Easter 2011

I have so many pictures from Easter but this is just a tid bit.

Kids definitely MAKE holidays for us! They are so much fun.


Annie LOVED her first Easter. She was equally surprised and equally excited with every egg she found like it was the first egg she found.

Shanthony

Jared's younger sister (the 2nd youngest sister 3rd youngest child) got married this year. She married Anthony Ford who is probably the only guy in the world we all deemed worthy of Shanna Banana.





Just a cutie pie I found in the mix of people.

Hey friends,

Our good friend and neighbor Todd White was just diagnosed with colon cancer just a couple of days after his wife Cassie delivered their 4th child. The surgeons removed a grapefruit sized tumor from his colon and he is at home now after a week long hospital stay. They are an amazing family who so many people admire and love. They are always so willing to help others and are so generous with their time and friendship so we want to be able to help them in any way possible. Right now their medical bills are through the roof already and he still has a long road to recovery. If anyone is willing to help out, even just a dollar, it would help them so much! Thanks!!

Love,

The Weavers

I'm Sooo behind!!

I just realized that I've missed 8, EIGHT posts that I need to catch up on!! Oh boy.

Alpine Wyoming!

Last year our friends from dental school Andy and Brooklyn invited us up to his parent's cabin up in Alpine Wyoming with our friends Ryan and Brinley. We were happy when they invited us again this year because we were hoping this would turn into an annual tradition! Andy happens to be a long lost cousin of mine. His mom is an Astle (I'm an Astle). This is probably why he is so like-able. Hee hee. Andy's parents co-own a ski resort in Idaho, not too far from the cabin, so he was able to get tickets for everyone to go skiing for free. I didn't get many pictures of all of us at the cabin but I got a couple of the boys and their first time skiing. They LOVED it!! Jared had fun too seeing the boys enjoy themselves but apparently teaching two kids how to ski isn't so easy.



This is mostly why it isn't so easy. I HATE the tow rope!!!! Glad I was cozy up in a cabin with Annie.



I'm so mad at myself because somehow I missed taking pictures of Jackson. Back at the cabin he spent an entire day outside sledding down the road. He had so much fun.


I thought Annie would cry being all squished up like this but she thought it was really funny. She also went sledding for the first time here.


Jared and the big boys also spent a lot of time snow mobiling and I also did a little snow mobiling by myself for the first time. We all loved the whole trip.

Seattle

One of Jared's dental suppliers (Patterson) had a convention up in Seattle and told Jared they'd fly us up there for it. We had such a great time!! It was sooo relaxing to be without any kids and just hang out around the city and eat lots of yummy food.

We didn't have a ton of time up there so we didn't do a lot but here are some of the highlights...

We headed to the Space Needle and had dinner at the top. It takes an hour to make a full rotation so we could see an ariel view of the city and the sound while we ate. It was really fun.


I don't even remember what kind of a car this is but Jared was totally jealous of the owner. I made him stand by it like he owned it but he got all nervous and didn't want to touch it or look weird. I thought that was funny that he cared so much.


This picture's kind of lame but we went on the underground tour. My dad said it's the dumbest thing ever but we actually really liked it. It gave a history of how Seattle was built and it's interesting to know that the streets and sidewalks you're walking on are on top of old streets. My grandpa said "it's nice if you like walking around in basements." I think he might not have like the tour much either.


Ohhhh, yumm yumm yummmmm!! This alone makes me want to live on the West Coast!


It's hard to see but there is a flying salmon in this picture. This is the famous fish market that we see on movies a lot. We stood around waiting for someone to buy a fish just for this picture.


Here's Jared debating whether it's worth $200 to pack some fresh fish home. We didn't come home with any :(


The famous sign. They were doing construction so we didn't get to touch the lucky pig.


This was really the highlight of our trip. Jared and I LOVE trying new foods and when a restaurant has great atmosphere along with yummy food we feel like we are the luckiest people in the world. This was a Moroccan restaurant we found in a newspaper we picked up off the ferry. They had 5 courses and they were all delicious.


They first washed our hand at the table then gave us a huge towel we kept throughout our meal (I suppose because a lot of the food was eaten by hand). There was a belly dancer, we sat on the floor, and this is our 3rd course. It was some crazy ground chicken filled filo dough piled high with powdered sugar and cinnamon. It was unique and delicious!


You can see it was not an easy thing to eat. This is why we had huge towels instead of normal sized napkins.


We also took a ferry across puget sound and got a couples massage. We ate some sushi, watched a movie, read some books, and hung out in a lot of coffee shops using their wifi and sipping herbal tea. Well, maybe I did those things while Jared was in conferences for a couple days.

Our trip was wrapped up in the airport watching the superbowl at Sbarros eating leftover cheesecake.

Tanner is 5!!

Like I've said before (not that long ago) the kids just keep growing up sooo fast!! Tanner had a great birthday planned. We were supposed to get cupcakes and take them to preschool and have a special poster board with pictures of him to show his class, Have a couple of neighbor friends over for a party, then have Grandma and Grandpa Astle over for some Pizza and cake and ice cream. Instead he woke up with sick.

Instead we went to Sam's club to pick up some food, Walmart to pick up his cake, then the doctors office to get some prescriptions. Grandma and Grandpa did end up coming anyway and Tanner decided he wanted "Crab, shrimp, and all the seafood" instead of pizza. Besides Jackson, we were all happy with his decision.

All he asked for was an easy bake oven. So he was happy when that's what he got. I also got him some roller skates and he absolutely loves them.


Before he went to bed I told him sorry that he had to miss all of his special birthday activities and he said "Mom, I'm still happy because I had a nice birthday." He has a great attitude! Jackson hurt his feelings while they were getting to bed and I told Jackson he needed to tell Tanner 3 things he loves about him before they fell asleep. The next morning Tanner got up and said "Jackson made my heart happy. He told me so many nice things about me."

Tanner really is one unique little kid. He always has something nice to say and finds the positive in most situations. He certainly can drive teachers and parents crazy with his lack of sitting still skills but it's also one of his more endearing characteristics.

Later the next week he did finally get to do his special birthday at school and had a small neighborhood friend party. I was a little worried how it would go since Jared wasn't going to be home but it turned out great and kids this age just love running around and playing together. No need for over planned activities!

He has been asking to have a costume birthday party since his last birthday. He finally got what he's been begging for.