Brodie James Grimmett!

He is the sweetest little Brodie Man you'll ever meet! He is in for a world of craziness with 3 big sissies! He will be loved and taunted his entire precious little life! I am so glad he is here. Isn't he a precious little dude? He gave his Momma a run for her Momma coming into the world over 9 lbs. :) Here are the kids super excited to meet baby Brodie Man! Don't mind their attire, it was right after school for them so we detoxed them with germ-x & Daddies clean undershirts. Haliee was already trying ot talk us into letting her babysit. She has a bunch since these pics were taken! She is a rockstar with all 4 of them!

Baby Ellie adjusting to the new baby! She needed us to let her know she was still super cute! Love this little pistol! A few days after this I ran over for some reason and when I walked in Erin had dosed off on the couch nursing and Ellie was in the swing, a few days alter I did the same & it ws Sophie! These Grimmett girls are a mess!

Pabba take a picture of me & my baby. See us, see my baby... :)

I can't believe this was in OCTOBER! I am a LOSER Blogger!

Happy 15 Years to me!

Today Hal & I celebrate 15 years of marriage. WOW! I am OLD! Time really has flown by. I am so glad I made the decision to marry this man. I am so thankful for him and our family/life we have created. Here are 15 things I LOVE about Halarini...

• He puts up with me HA! {The easiest task!}


• He is a great Daddy.


• He is fun & so witty, well ORNERY!


• He is such a dedicated boss/employee. He treats everyone with integrity regardless of their role.


• He is A.D.D.I.C.T.E.D. to baseball cards...


• He still bumps a stereo like a kid (nerd)


• He HATES it when the kids beat him at anything :0)


• He HATES it even more that I am the IPOD Scrabble champ!


• He has the funniest facial expressions when he is texting.


• He does a weird lip thing when he is lying & I can bust him every time!!


• He can fix almost anything


• Family time is the most important thing to him.


• He is OCD like me


• He almost always give me my way {Selfish? I reciprocate, so it's fair} :)


• He makes me smile, I can't imagine my life without him. He really is my soul mate.

I am working my way through our anniversary trip novel. I can't wait to share it. We had so much FUN! I love my sweet husband!

Haliee made this my screen saver. Isn't she cute!

The "Right Stuff"

So Haliee saw The Justin Bieber Movie in 3-D today & came home so excited to tell me all about it. Kids these days...don't they know rockin' music?? There is nothin' like N.K.O.T.B.!!! I had to set her straight rofl! I AM OLD!

My Girl!

She did it again! We are so proud of her. She has some tough classes.

Kids Say...

So Drew is seriously the funniest wittiest kid I have ever met. Yes, I am partial, but really...he is a mess! This morning he comes to me & says, "Mom, so when we are all playing football at recess we don't really use our real names. Me: Uh, Ok. Drew:We all refer to each other as "Dudes". So, is "Dude" a pro noun? It needs to be a pronoun because we are using it as someones name. Me: Uh, I guess so. Lol, I love him!

We're Back...

We had the best time! Despite missing our kiddos terribly, it was perfect! It will take me a day to upload the pics so I'll be back with those later~!

We came home to these babies in our yard. It was a fundraiser for a church mission trip. Erin so generously paid it forward to us bird sitting for 24 hours! Isn't that hilarious! I wish there had been snow on the ground.

We brought back tons of stuff for the kiddos but here are a few gag gift prizes... When we pulled up the front door was open & we could see in to a huge banner & steamers everywhere welcoming us home. I can't believe I didn't take pics but it was chaos with flamingos arriving, kids crying, and trying to hide their real gifts until everything calmed down. They also decorated our room with glow lights everywhere, on the ceiling fan, candelabras, bed, lights, you name it, the bed was covered with love notes even some from Haliee's friends. I could kick myself now for not remembering a pick. It was so stinkin' cute. I LOVE these babies.

The morning we left was Drew's 1st game. Isn't he getting so big. *sniff* He wanted to play locally this season as Upwards is in Spokane & all his friends play here. Very different but he's having a blast!

Spirit Day!

Today was spirit day at the middle school. So last night I get a text from both Haliee & Heather separately during youth group (supposedly after the lesson). They were concocting a sleepover plan. Ummm...on a school night? You girls know the rules, I know but Mommy {Tabby} we want to make spirit shirts for school tomorrow, we promise to go right to bed after we finish...PPPLLLLEEEAASSSEEEE....sigh...I caved. SO...they painted up a storm and did go right to bed, and there was nothing pertinent going on today as they finished all their finals yesterday. They were up at the crack of dawn gettin' their Orange on. On spirit day the 6th graders are red, 7th orange, and 8th purple. They were glowing and had crazy glitter on their eyes you can't see. What goofy girls! :)

I Heart Nerdy Execs!

A few weeks ago Hal and the other execs had a walk from a big-wig (I can't remember who, the VP I think *bad wife*) anyway & they got an idea of taking funny outtakes to hang around the office & build moral, etc. They were hilarious, I wish I would've been there to witness the shoot.

DORKS!

Not sure what look they were going for here...looks more like a frat party gone bad...

Seattle trip September 2010

Yes, I said September...cuz despite my best efforts, that's how we roll around here!! Ola, Papa Ken & Jeni went over with us this time. It was fun but they are no where near the addicts we are, so they thought we were nuts! We went to 2 games, a night game the 1st day and and afternoon game the following day. Ola & P.K. declined the 2nd day invite to go hang @ The Farmers Market, etc. (LOSERS) Don't they know the Mariners ROCK? (Ok, maybe rock is a stretch, but we love them anyway) The 1st night was a Mariners fleece blanket giveaway night. The kids were beyond excited. While we were waiting to get in Daddy took them to the Mariner's Store & they came back sporting these Jerseys! They were totally stoked!

OMG...we have been waiting in this line like forever...Technology is bittersweet...

Waiting for the game to start Batting Practice

You can take photos of yourselves and text them to hopefully make it on the screen. They did & were freaking out!

I-CHI-RO I-CHI-RO I-CHI-RO

Needin our rally caps...

It's even fun when we are losing!

The next day we sat in the cheap seats in the sun for the afternoon game. It was still super fun except it was hard to see the batting and read the balls.

The view is so different from up here. It was fun to be closer to the outfielders and be so close to the bull pen though! I'm still spoiled to right behind home plate.

Haliee showing off her new bracelet & wearing her new snow hat in the boiling heat, lol.

Cotton Candy still ROCKS in the cheap seats!

The Manager getting ejected after arguing a call. {I would never do that what is this guys problem? COUGH!} It actually was like a 20 minute process and quite funny. They kept playing hilarious songs and noises appropriate to the circumstance.

Do you think they still say "good game" to each other at this level?

The promo this day was kids run the bases, so after the game they roped off all the way from the filed up to the top of the stadium & the line was clear to the very top. It took like 2 hours to get down but Drew LOVED every minute of the run.

They received a pin & certificate.