Bateman's Bay

2 Weekends ago- Laurie & Marianne, Brenden & Libby and our family headed 4 hours south along the coast to a little fishing town called Batemans Bay to watch Dan compete in the Ultra Triathalon.  Dan did great- although unfortunately didn't finish the race due to both of his glutes cramping up half way through the bike portion- and we all had a great weekend cheering, cooking, and checking out all the sights.  It was a beautiful drive- the kids were both great (Ellie was sick for most of the trip- but was such a trouper).  It was fun to get away for the weekend- we'll definitly be back next year!

Drive to Batemans Bay

Breakfast on the first day

Our cabin- Laurie/Marianne & Benden/Libby were next door.

Brenden signing Laurie up for instagram

Laurie making goofy faces for Ellie to laugh at

Yunny organized a cook off- we all drew names and as couples had to make either a entree, main or desert.  Libby and Brenden had entre-they made a great fish dish- Yunny and Lozzo had main- and made a meat with salad and pasta- Dan and I drew desert- we made Banana Splits

Libby and Brenden were in charge of the entre

Yunny and Lozzo cooking

Yunny and Lozzo's- "main"

Enjoying Banana Splits on the beach

Making Banana Splits

Sunrise- pre race start

Miss Sick- but Happy

A good luck pounce

Pep talk

Swim start

Brenden and Laurie

Brenden and Laurie

Dan coming out of the swim

Dan leaving on the bike

Cheering Dan on- he was coming in about 5th overall at this stage.

Our cheering spot- at a bus stop along the race course

A disappointed Dan- and Sleeping Ellie

Brenden stretching Dan out 

Our new house

Packing was a little tricky with kids.. the only way to keep Ellie quiet was to strap her to me..  No wonder my back was so sore..

Packing up the old place.. not gonna miss it much.  Well maybe the fireplace this winter..

My little packing buddy.  She wasn't all that helpful..

First meal in the new house

Haha, this one makes me laugh.. Dyllan isn't exactly gentle with Ellie.. but loves to hold her.

Too small?  Dyllan didn't think so..

The new living room- we love how the couch cushions recline for movie nights!

Our favorite dinner spot.

Happy Camper- I always dress her too warm.. Its a little cold in the morning these days but 10 min after I leave the house its hot again.. and I look like the crazy mom who thinks its winter but its not cold at all.  Oh well its getting colder.. one of these days i'll get it right.

Dyllans favorite game at the moment is "shops"- she loves to sell Dan and I imaginary things- and when we built this village- she was in heaven.  She was buzzing around her shops with her doll and her wings on.  A three year old's imagination is so much fun.

Dyllan watering her parsley (the garden she made at Yunny's place)- with her shorts on backwards.

Ellie loves her big sister

Dyllan made Ellie an Easter egg

our usual hang out

BBQing in our back yard

Ellie in her crib (made by Dan's dad)

Dyllan and Finn (Stacy and Bushy's little 1 year old)

Dyllan quotes

Me: should we pick up your room now?
Dyllan: YES! And put it in our car and take it to our old house?!
Me: ha, yeah!

Been Busy..

Its hard to keep up with what I post on here and what I post on Facebook or Instagram... and what I tell people in real person, over the phone, or with an email.  I guess maybe its a little bit of "baby brain" and a little bit of "I'm way too busy"...

Life right now consists of juggling 2 kids and a job- working from home.  I have an agreement with my boss to work 4 days a week- so I aim for Tues- Friday (leaving Saturday as a buffer).  Mondays I have both the kids- so we try to get out of the house and do something fun.  Tuesdays and Wednesdays Dyllan goes to Dan's parents place and Thursdays and Fridays Dyllan's at school- so its just Ellie and I.  If I'm lucky she will sleep anywhere from 3-5 hours during the day- which gives me plenty of time to be making phone calls.  So far she's been really good- although its sometimes a challenge getting her down.  I have to be ready to get working as soon as her eyes close.   Its amazing what I can get done when I don't have time to let distractions get in the way (except for right now- when I am blogging and should be working...).

Anyway.. I logged onto my blog today to find that its lacking a bunch of content from the past few months.  During the move- we found a bunch of old CD's with photos on them.  It made me realize how important photos are- and how fun it is to look through them at a later date.  This made me think about all the photos I took in College- I think I must have lost them all- as they were stored on a website (ofoto) which has now closed (dang!).  I turned on my old computer to try and find some more old photos- only to find the hard drive had crashed (dang again).  It will be my mission to recover these old photos..one day.  Its always one day.. right?

I'm sick of losing photos- so I am going to do my best to keep a copy on this blog.  The great thing about blogs is- that one day, if I want to- I can print it to a book.  I recently printed mom's blog to a book.  I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

So these next few posts will be just updating the blog with photos.  Another project for one day.. is to put stories to them.. but for now- I will just get the photos on here.  Enjoy:)