Silvia's Fotoblog

This past weekend was filled with soccer games and and babies wearing hats, oh, and a scary ride to the local burger place (more on that in just a minute).

Here’s E holding baby brother while on the sidelines during his game. Notice he’s not looking at the camera because he did NOT want his picture taken.

Here’s Noah during his game, notice the hand signal. That clearly means “Enough pictures already!” When did it become such a crime to take pictures?!

Maybe this just means I take too many, lol.

While we had a little break from soccer for lunch, Drea asked if she could drive us to the local burger place. Having already ridden with her I was inclined to say no but Ben beat me to it saying yes. Anyway, I graciously volunteered to sit in the back and let Ben enjoy the ride from the front passenger’s seat-my knuckles were still white from the last time I rode in the front with her, thank God for door handles.

Anyway, to take my mind off the possible doom that lay ahead I took pictures of the twins.

Here’s Isaac wondering what the heck mommy is doing in the back seat.

Anyway, we did survive and had our lunch but Ben drove home

Here are some February photos that I didn’t share here or make it to the photo-a-day cut.

These were the same binoculars E used to spy on Drea and her boyfriend at the time.

On the 25th my firstborn baby turned fifteen! I know this is so cliché but I have to say it: I can’t believe she’s growing up so quickly! Anyway, my sweet little girl is so grown up but still a little girl at heart.

We spent the morning at the dps getting her driving permit and it took 3 1/2 hours! Not fun with nine month old twins and a cramped space with 200+ people but we survived.

Her friends made her a cake and cookies and had a little party for her in the cafeteria but she missed it because she didn’t get back to school on time, so she was pretty upset about that. When school was out she drove us to the nail salon (don’t worry it’s right in the neighborhood and yes, I was terrified!) and we had a relaxing time getting a spa pedicure.

On Friday her sweet friends threw her another party in the cafeteria and this time she was there to be the center of attention, which she loves,being the diva that she is.

Tonight we’re going to have her birthday dinner at The Melting Pot; cheese and chocolate that pretty much sums up dietary needs according to Drea. Tomorrow my cousins and aunt are coming over for a little Mexican-style cookout in her honor.

Look at how excited she is to be behind the wheel.

Last week Ben went to Seattle on business and I met him up there. Yes, we left all five of the kids behind to enjoy some much needed time with just each other. We had the best time in Seattle enjoying the market and everything it had to offer. We then headed over to Vancouver WA to visit Ben’s dad and his dad’s wife. They took us to a winery for a tasting and we learned about the wine making process- we had an amazing time drinking some delicious wine at 9am. We then headed over to Vista House to see the beautiful view of the Columbia River Gorge. It was a gorgeous sight but windy…very windy. We then headed over to take a quick peek at Multnomah Falls. We finished the evening off by watching Avatar, I was the only one watching it for the first time, in a posh theater with an awesome wine room and a very good restaurant.  

We had the best of times and packed lots into a short trip.

Here are a couple of my favorite photos from the trip, you can see the entire album here.

Really, I have lots more favorites but just see the rest on my flickr.

So, if you were wondering what we’ve been up to here’s the update to my photo-a-day album.

Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!

I used to think Valentine’s Day was the dumbest of all holidays ever created, well, I still do. Before I met Ben I never celebrated it- other than making cards and treats for the kids to pass out at school and there was the one time I bought a box of Conversation Hearts for my younger sister in high school when she was beau-less.

When Ben and I first celebrated (only because he insisted on it-I think he just wanted a present) this overly emphasized holiday I was at loss as to what to buy him because a. I had no money and b. after all, it was a dumb thing to celebrate. Anyway, I remembered he had broken his only pair of flip-flops while out drinking with his friends, so that’s what he got, a pair of shiny new faux leather flip-flops and he was happy, way too happy about a pair of flip-flops- I later realized that it wasn’t so much the gift but receiving a gift, any gift makes him very happy.

And here I am, six years later and I have Valentine decorations…

two years ago I noticed we were the only house on the street (or felt like it) without a door decoration, so I splurged…

last year I had an idea to fill up our seasonal candy dish with pretty V-day M&M’s…

and then last week I found the cutest cake stand ever…

I do still think it’s a dumb holiday but with adorable decorations.

And with that said, I’ll leave you with a photo of my Valentine…shhh, don’t tell Ben.

Because I wanted to do Project 365 (taking a photo a day to document life and hone the photog skills) I had Ben add an ‘albums’ tab to my blog. This makes me really excited! Way more excited than what would be considered healthy- as Heather found out when I called her fifteen times in the same hour to ask her if she’d seen the new tab. Lol!

So now you can check out all of my photos for the year (let’s hope I end up with 365) and scrapbooks (this and last year’s).

I think I may be more successful with taking a photo a day this year than in 2007 when I attempted this because Heather and I have a support system going.

As for my photo-a-day, here’s what I have so far. Enjoy!