Dog Days of Summer

Summer is almost over and we are becoming nostalgic for fun summer days and yet wanting fun fall activities to start too! Alas the grass is always greener... These pictures represent our feeling completely! Our favorite summer outfit and cute new rain boots!

So Martha...

Just kidding, but this is my Martha inspired project of the week! Shout out to Debi for the wonderful birthday gift of a Joann's (pure love.) gift card!

Cork board: painted by yours truly...

Cork board with my pictures & such on it!

Count Me In!

The best I could get of Pea counting on video! Love my little pea...

You Say it's Your Birthday...

Well, it's my birthday too! Today, as a matter of fact. In light of this special occasion, I thought I would put up some pictures of what Ty and I did to celebrate on Friday! It was a foodies paradise-we definitely made the rounds...

First up: Slim's Last Chance for appetizers and by appetizers I mean a heaping cup of chilli!! Chilli Verde served over white cheddar cheese grits. Dang.

Next: We went to the tattoo shop where Ty got his tattoo to inquire about a painting from the artist who did his tat. While we were there, said artist wanted to take a picture of his work!

Next up: Dinner! Now let's pause for a minute. Moment of silence for how GOOD this meal was. I can't describe other than to say it was delicious...

And last, but certainly not least: A cupCAKE for my birthday from Cupcake Royal-red velvet with cream cheese frosting, mmm mm.

Now if this post doesn't make you hungry there's something wrong with your mouth:)

Pregnancy Update: Have my first doc appt today!

T is for Taryn!

Happy Birthday dear girl!

Love:

That you live next door!

Your FIGHT and determination.

Your ability to war for others in prayer.

Your listening ear.

That our friendship grows with each passing year.

Your fun headbands!

Your baby:)

And most of all your WARM spirit.

Have a wonderful day!

Two Peas in a Pod

Today is my parent's wedding Anniversary! I am pretty sure it's been 33 years, but I could be off by a year...
GREAT picture of my parents (pre-me, Chase, and Chandler). Don't you love how his tie matches my mom's dress? If they were any other couple I would definitely say that was planned, but knowing them I'm guessing it was funny coincidence?

Classic.
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!! Hope it's a wonderful day!

Love, Chels
p.s. Happy Birthday Papa Steve!

No, no, NFL serious.

My readers (Casey) love when I post funny tidbits about Tyler. So in the spirit of love and fun we have to talk about how serious Ty is about playing on his rec league football team; Bad Newz Kennelz (yes, that's the team name) coming to a Maple Valley park near you starting in September. We have some newbies this year-shout out Big Al. Back to business: the other day I was talking to a girlfriend and she was asking me about these games (she knows how competitive Ty is) and says, "Does he get pretty intense?" To which I reply, "Girl, you have no idea-it's NFL serious."

As a casual observer you might think you're witnessing a game upon which life or death depends. Am I right football widows (Taryn, Andrea?). I'm not even going to get into the actual FIGHT in the parking lot last year between Bad Newz and some other rec league CHURCH team, but I can tell you I had to access my inner b*&@# to get Ty into our car and, that's right, I child-safety-locked him in.

Let's pray no more fights this year-just good clean competition and fun! Here are some pics of practice last night and Ty in last year's uniform. To answer your question: yes, they actually practice weeks before. So come on out to Lake Wilderness Park some Saturday in September and witness the awesomeness that is my husband playing a game he loves so. so. much.

coneheads.

love it.

No Nap Blues...

Dear Pearson,
Please, for the love of God, take a nap for mommy today. She is one tired lady these days. It's been four days and you've taken no naps and that makes for a crazy week for both of us. Case in point: last night's meltdown. What a scene that was. Frankly, it was scandalous. Having said that I have faith that naps are not gone for good. Come back naps, come back! We, scratch that, I miss you.
Love,
Mommy.

It's MY party and...

I'll skate if I want to! Yes, we went rollerskating AGAIN on Friday the 14th to celebrate Taryn's and my birthday coming up next week; the 24th and 25th respectively. May I just say we had a bunch of family and friends come out and we are so blessed to have such wonderful people surrounding us (speaking for Taryn and myself now). It was hilarious, fun, and most of all memorable. For those of you questioning if I actually skated prego-the answer would be, "sure did!" I know it could be dangerous, but I was as careful as I could be and any later on in my pregnancy and I couldn't have participated. I am also going to take this time to mention the two EPIC falls of the night: Tiffany and Nichole. During the speed skate portion of the evening Tiffany fell going full speed coming off the rink and literally collided with the brick wall opening. I really thought she had broken her back, but thank God she popped right up and was totally fine. At almost this exact moment, Nichole took the fall. of. the. century. I don't even think I can describe it to its full justice, but sufficed to say it was a flurry of arms, hips, and legs all in mid-air at one point or another and I am SHOCKED she did not break something. She has promised pictures of the GIANT bruise on her hip when it, "comes to fruition."

Thanks to all you who came, we love you! mmm wa!<3

The following are some pictures from the evening:

Nichole before the fall, girls getting ready to get their skate on...

Birthday girls with their friend Charissa!

Awesome.

The Boys!

Like I said...

Color ME Crazy

Here are some recent paintings and I thought I'd share that: Christ died for my sins, TULIPS are my favorite flower, and GREEN is my favorite color in the whole world!

The Ugly Truth

NEVER a truer T-shirt saying for my little Pearson...love this:

In other news: KVB is showing me her true colors; lately ALL she does is find a pile of papers (literally anywhere) and sleeps on them. She would choose to sleep on paper over any other place. Further proof she was wandering the streets of Kent before we saved her...

Paper Weight.

Pregnancy Update: Could fall asleep if I sit for more than two consecutive seconds and mad bathroom trips, BUT little to no nausea so far-pray that continues!

Disclaimer

No picture today, back to hardcore blogging where I weave real life tales to delight my readers. But mostly because I have a noteworthy point as we press on into unknown blogging terrain:
My intention with this blog has always been that it would be authentic. Life as it actually occurs, thoughts and feelings, events, triumphs, heartaches, poop stories etc. With that said, chronicling this pregnancy (which will not be every post don't worry) will be the REAL deal. I won't go into needlessly gory details, but say if I rip a treasured pair of pants (which DID happen last time) or something else funny/sad/embarrassing/wonderful happens you will be reading about it! So, to this end, I say: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen or some phrase less to do with food since writing that kind of made me have a hot burp... However, if you stick with me I can promise you this: it will always be a good story; the story of us!

Proof of Life!

Praise God, we are pregnant again!!! Thank you to all who have prayed for us and with us for this new baby-we are so very blessed!

Baby Bell #2 DUE in APRIL 2010!

It was Epic

This is our weekend getaway in the form of pictures/video:

Ate at Pine State Biscuits-the reason for the title of this post...Ty saw it on Triple D-his fav show. SO beyond worth the calories, so. beyond.

Shopping on 23rd St. in Portland

Drinks at La Capital in Salem before the Kuebler party

My high school ladies before the party got rowdy...p.s. thank goodness I found out I was pregnant the day after this picture because I remember thinking, "hmm, I'm getting a little belly here..."

definitely heading toward rowdy...

Best picture of the bride all night...

No pictures of us the next day-here's where we ate with friends for lunch on Sunday-GREAT food!
Wonderful times were had and we are grateful for such AMAZING friends back home! Em, thanks for being such a great host too!

I heart Seattle

I did this painting on Thursday and even though I'm out of state this weekend... I do love Seattle and it loves me right back.

Daddy's Girl

Oh how I love this picture! Little girl loves her daddy...me too, Pea, me too.

Leggo My Eggo

Short post: Pea cannot get enough of these-she's had three today. A record of epic proportions considering the fact that she seems to be oblivious to food lately...

Four Eyes

Today:

I got new glasses! Thank goodness...

And though this has nothing to do with the aforementioned title/picture (ok, maybe they look a bit nerdy too...) I had to post one hilarious picture I took tonight of the swim team minus me in Lake Sawyer preparing for the Danskin triathlon next weekend-so awesome.

Blues Legend

When I was a kid I watched the classic film, Blues Brothers with my dad. He LOVED it and really I still love it too. Fun songs, great one-liners, car crashes and of course an amazing version of Raw Hide. Anyway, it was on TV yesterday morning and I got a kick out of Pea dancing to one of the songs: Enjoy!

Bride Wars

Andrea won. But what you don't see is the two rolls of toilet paper stuffed into her heiny...dang. Valiant effort on my team's part though! Real bride is on the right...duh.

Congrats to Tiffany for a beautiful bridal shower: it was a perfect day!

A Day in the Life

I thought I would put up some pics of my life today (24 hrs). Before we begin, I would like to declare how blazing hot it is in our house right now. Holy Heat wave. And for some reason I decided that I would really just like some homemade mac n' cheese which I had to bake in my house that's already baking. Side note: It's more incomprehensible because it's just me and Pea this weekend, but it was worth the heat-very yummy if I do say so myself.

Ty is at Blake's bachelor party in Eastern WA and Pea spent the night with Grandma so I got to:

Go to a fab wedding! (cute friends huh? Poor Jimmy-love you for being the only boy)

Sleep in!

Go to the mall!

Painted a picture!

Potty Trained KVB (joke)

Let Pea watch her new fav movie, come on people isn't she lovely?

 

Watched Twilight and various other tv shows that I couldn't when control of the remote is compromised...

Ahh, the good life.