Recent videos

Here's a few videos of the kids in the last few weeks.


Livi learned how to ride her bike!

Playing in the pool

The kids wrestling. They do this all the time.

What Gidian's up to

It's been a while since I have given updates on the kids and what they're up to.

Mr. Gidian will be a year and a half on the 5th. CRAZY!!!

* Running everywhere and climbing on all the furniture and stairs.

*Wears 2t size clothes and size 7 shoes

* Has all but 4 teeth in now, but they're on the way you can see them.

*Loves to torment his sister big time.

*Talking more and more all the time. Some words he can say are: Gidian, Daddy, Dad, Mama, dog, car, hi, hello, bye, ball, Ka-chow (from the movie, Cars lol)
* Takes one 2 hour nap a day.

* Some of his favorite foods are: strawberries, string cheese, any sort of pasta and potatoes, Nutri-grain bars, oatmeal, waffles, corn, peas, chicken, crackers.

* Likes to play peek-a-boo and give high fives.

* Anything to do with water he's all about it. Baths, playing in the sprinkler or pool he loves the water.

Not totally sure of his height and weight. He has an appointment next month so I'll let everyone know then.

7 years

On Sunday Matt and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary. Matt was able to get the night off which was a nice surprise. Our friend's Brandon & Mandie who were visiting from Montana, offered to watch the kids for the evening so we could go to dinner. My parents gave us a gift card to an amazing restaurant down in Puyallup, the HG Bistro. It was so yummy! We'll be going back there again I haven't eaten food that good in a long time. It was nice being able to spend time together just us. We don't get to that often, but I love it when we do.

Cody & Ariana

It's been a while since I last updated, I apologize. Things have been crazy around here the last few weeks. Last week Matt's best friend, Brandon and his family drove over from Montana and stayed with us until today. Brandon's brother Cody got married on Saturday. It was a beautiful wedding and such a pretty location. We all had a great time. It was the first wedding we've brought both kids too. Livi & Gidian had a blast running around and dancing with the other kids. Congrats Mr & Mrs. Tix

Long weekend

Last weekend was a long one. Our salon participated in the Enumclaw Street Fair. It ran 9-8pm Friday and Saturday. I felt like I hardly saw my kiddos at all over the weekend. Which made me a little bummed. It was fun though to get out in the community and promote our salon more. We offered feather extension and hair tinsel at our booth. We were slammed, tons of people told us our booth seemed to be the busiest out off the 150+ vendors that were set up. The sunshine was out all weekend too which was a plus. Saturday we got into the high 80's (first time this year)

Sunday was low key, which I was thankful for. We hung around the house, did some yard work then spent the evening at my parents barbecuing and letting the kids splash around in the pool. It was nice to relax and spend time with my whole family.

Our booth

Honoring a friend

I just wanted to share something I think is really special with all of you. I post a week and a half ago about the tragic death of my brother's good friend, Chad. Monday we all attended his memorial service, which was amazing. I can't believe the amount of people who were there. Chad had definitely impacted tons of people in his short life. Anywho, yesterday my brother, Kyle went to a tattoo parlor in Tacoma and got a tattoo in remembrance of Chad. What a neat way to honor his friend. The tattoo says ' I will honor in you, the light that dwells in me' Chad Albright 7-15

R.I.P Chad

Every morning before I get out of bed I check the news on my cell or my I-touch and this morning I read a breaking story about a fatality in our little town, that happened around 2am this morning. At the time the person had not been identified. My mom and I were running errands early and were talking about the tragic accident not knowing who the victim was. Then this afternoon got the sad news that the man who died was one of my brother's best friends, Chad. My heart just breaks for his family, my brother and all Chad's friends. Chad was an amazing guy and impacted so many people in his short life. He worked with the Spacial Ed kids at Enumclaw High school. Chad just resigned from the school so he could move to Arizona for a year to help some family members out who aren't doing to well. Chad was a real genuine guy and will be forever missed.

My brother and Chad