it's been too long!

Since i've updated! James is gone. He left on the 20th but he'll be back in Time for Valentines day. James got a chance to go to San Diego and see our newest nephew. Sierra and I are jealous! Oh well, we will get to see him in May. Speaking of May we are going to Disneyland in May!! Yay! I am super excited. We haven't been since 2003. Sierra is super excited. We bought our plane tickets today and I reserved our rental car. Other than that we are gearing up for Sierra's birthday. I ordered her American girl doll and a a few outfits. Well, I am ready for bed. I just thought i'd update everyone on whats going on. Hopefully tomorrow i'll get a chance to do Sierras Bday/Vday pictures... if it doesnt rain ALL day!

Bowling

Tom & Carady came up last night. We had a yummy dinner and then sat around and talked for a while... then played a little bit of WII.

This morning everyone woke up pretty early and we are breakfast and watched a movie. At 11am we left to go Bowling. It was fun. Carady won the first game and James won the second. We had pizza at the bowling ally and watched the playoff game between the Cardinals and the Eagles.

After the game our plan is to go to see Paul Blart:Mall Cop. Sierra actually has been asking to see it. It's rated PG.

Anyway, Here are some pictures from bowling. I didnt bring my camera so these are from James' phone.

Birthday!

Monday it will be one month until Sierra's birthday. But with James leaving soon and coming back right after her birthday it makes the time to discuss our plans almost here. lol. I don't want to have to wait until the last minute or have to email james various choices since the internet connection on the ship stinks! Anyway, we've been putting it off for a while but we are finally going to break down and get her an American Girl doll. I had one as a child and I could kick myself now for getting rid of it. The trunk that had alone is worth over $200. I found a handmade copycat on ebay that I thnk i'll try and get... depends on how high the bids go. She says she wants Kit Kitridge because she likes the movie and Kit's haircut is a lot like Sierra's. These are dolls you play with. We will get her the doll and an outfit or two and maybe a trunk if I can find one that is not overpriced. Other that that we might get her a game or two. She got a lot of stuff for Christmas and she really doesnt need anything.

As for her party we aren't 100% sure. The mountian passes have been closed almost everyday lately due to avalanches so I don't know if we'll be able to do our origional plan of going tubing. Plus Tom might not be able to go. We'll see. We might be able to sneak up there one sunday for a couple of hours. The other possiblity is Chuck E Cheese. Maybe we will do a little of both and hit up CEC on the way home (just the family).

I've been busy working. My schedule is horrible. I really hope to find a job that is more me. I am not trying to sound conceeded but I am overqualified for my job and I hate that. Anyway, we'll see what happens with that.

James is doing good. He starts more college classes next month. Hopefully it wont be too long until he has his bachelors. He currently has his associates. He's going to be in and out over the next several months.

Locks of Love

Sierra's hair has been driving me insane! She seems to get everything caught in it... food, hair ties, a comb etc. I've always said I would never cut my little girls hair. The hair on the bottom half was very thin and not doing well. She was excited to donate it to locks of love. It's shorter than I wanted it... but her hair grows really fast so it will be long again in no time :).

Before

Her donation to Locks of Love


After. Her hair looks flat because it was still wet. I'll upload more pictures tomorrow

Bedtime Stories

Today we went to lunch at Olive Garden. James and I decided that instead of spending money on having a partying or going out for New Years Eve we'd rather spend our money having fun as a family. It was good. I could only finish half of my meal. I seriously need to get back on the band wagon. Between March and July of 2008 I lost 35lbs. Traveling back really threw me off so now i go between being down 27-35lbs. Now that the holidays are over and we are settled in the house I need to get back in the game. After dinner we went to the mall to look around. Old Navy was having a big sale. Nearly everything was 60% off. If you know me you know how addicted to Old Navy I am. I managed to only spend $10 though. And it was on something I actually needed. After that we went to go see the movie Bedtime Stories. It has Adam Sandler in it but it's a movie for kids. It was great. Actually it was pretty funny. I laughed out loud several times :). James thought it was good. Lately we havent been buying a lot of movies but we will buy this one when it comes out.

James is leaving again in a couple of weeks. He'll be back after Sierras birthday. So once again for the second year in a row I will be left to plan everything and shop for it alone. Which is okay, he'll be back in time to celebrate with us the weekend after her birthday. She wants to go to Snoqualmie pass and go tubing instead of having a party :P. We'll still have cake and ice cream and then I guess we'll all pile in a two cars (Sierra, James, Tom, Carady, Brady and I) and head up the pass.