Chase turns 4-years old!

I still cant' believe how old this kid is! 

He is the best age right now. I can totally reason and bribe him which is so nice. He is great at communicating which has always been one of his strengths. He is so so social and loves all of his friends.

For his birthday we went to Chuckee Cheese with family and had a cake that he picked out at Ralphs. We later did a friend party at the park and combined it with my friend's daughter Gemma. They did fake tattoos and ate cupcakes. It was perfect!

Here are some stats about Chase:

-Favorite Food: rice/beans, noodles, avocado, ice cream, cupcakes, watermelon, grapes

-Favorite Toy: Transformers, cars/trucks

-Favorite show/movie: Curious George, Paw Patrol

-Favorite activity: play with friends, collect shells on the beach, go to the park, swimming

-Favorite color: Blue

-Favorite song: I am a Child of God

-He loves to kiss my belly and can't wait to meet his new brother

-Chase is super sensitive and aware of others feelings

-Can ride his bike with no training wheels!

-loves visiting his cousins in Utah

-is obsessed with his only cousin on my side-Savy

-He is getting better at being my helper and loves when we get our one on one time. 

PORTLAND Sisters Trip!

I am so behind on blogging! I kind of came to this point where I was trying to decide if it was worth it to keep going. The only reason I decided to is simply because I LOVE looking back at all the stuff we have done and seeing all the pictures. I also do a yearly photo album but I still haven't made 2016s so..... It hit me this week that I need to be in a "nesting" mode to organize our photos and document our life! I especially want to get caught up before baby come!

One reason I have been slacking is because there is no free space on my computer and I need to delete or move stuff to an external hard drive. Both are a pain. BUT Google Photos to the rescue. I recently downloaded the app on my phone and it automatically backs up all your photos to your google drive. I then can put them in albums and upload to here! It's amazing. I still need to clean up my computer but for now this will work. 

So our Portland Girls Trip!

This was in early March and it was so fun!

I was still in the sick phase of pregnancy so I went to bed early every night but it worked out well since my sister-in-law had her baby so we never had late nights out.

We basically just walked a lot, ate a lot, did a little shopping and saw all the sites.

We went for my cousin's cheer competition but that was just one afternoon of the trip. Some of my favorite things were:

1. THE FOOD (Mother's for breakfast, Grassa, Salt and Straw, Jakes Seafood, Lovejoy bakery, Saturday Market)

2. SHOPPING. (the most beautiful Anthropologie, Powell Books)

3. The SATURDAY MARKET. (Such good gyros, pizza, pastries and fun vendors to walk around and see)

4. Multonomah Falls. (these were amazing! even better than in pictures!)

I was really impressed with Portland. I didn't really have any expectations except for the fact that everyone says its really hippie and granola. But I just felt like all the people were super nice and friendly. The city was pretty clean for a city and very walkable. I would totally go back!

Happy 8th Anniversary to us!

On February 12th we celebrated out 8th Wedding Anniversary!

I was having some pregnancy sickness but I tried the best to be the most fun version of myself! We decided to do a one night staycation at The Ranch in Laguna Beach.

It was so beautiful! 

I loved that it was only 15 minutes from our house but it seriously felt like we were up in Central California somewhere. Since it rained so much this winter is was unbelievably green!

We were there a little less than 24 hours but it was so perfect!

We checked in and then golfed the little par 3 course, just 9 holes. Then we got in the hot tub and just hung out. We had dinner at the hotel and it was amazing! Best salmon ever!

The next morning we slept in and had breakfast there which was also amazing then headed home to our boys!

I still can't believe we have been married almost 10 years! So crazy. And that we are having our 3rd baby this year. I'm so grateful for eternal families and can't wait to see what the future holds for us!