to walk down on the football field with a head shot of Tyler!  It was so sweet! 

 

Happy Birthday Sister!  (She looks so proud in this picture!)

Maverick wants everyone to know how much he loves his cousin, Tyler! 

We were so lucky to have my Step mom, Linda come up from California to help us celebrate.  My Dad would have been there, but he was out of town at a conference.  We made a necessary stop at the famous Portland landmark, VooDoo Doughnuts.  This place is delicious and a little dangerous!  Haha

Birthday Agenda:  McMenamins Grand Lodge to catch the limo to go wine tasting with a great group of girls!  (Plus, Bill and my step dad) :)
After wine tasting, we went back to the lodge to have dinner and listen to a live band until we closed the place down!  What a fun day it was!

CHEERS! 

Our favorite stop was at Ardiri Winery.  What a beautiful place with a great area to sit around the fire, or enjoy a picnic.

Bill is my favorite!  My forever! 

Birthday Weekend 2013

Birthdays, Huskies and Storms....

OH MY!

Bill and I had a great birthday weekend!  Washington Husky Ice Cream!  I couldn't believe it when I found it in the store.  Bill and I celebrated our birthdays in Seattle for the weekend.  The absolute highlight of our birthdays for us was attending our first ever Washington Husky Football game! What an amazing weekend for us.

Arriving at the Husky Stadium was amazing.  This is a new stadium for our huskies and it did not disappoint!  It was surreal to be there!  Notice how wet it looks?  This was without a doubt one of the WORST storm that Seattle has seen in quite sometime.  There was major rain coming at us from every direction! Every part of us was soaked from our ponchos to our shoes.  However, we still managed to cheer on our huskies!

Happy Birthday to us!  42 is going to be a great year!  

 

Happy Birthday!

Jalen, Courtney, & Taylor

Jalen - 20 years old
Courtney - 20 years old
Taylor - 24  years old

Okay, wait....when in the world did I become the mother of a 24 year old?  Seriously!  

We had a great birthday party for the kids over at my brother and sister-in-law's house.  Bill and I bought a delicious Tri-Tip Steak and Wayne smoked it all day for the party.  It was so delicious! 

Jaylin and I had fun making cute little cupcakes that I found on Pinterest.  (Yes, I'm a Pinterest junkie)

We ended the evening with some backyard time making s'mores, talking, laughing, and enjoying family and friends. 

Taylor is still in Alaska, so we had a basket for him for his gifts.  I sent him a big birthday care package!

Taylor's Box

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming

We are so proud of these cupcake masterpieces!

My sweet Maverick

Thank you, Wayne for the perfect Tri-Tip

Delicious!

We called Taylor on Skype from Alaska so that we could sing Happy Birthday to him!

S'MORES!  Perfect Day!  Oh, and don't you just love little Aaliyah's face.  That pretty much sums her up these days!  Ha ha

VEGAS BABY!

VEGAS!

Bill and I had the opportunity to take Allie to Vegas for her 21st birthday last month.  Bill had to attend a conference in Las Vegas for 4 days, so we tagged along and made it a fun birthday celebration!  She was in awe of the city that doesn't sleep.  We had a great time!

"21 and ready for fun!"

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Our hotel...New York, New York

M & M World

Daddy and Allie

Me and Allie on the Strip!

Fat Tuesdays!

Trying to beat Vegas....or NOT. :(

The Canal at the Venetian

Allie all dressed up for her birthday dinner

Nighttime at the Venetian Hotel

Rainforest Cafe