Happy Birthday Babe!

As we're sitting here in our hotel bed in St. George, Lindsay is falling asleep and she's one hour shy of her 28th birthday. I won't wait. . . Happy Birthday!!!

I'm so thankful and lucky to have been able to spend about 9 of those years with you. (Even though you would have probably preferred to have spent it with this dude).

Thank you for being so loving, fun, and a great mother to our soon to be three girls!

mad props and shoutout to my home girl binzy boo.

We love you!

Matt, Mari, Lucy, & number 3

My strange little Lu

I was just going through my pictures and came across this. She was so proud of herself that she got this on (floating swimsuit). Who cares if it's on your head or your body right. She is such a strange little one, always making us laugh. I love it!!

ABC's of Boston

A - Adults only! We were lucky enough to get away for a week without our girls.
B - Boston Tea Party, we were there on tax day and got to see some rallies. Boston Commons. Bagels, our breakfast every single morning (carbo load) thanks to our hotel. Most important the Boston Marathon. Matt worked so hard to get there, and it really paid off. He got his best time ever 2:58:29 on such a challenging course. It was really neat to be a part of the crowds, and see all the amazing runners.

C - Celtics game. We were able to see the Celtics play their last game of the season. It was a bummer that none of the big players played, but the game was still fun, and they won. Cancelled Flights. On our way home the flight got cancelled, but it actually worked in our favor, we got a direct flight and home 3 hours earlier.

D - Drunk Bums, Driving up the coast, and the most Delicious Diner – South Street.

E - Early Anniversary, Our 7th anniversary was actually Monday. So we decided that this trip was both of our anniversary presents. Every meal out there was an anniversary dinner.
F - Ferry Ride. Walking the Freedom Trail was one of my favorite things. It’s a trail through the city that takes you through a ton of historical sites. Finish Line!!

We went to a couple of graveyards right in the middle of the city. The oldest gravestone I saw was from 1689. It’s so crazy how old things are there.

H - Visiting Harvard, and Matt’s conquering of “Heartbreak Hill”.
I - In Laws. Matt’s parents came out at the end of the week to watch Matt run. We were able to spend a couple of fun days with them.

J - John Kerry. Random I know, Matt saw him and he wished Matt luck at the beginning of the race.
K - Kittery, Maine. One day we drove up the coast to Maine. I’ve always wanted to see Maine. It was really beautiful!
L - Legal Sea Foods. Supposedly the best seafood in Boston. We had lunch here with Matt’s parents right after the race. It’s right on the water, and was really good!
M - Maine, and Movies. We had to catch a movie since we were kid-less.
N - New Hampshire was one of my favorite places we went. Portsmouth is an old artsy little town with red brick roads. Neil Diamond being sung by all the Redsox fans. I guess it’s a tradition, and it made my night to hear all these Bostonians singing Sweet Caroline.

O - Old North Church.

P - PT Cruiser, the fantastic rental car we had. . . It sucked. Paul Revere.

Q - Quality time together. It’s cheesy I know, (c’mon Q is hard) and it was nice to have some time to ourselves before this baby comes.
R - Red Sox game. Probably one of my favorite nights. It’s was a great game and fun to be in Fenway Park. They came back from 0-7 and won. We went to dinner after the game at a local pizza place filled mostly with fans.

S - Subway rides. We rode the Subway everywhere and for some reason I couldn’t get enough of the smell (loved it). Swollen Ankles. My poor feet, every night I was amazed that they could get any bigger. They are finally back to normal. Swearing, I think everyone in Boston does this. . . a lot.
T - Team Hoyt!!! I didn’t get to see them run, but meeting them was even better. If you haven’t heard of them look them up on youtube; they are amazing!

U - Uncle Cliff & Aunt Amy, you know I wouldn’t forget you, I told you I would blog about it! We visited Matt’s Uncle Cliff and his wife Amy. It was a nice relaxing day before the race. They live in the most beautiful place in a house that was built in the 1790’s. Thanks for a great day!

V - Victorious Finish! (V was hard too) But it was a great finish to the race and the vacation.
W - Walmart. We stopped here to get some earplugs and it was as white trash as it is here. Plus they had a creepy greeter that was a hybrid of Slash (GnR) and a grave digger (had a top hat and dark glasses). Warren’s Lobster House. We had to have lobster while we were in Maine, it was really good!!!

X - Xtra great!?
Y - Yellow retro bathroom. Yes, our bathroom was every shade of yellow. The tiled walls, and floor, the sparkly old formica, the toilet, sink, bathtub, even the toilet paper holder and towel bars.(sorry, I didn't get any pictures of this.)

Z - zzzzz’s we needed after the trip!

Did I really just do that?

I really did, and we had a blast!
If your wondering why we are dressed up so crazily, we went to see Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer last weekend. When we first heard that they were coming in concert we just laughed, but then it really started to sound fun. Who doesn't want to dance the night away to some great oldies like that, dressed the way we used to (I hope Matt never dressed like this, but sadly I wore a sweater like this in my 4th grade pictures.)

The Boys

The Girls

The night started with dinner, we got a few laughs and even some cheers. After that we hit the concert. I would have to say the funnest part was the beginning when the DJ just played all the old school dance songs. Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer weren't bad either. We danced until 1 in the morning. I haven't done that in a looong time. I must be getting old because my feet were killing me(or that I was 6 months pregnant with heels on.) While I was giving my feet a break Matt even got to find Hammer and give him a hug. All in All, the night was a hit. We had a really fun time with some great friends.

Enjoy the pics and say goodbye to these hideous clothes.

Even if the 80's style is coming back, I will never wear this again(maybe for Halloween).

It's a .......

Girl!!!

I'm still a little shocked. I really hope I can handle 3 girls. Don't get me wrong I am so excited, and it is always such a relief to do the ultrasound to make sure everything is okay. But 3 girls! Can I handle all the emotions, and all the hair.

Really, we can't wait. I'm just wondering who she is going to look like this time. Mari is already picking out names, she likes Sally or Lucy2. I can tell you for sure it won't be Lucy2. Feel free to give me some girl names, I need all the help I can get.

As for Matt, he is taking it better than I thought he would. We might have to try one last time for a boy, but for now he loves his girls!

Monday Morning

You know when Monday morning starts out looking like this, it's going to be a great week.

We've got a soccer player!

Well... maybe.

Mari started indoor soccer last week. She was so excited to play (if you can't tell by the picture). We've been practicing and warning her that she might fall down. If any of you know Mari she is kind of a softy (is that a word?). Well it came to the night and we promised her if there were no tears we would get her ice cream afterwards (who cares that it was 10 degrees outside).

She walked right in there and played! I was so proud of her. I am one of those people that lets fear rule what I do. If I don't think I can do something, I won't even try. Just to see her go and do something that she hasn't ever done before, and not be nervous at all made me so happy.

The night was pretty hilarious though. Matt and I had the best time watching her try to figure it all out. Lets say she isn't the best soccer player at 4, but maybe someday she will be, and she is pretty dang cute. The whole game she kept making sure we were watching, while the ball would roll right on by. She even tried to be the goalie (I think 2 balls got past her), but she smiled the whole time.

Here she is with her victorious ice cream. She didn't shed one tear.

Way to go Mari!!

San Diego + Disneyland = a great Thanksgiving

So I'm feeling up to the impossible. I know I am totally lazy, but hey I got to it right.

Anyway Thanksgiving was great this year. We made it down to San Diego 1 hour before Thanksgiving and I was really thankful to be out of that car, and done with the 10 hour drive. I always love going to San Diego for Thanksgiving the weather is perfect, and I love to see all of the Konold family. They have a big dinner at the church every year.

We were pretty lazy the rest of the week. But with the weather so nice it was great to relax. The girls and Matt got into the pool. As you can see we weren't planning on swimming. I didn't pack swimsuits, but that didn't stop them. As for me I was nice and cozy watching, I was going nowhere near the 66 degree water.

The girls love this park with the sand, we spent the whole afternoon playing here.

They each found their own buddies.

After the weekend we headed to Disneyland. I think I was more excited than the girls. We spent 2 days (which was perfect, I don't think I could have walked one more step.)

The whole park was decorated for Christmas.

I'm not sure where she is getting these poses, but she was striking a pose every chance she got.

Lucy is in there I promise. She's just bawling under my arm(she wasn't a fan of Autotopia).

The first night we saw the Christmas Parade and heard the fireworks. There were so many clouds that night you couldn't see them, but they sounded great.

Then it snowed. The girls thought it was so neat that it was still warm and snowing.

Mari wasn't tall enough to ride the big rides, but that didn't stop us. Here is a pic of us putting on her "special shoes" Uggs with about 2 inches of socks. It worked every time, and she thought she was so big. Her favorites were Space Mountain and Matterhorn.

Yes, that is a sandwich about an inch away from Mari's boots and feet. I eat pretty much everything, everywhere to keep the nausea at bay.

Minnie was the last Character we saw before we left.

This is the only family pic we got out of the whole trip.

It was a great week!!!