This is the Good Life: Spring Getaway

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Spring Getaway

Spring is birthday season in our home. It is one party after another and as much as I try to simplify, it still is a busy time. It is a good busy, celebrating life and the lives of those I adore. So, on now to spring.

my birthday celebration and offspring present.

Aidric had a lego party

We celebrated 29 years of marriage

Isabella's traditional birthday party.

Danika turned sweet 16!!!

I have been blessed with some wonderful friends and one of my dear friends is expecting her 11th baby. I have had the joy of knowing her and seeing her go through six of those pregnancies. We became friends because our oldest sons played soccer together. She has since had six and I have had three more children during our friendship and she still remains one of my greatest encouragers. I am so thankful for her and her commitment to teaching and raising her children for the Lord.

here we are with part of our tribe

These are our oldest sons-oldest sons. Our grandsons. It was fun to take them
to the zoo like we used to their dads.

Cassandra and Aidric made and raced their derby cars. They both did great and Aidric actually took first in his division.

My husband, my dad, my grandpa, my son and my daughter

As part of my birthday present my girls took me to have my toes done. We all got pedicures, it was so much fun.

Latisha, Danika, Me and Sierra.

Next up was Easter. We had a great time dying eggs and only a few were cracked. I have found using a table cloth helps relieve some anxiety. :)

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Easter morning, Isabella and Sierra doing the egg hunt

Brent, August, Brinley and Latisha

Then after a great dinner we had an egg hunt at our home.
Aidric was ready

Weston was adorable, he is getting the hang of this

We took some fun family photos

Then we had dessert and celebrated Sierra and Danika''s birthdays

Sierra has been collecting tea cups for a while, so Latisha and Ivy planned and put together an amazing afternoon tea. The boys went to wild wings and we did the girlie thing. It was so good.

Lots of fun yummy fu fu food

so fun.

With the weather warming up we set up our fire and enjoyed hot dogs
and smores

Sierra had fun making a cake for Christians birthday. He is five days younger
and it is a source of fun teasing.

Alex and Ivy got to take a fun baby moon. With the birth of the baby around the corner they got away for a fun trip. We got to keep Weston for a few days and he loved school time.

Latisha and Brent also took the opportunity to take a trip in honor of their 5th anniversary. They packed up their kiddos and braved the long flight to the UK, where they visited England, Scotland, and Ireland. They had an amazing time.

Then it was our turn to take a spring trip. Our first stop was Crater Lake. We were there in time to still enjoy a little snow. It was absolutely beautiful and a wonderful getaway

From there we headed to the coast and stayed at a rental house in Lincoln City. It was a peaceful time.

One evening the girls and I decided to take a sunset stroll on the beach. I got some beautiful pictures.

We also got to visit a local lighthouse were Aidric became an official junior ranger.

The next day David decided to take me on a morning "little" hike. Google did not get us to the right place but thankfully some blogger out there gave better directions and we found the spot. Had we paid attention we would have noticed the little hike path but we didn't see that and went on a two hour hike. Once to the top we discovered the way we were supposed to go and made it back down in 20 minutes. I am glad we took the "wrong" path because we saw some amazing foliage.