Our green hill, Paul turns 4 and I'm just getting big

There is a green hill near our house we like to visit every once in awhile. At the top there is a great tree with a swing. Here are some pictures from one of our trips. 

Paul hiking up to the hill

Paige on our way to the hill

Paul on our way to the hill. In this picture he is sporting some new Blue's Clue's glasses we found at a nearby thrift store. What a find and for only 25 cents!

Dad pulling himself up the tree. 

Dad and the kids up in the tree

Paige taking a ride on the swing.

After many requests, here is a picture of me and my growing belly.   I am 35 weeks along! This baby is coming way too fast.

I officially have a 4-year-old! Today is Little Paul's birthday! We had a great day together starting with German Oven Pancakes. After breakfast, Dad went to work and Paul went to school. After school, we took a lunch to a new park and played there for a couple of hours and went to Chuck E Cheese after Paul got home from work.

Here I am again at 35 weeks on Paul's birthday.

Paul opening some presents. 

A new t-shirt!

New dinosaurs. 

A blender. 

A new bike!

Swinging together at the park. 

I love that Paul closes his eyes when he is on the swing. 

Paige being silly for the camera. 

Taking a rest at the park.

Good old Chuck E Cheese. 

Fun rides. 

The Big Cheese himself. 

Paul and his volcano/dinosaur cake. 

Blowing out the candles. 

Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes and gifts! 

Another move, Paul's 34th and Spring Break

I know it's crazy, but we moved again. I decided I wanted to be in a more kid friendly house/neighborhood and wanted to make this move as soon as possible before the baby came. We moved to Almaden Valley in San Jose the first weekend in March. It is a really nice house in a great neighborhood and I don't plan on moving again for a really long time. This move was probably the easiest since it was only 20 minutes away and all the small items were moved with my car. In the short time we have been here, I have already really enjoyed this house. It is really nice to be able to let the kids out in the backyard or go for a bike/scooter ride around the block. 

Shortly after our move, we celebrated Paul's 34th birthday. We had cake and opened presents with the kids and then went out on a date to sushi and cheesecake. We haven't been on a date in a while so it was a lot of fun to have some time out together. The only thing was that he fell asleep on the drive home. I guess it's a sign we are getting old. 

Here is the cake Little Paul and I made. We put his favorite cars, an Astin Martin and Audi on top.  My biggest fear is he will come home with one of these two cars one day. 

Paul with the kids.

 Last week, Paul started his MBA program and had to spend a week in Boston to kick it off. The rest of his classes will be in San Francisco which is only an hour from our house. We didn't want to spend the whole week alone so we drove 3 1/2 hours to Chico to visit cousins. We dropped Paul off at the airport and drove straight to Chico. The kids had so much fun together and I had a lot of fun with Edee. We even got to spend St. Patrick's Day together making Leprechaun traps and eating a green breakfast.

The kids watching TV on the couch one morning. 

We had one day with no rain so we spent it at the park.

At the park.

Paige at the park.

Paige and Addy sharing a swing at the park.

Paul and Brooklyn spent most of the time hiding out together in some corner, closet or under a fort. 

Here is Addy and Paige boxing it out on Kinect. 

Another fort.

Thanks for such a fun spring break. We had so much fun! Now back to real life and some more unpacking.

President's Day Weekend

We had Paul's older sister and husband come visit from Salt Lake for President's Day Weekend. Paul's brother and his family also came to hang out with us. We spent Saturday in San Francisco. It was raining most of the day but we still found lots of things to do indoors. We went to the Cable Car Museum, Giradelli's Square, the Children's Museum and ended the night watching the Chinese New Year's Parade. I've been awful about taking photos and did not get one photo of Paul's sister or husband. I promise they were there and we loved spending time with them. Here are some of the photos I did take. 

New Years and our favorite places in San Jose

 We have really enjoyed living in this area so far. We are in a month-to-month house rental in Los Gatos Hills that is just beautiful. It has some of the most amazing views and is set a little ways from the city. The only issues with this house is that the utilities are super expensive and we don't have a yard or neighborhood for the kids to play in. This area, however, is somewhere I can see myself staying long-term. We've really enjoyed getting to know San Jose and the fun things it has to offer for kids/families.

We had Paul's parents and his brother and family come visit us for the New Year's weekend. It was super fun to have them around except I got really sick the morning they arrived. I have a pretty strong stomach and rarely ever puke. I can probably count the number of times I have puked in my life on one hand. Well this was one of those lucky occasions where I puked. I some kind of stomach flu and was confined to my bed for most of the weekend. I felt like a great host having my guests prepare their own meals and take care of my children. Not only did I have them take care of everything around the house, I also spread my sickness to other members of the family. My husband, Paul, was the next one to get the fun bug. It then spread to my two nieces. We did manage to have some fun among the sickness. Here are some pictures of the kids at the Children's Museum. It is a great museum and we have been there many times since.

The Children's Museum and Happy Hollow Zoo have become a couple of our favorite spots in San Jose. We've already visited both multiple times. Here are some pictures of some of our trips.