Loving the Sun

Brayden playing soccer after our picnic

Peyton really wanting to play too

The view from our blanket

In the middle our our walk.

Last weekend Travis had a 4-day weekend and went camping for a few days with Brayden (more to come on that on another post). So on Monday we decided to go for walk at Chambers Bay Golf Course. What a beautiful day for it! Travis had never been and really enjoyed the view- both of the water and the golf course. The walk is 3+ miles and it VERY hard because of the huge hills. I'm talking big hills that are almost scary to walk up and down because they are so steep. But, we figured what a great workout. Peyton was in the backpack and I pushed Brayden in the stroller ( I made him get out and walk the hills:) Then at the bottom there is a huge park that looks over the water. It's gorgeous! We had a nice picnic lunch, played soccer, and just enjoyed in the sun. It was one of those times with my family that I wished the day could have lasted forever. I highly encourage you to go check out Chambers Bay if you haven't. It's beautiful!

Easter Sunday

Peyton and Brayden in their Easter clothes

My two handsome boys

Easter basket

Had to eat the ears off first:)

Checking our her Easter basket at Lita and Papi's House

This year we had the fun of celebrating Easter twice. On Saturday before Easter we went to Travis' parents house and had a great Easter brunch. Linde (T's mom) had an Easter egg hunt set up for the kids (one for Peyton and one for the older boys:). The kids were spoiled with their Easter baskets (Linde actually made Peyton's basket. It's a baby carrying case now:). We had the traditional Easter ham, potatoes, apple pancakes, egg casserole and homemade bread, not to mention all the yummy desserts. The kids are so loved by their grandma and grandpa, it's great. On Sunday morning we opened our Easter baskets, got ready to church, and headed to Renovo. It was a great service and a great reminder of what Easter is all about. We rushed out of church and headed to my parents for another brunch. We also had ham, homemade bread, cheesy grits, stuffed french toast, asparagus, sausages, cream cheese rolls, and strawberry pie. Oh my goodness the food was so good!!:) The kids also got Easter baskets from Lita and Papi, the favorite being a photo book of Brayden's DisneyLand adventures. He looks at that thing everyday. My mom also makes Easter baskets for all of us big kids:) You gotta love that! Because of the rain we did the Easter egg hunt on the back porch for the older kids. They were cute. We still have an Easter basket on the counter with endless amounts of goodies. Brayden can have 2 things from there each day. I'm sure it will last until Halloween. Hahaha. We tried to teach the kids about why we celebrate Easter and Brayden was asking "when does the Easter bunny come for Jesus?" Hallelujah Christ Arose!

TV stars:)

Here is the cameraman taping Peyton and I. He was standing there so long I didn't know how to act. Should I smile or be serious....

The kids waiting patiently for the parade to start

Brayden and Peyton

Here is the cameraman taping Peyton and I. He was standing there so long I didn't know how to act. Should I smile or be serious....

Metcalfe Family

Here's our cool coffee stand

Peyton enjoying the parade

This year the Metcalfe's made their first appearance at the Daffodil Parade. We were talking and wondering why we hadn't been before because we all thought it was great. We decided to go with our Bible Study group and hand out coffee, donuts and cookies for no other reason then to be nice. We got a huge carafe of Forza coffee and set up shop early downtown. We thought at first we weren't going to get many takers on the coffee, but by the end of the parade the coffee was gone and we had met some interesting people. We had a great time and look forward to next year! Brayden loved it all except for the pirate ship (which shoots a cannon and is REALLY loud). Peyton enjoyed it too and actually slept most of the time on mommy. We also all made a TV debut on the TV Tacoma channel!!! The guy was there taping all the kids lined up having fun and they even got mommy holding Peyton sleeping. We DVR it and that is now Brayden's favorite "show" to watch. Fun times with the Metcalfe family:)

Random Pictures

We have proof that Peyton has very curly hair. It's getting curlier the older she gets, but it's most curly after her bath. Poor girl, she is cursed:)

Brayden's favorite thing to do is puzzles. This is 100 piece puzzle he did all by himself!!

When Brayden was gone at Disney Land his sister would hang out in his room because she missed him.

And, here is Peyton showing me her tongue. Love those blue eyes.

Almost 30 but not quite...

Travis and I and the yummy cheesecake!

Peyton and mommy

Best friends!

Travis standing in front of the fish market

On March 31st I turned 29. I still have one more year until the big 3-0 and I'll take it:) This last year was a great year and I'm hoping this next one will be even better. Travis took me to Seattle for an overnight getaway last weekend. It was so nice. We stayed at a really fancy hotel, Hotel 1000 and felt pampered staying there. Travis' mom came to our house to watch the kids which was great. We left Friday afternoon and drove up to Southcenter and had dinner at BJ's. The main reason we went is because they give free Pzookie's (an awesome cookie doughish dessert served in a pizza pan with ice cream. My favorite!) if you are celebrating your birthday. It was so nice to enjoy dinner without talking with a 3 and 1 year old:) We drove up to Seattle and checked into our hotel. We worked out at the nice workout room and then sat in the hot sauna. I felt so relaxed, it was awesome. We started Saturday morning getting breakfast from Pike Place Market (which was just a few blocks from our hotel). I love walking around the market. So fun and so much culture. We finished off the day shopping at some of the malls and eating dinner at the Cheesecake factory. Nice weekend. We finished celebrating my birthday with family and friends on Tuesday. Travis made the best Dulce de Leche cheesecake that is to die for. I was spoiled as always and felt loved. Happy Birthday to Me!:)

Cabin fun again...

Mr. Jeremy reading to Peyton and Cooper

Doing the army boot camp workout

We trained the guys right!:)

Singing Happy Birthday. Look at that Chocolate Cake!

A few weekends ago we had a little HFG retreat at our cabin on Anderson Island. The majority of us left kids at home (except for the babies), which was a nice change of pace for sure! We left Brayden at grandma and grandpa's house and Peyton came with us. We started out the weekend going out to eat at the one island restaurant (no one had to cook!). We went back to the cabin and relaxed. The guys played Wii all night and the ladies just talked. We also celebrated Tiffany's 30th birthday with an awesome chocolate cake:) The next day we started out the morning with all the guys (except John but in his defense he was holding a baby), making breakfast. We had blueberry pancakes, bacon and eggs. Travis and I got sucked in somehow to Jeremy's army boot camp workout. We went on a little jog and then Jeremy made us do a small army workout:) We had a good time and can't wait to go to the cabin again!