We finally Got a House

After 7 bids an countless hours looking at houses, we found a house. We left for Priest Lake the day this house came on the market. We sent our families and amazing real estate agent over the view the house. They called us an assured us this was the house for us. We bid on the house from our vacation on Priest Lake. We bid on this house without seeing it but we were sure that everyone had our best interest at hand. We left our trip early because we had to have the house inspected. Everything went well and we will be in possession of the keys October 1st. This is a great birthday present to me.

My Little boy is now 6!!!!

My smart, sweet, and sensitive little boy Landon has now turned 6. He wanted to play mini golf, have his friends spend the night and play Wii. His two very best buddies drove all the way up from Olympia and celebrated Landon's birthday.

 Sunday was Landon's actual birthday and we had planned to go indoor skydiving in Southcenter unfortunately Landon was up all night throwing up. He woke up with a fever and chills. The poor kiddo didn't even get to eat his birthday cake. He was such a trooper and wasn't bummed. Instead he was excited to play video games all day because he had to rest.

Happy 6th Birthday to my amazing little guy.

We Moved

We sold our wonderful home in Tumwater. Kyle is buying a dental practice in Monroe, Wa. We are moving to Woodinville. We have been house hunting almost every weekend since the first weekend in May and bid on 6 houses and lost every bid. In some cases we were bidding again 9 other offers. We are currently living in a small apartment in Bothell. Our house hunt continues while Kyle is still working in Chehalis and comes to Bothell on the weekends.  We truly loved our home and all the friends we made in Olympia. We will be visiting frequently and I will still be playing Bunco with all the fabulous ladies.

Payton Turns 3

My little Jumping Jellybean has turned 3 on March 27th. He is the sweetest, most entertaining little guy in the world. He is completely obsessed with Mickey Mouse. He wants Mickey everything and names all his stuffed animals "Little ___(whatever the animal is) or Mickey Mouse (doesn't matter what the animal is). He has a great imagination and I always catch him talking to his "friends" on his little phone. Payton is easy going and always up for an adventure.

Baby HARPER is here!

 We are so lucky yet again. Our beautiful, and last, baby has arrived. Harper Blake Gill was born on June 4th, 2012 at 12:00pm. She was 7lbs 6 ounces and 21 3/4 inches. She cried for the first 5 hours of her life and hasn't stopped since. Around 6 weeks old, when I thought i couldn't take it anymore she smiled. Harper smiled at me with a huge open mouth smile and it was the most amazing thing i have ever seen. I am reminded how wonderful life is when I see her smile.

It's a girl!

Most of you know that this time around we are having a girl. We are so excited to have a healthy baby in there. Now on a side note I am not convinced that it's a girl. My mind was so set on it being a boy that I can't quite get it around a girl. I even asked the doctor for another ultra sound just to double check. She told me that was unnessecary. I disagree.

I have started to buy girl clothing and just made a large purchase at pottery barn kids for girl sheeting and I must admit this girl stuff is a lot more fun then boy stuff ever was. Wish me luck and I proceed into the beginning of the third trimester with two roudy boys at home.

HAWAII

Life is not hard when you are in Hawaii. We went to Maui to explore...nothing. To do....nothing. We spent a lot of time by the 7 pools at our Condo resort community Honua Kai in Kanapali, HI.

 Landon loved the ocean. I remember going to Hawaii for the first time and spending hours in the waves as they threw me like a washing machine. Landon loved the waves in the same way. He wanted to be swept away into the current.

The boys did so well on the 6 hour flights that I kept waiting for the chaos to ensue.

We went and saw the Northshore and there were turtles bobbing around and the wind surfers riding the waves. Mamas Fish House was in that area and had amazing food. We snorkeled and saw Parrot, Trumpet, and Puffer fish.

 Maui is my new addiction and I plan on going back in the next year.

 

 

Oh What Fun!

2011 was a fun year for the Gill Family. We ended the year with a great Christmas at home. We spent the morning watching our children's joy as they realized Santa had come the night before. We then went up to Seattle to celebrate Christmas with a very casual yet tasty linne (lunch +dinner). Christmas day was totally enjoyable and easy this year. My wonderful husband was so good to me and the kids were so excited. Happy New year to you all!

The Winter wonderland from Hell

The boys have personalized bean bags that have been a staple in our office for years. This year while my friend and I were drinking coffee and coincidentally discussing how we are terrible mothers for never letting our children play with messy toys ie play dough, finger paint, ect. we realized the four children were far too quiet we decided to check on them. As I got upstairs all I could let out was a gasp. The entire room was about 3 inches deep with little foam balls from the deflated bean bags. The kids were making "snow angles" and having "snowball" fights. We took photos and laughed until the clean up began.  The mess quickly filled 10 large shopvac containers with many more little white balls continually being found around the house.

BabyButton

As you all know we have another baby on the way. We are all so excited. Here is a picture of baby button (named by the kiddos) at 9.5 weeks and in the gummy bear phase. Baby should be here June 1st if all goes as planned.... and babies never do.

Halloween in Tumwater

We had another wonderful Halloween in Countryside Neighborhood. We had lots of trick or Treaters and saw enjoyed seeing our friends. This year Kyle's mom made the boys costumes. Landon went as a bat with sparkle wings and Payton went as his favorite character, Mickey Mouse. We got tons of candy which and the boys were allowed to have as much as they wanted before bed and then kept 5 pieces for the next day, the rest went to Kyle's work.

Kindergarten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Landon went to his first year of elementary school on September 12, 2011. I was so scared about him going to a big boy school but he is doing wonderful. He has Mrs. Clark in the AM class. She is super sweet. Landon has some great friends in his class that we have started a carpool with. There were some really tense moments of fear (mostly me) and some unfamiliar territory (I swear this one is Landon) but we made it through to the second week and all is well. Here are some photos of Landon's big day. Did I mention that Payton HAD to have his backpack on too! haha

Priest Lake paradise!!!!!!!!!!!

The Gill family trekked all the way to Northern Idaho to arrive at Priest Lake, ID. We went with five amazing families we met while Kyle was in dental school. We had made an oath to take a trip every year and this year we went to heaven aka Priest Lake. We had 7 kids and 10 adults all playing in the water from 9 in the morning until many late night dips around 9pm. Most everyone turned brown in the sun except for the Gill family we either burned (me) or stayed white with sunscreen (Kyle).  This was one of the best trips I have ever been on and I can only hope there are many more to come with these amazing people.

 

Birthday Boy!

Landon just had his 5th birthday. He is such a smart, funny little(well not so little) guy. Even when I am mad with him, he can make me laugh. He recently told Payton that he had to go into swim lessons in "human feet" where he was going into lessons in bear (bare) feet. We had a really great birthday starting with Trix cereal for breakfast, then wii Mario baseball, turkey sandwich for lunch, park, last t-ball game, pizza party, cupcakes, then more wii. Big day!

Landon's birthday party was Scooby Doo theamed. We had a scavenger hunt where we made Landon a mummy, then opened a Scooby Doo pinata, and made Tie- Dye t-shirts (not my best idea), then the pizza came. The day was fun filled and I can't help but think we only have 95 more birthdays to enjoy.

4th of July block party F-U-N!

We had a block party on the fourth of July. We had yet another wonderful party. Landon stayed up until 11:30(the latest ever) and Payton until pm. We had about 30 people to celebrate with this year. Kyle went to one of the local reservations to add fireworks to our extensive collection. Many of the guests contributed to an amazing show which I wish  I had taken photos of. Next year I promise. Happy fourth to all.