Sunrise from the window of my "office"

Another beautiful sunrise from the windows of OHSU. Makes working nights worth it every time.

Sleeping Twister

This is what happens when you "get" to sleep with both of your small children. A little night time sleeper twister deluxe.

Paige and Colin

Ok, I did steal this photo from Paige's Facebook, but it was too cute to pass up. Paige and Colin spent Valentine's Day at the beach in Lincoln City, and by the photos it was a beautiful Winter day there. So glad that they had such a nice time and were willing to share a couple of photos.....Thanks you two!!

Awaiting Spring, so we can play outside

We are patiently awaiting Spring...well not really. We spend Friday in the back yard picking up poooo and then attempting to mow the lawn. The mower is being cranky and probably needs a little tune up, so that is on the list of things to do this week before the sun really starts to shine and kick the grass into grow mode. Jack finally discovered that once you climb the stairs to the play structure there is a slide and its really not scary to slide down. Why on earth he couldn't figure this out when we first went outside I will never know, he had to wait until the sun had moved out of the yard and it was getting cold. Perhaps we can try again in the next couple of days and see what happens then. Today we enjoyed a little bit of the sun in the driveway playing with the dog and riding bikes, and by we I do mean Jack and Isabella. We were actually trying to clean out the garage...oh joy!! Jack had is first run in with Jonah's teeth while playing ball. Jack tossed the ball, but it went up instead of out, landed on his head and Jonah tried to catch it and nipped the corner of Jack's eye. Not to worry I think the upset lasted about 10 seconds and then they were back to playing fetch. What a trooper he is. Maybe tomorrow will be more eventful and sunny, we'll see I guess

A little walk last week...

Jack found a "twig" and decided that he should bring it along with him on our walk. What you can't see is how fast that branch got thrown aside at the sight of the balloons just ahead of him. He proceeded to scream bloody hell the rest of the way home since I wouldn't get him a balloon. I wish I could say that I understand the draw to those damn floating things, but I don't.
Everyone was happy when we arrived at Dutch Bros and got our "warm cocoa and ice cream". They didn't even complain about me stuffing them both into the jogging stroller that was made for one person. Gotta love the simplicity of being small and big rewards.

A Movie??? Yep actually saw one

Heidi and I went Sunday early afternoon to the movie, first time in several months. The movie that we saw was worth the wait, Slumdog Millionaire, was hands down one of the most heartfelt, sad and uplifting movies I have seen in quite some time. Highly recommended in my tiny little book of movies I have seen.

TVP Class project

TUALATIN VALLEY PRESCHOOL

A wonderful preschool that Isabella has been attending since October is gearing up for their annual auction that helps pay for the operating expenses of the school and keeps the tuition at a very low rate. The individual classes make a project to sell at auction and this year we are making a quilt. I am so very lucky to have so many amazing friends with special talents to assist me in making this possible. Here is the latest on the quilt, I am hopeful that we can finish it in the next week. I will be posting a flier for the auction and would love any and all of my friends and family to come and enjoy some wine or beverages, and just have a night out.

DUI...not me

I love it when justice is served!! Late last night after catching a movie I headed to Winco at midnight, by the way, that is the best time to shop for groceries. There are no lines, no people and best of all no cravings to lure you to buy what you don't need.
Anyway, driving home on I-5 South I watched a Suburban veer to the left and hit the concrete median, then come back into the lanes, one by one to the right. All of this at about 45 MPH, so being the good citizen I called 911 and reported what I saw. This morning I checked the voice mail and there was a message from a Tigard Police officer letting me know that they found the person and sure enough they were drunk and they were arrested for DUI. I feel blessed that I was there at the right time and no one was injured by this persons poor judgement.

Kim turned 34!!

So I had my birthday too!! WOO HOO, I love my birthday by the way, if you didn't know this then I don't know where you have been. Anyway this year was no exception, however I did have a couple of beautiful gifts. That's right we swore in a new President on my birthday, I watched as I ate breakfast with my friends after a long night at work. When I got home that same morning, I was serenaded by my littlest daughter and it was even taped for me so that I can watch it again and again. There is not much more heart warming than having your children sing to you.

Once she was in the outfit, she seemed to know exactly what to do without any direction. Now we just need to work on the arm movements I guess.

Hula Girl

Paige and Abigail brought Isabella back a very cute Hula outfit from Hawaii and she loves it!! What wonderful big sisters she has.

Falling behind

It is more than fair to say that I have fallen behind with my blog this month. After the girls came home from Hawaii, I have been very wrapped up with them and their finals and life itself. So now that finals are over and we are starting to move into February I guess it is time for me to get my butt in gear and update. So here goes.