Meeting Calder

Here is our adorable new little nephew Calder. Kathy (Tony's mom) was staying with Raven while I was at Wendi's. It was perfect that we got to see her too. Grandma and her two newest babies.

We couldn't resist this picture. Calder's feet are already bigger than Belle's at 6 days old. He is definitely going to be tall like his dad. He is absolutely adorable. He is so mellow and his sweet little voice melts you. Congratulations Raven and Bryce you've got another keeper!

Happy Birthday Tony!!!!

Last night we celebrated Tony's birthday. Kiegan set up a little treasure hunt to find us hiding in the back room with the presents and cake. The boys picked some funny gifts which included growing monster capsules, a stuffed monster, Toblerone, stuffed gorilla, and fun pens and notepads from Tony's favorite show The Office. He asked for Chocolate Crazy Cake with cream cheese frosting and a spaghetti dinner. So we did it.
We love Tony so much and appreciate all he does for us. He is such a hard worker and he is constantly making us laugh. Happy Birthday we love you!!!

Sister time

I am currently in Utah this week with Wendi and we are having a blast. We are having SO much fun. She took me to my new favorite store Tai Pan not to be confused with my favorite restaurant in Seattle Pen Thai. I wanted to buy the entire store and the only thing stopping me was that I can't fit it in my bag. I love that place and wish we had one in Seattle. We made an adorable tack board for Ellie and then covered the piano bench in matching material. It turned out so cute.


Ellie, Jace, and I also made a spooky gingerbread house. It was so much fun. I love those kids. Belle is being smothered in love and adores her cousins. We will be going to meet her brand new little cousin Calder tomorrow (Congrats Bryce & Raven). Then off to meet Great Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Shawn and boys. Wendi and I love to read books together and are reading The Secret Life of Bees. So far we are really liking it. We have been busy busy with fun. I will post more when I get home with tons of pictures.

Husband Tag

I was husband tagged. I rarely do tags but thought I would give this one a try:

What is his name? Anthony Kent Austin
Nicknames? Tony, Toner, Gringo, his friends have nicknames for him that I refuse to post.
How long have you been married? 10 years
How long did you date? 8 months
How old is he? 32
Who eats more sweets? depends on what it is....me on candy but definitely him on donuts, pastries, chocolate and such.
Who said I love you first? He said it. But it was both of us talking about it leading up to it.
Who is taller? Tony a whole foot taller than me.
Who can sing better? Definitely Tony, have you checked out his music? (http://www.silentmonk.com/) He laughs at my attempts to sing along in the car
Who is smarter? Tony is more book smart than me but I think I'm more practical smart than him.
Who does the laundry? I always do.
Who pays the bills? I used to but hate it so luckily he does it now.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do. It's further away from the door.
Who mows the lawn? Our landlord. We both miss mowing my grandparents huge lawn.
Who cooks dinner? Me during the week, Tony on the weekends.
Who drives? He does if we are together. He hates my driving.
Who is more stubborn? Depends, we both have our moments.
Who kissed who first? He gave me a nice little kiss on the cheek.
Who asked who out first? He always asked me out when we were dating.
Who has more siblings? He does with 4 brothers and 1 sister.
Who wears the pants? I think we both equally wear them.
Kiegan just said, "that I mostly wear pants more because dad always wears shorts." You got to love a kids perspective.

The gerbil game

Jonah: Mom I want to play Gerbil
Me: Gerbil?
Jonah: Ya, you know the gerbil game.
Me: I don't know that game. How do you play?
Jonah: You know you spin it and get things.
Me: I have no idea what you are talking about. We don't have a spinning gerbil game.
Jonah: Mom, you know.....Gerbil, gerbil, gerbil, I made it out of clay, gerbil, gerbil, gerbil, my gerbil I will play.