From Melissa DC_Dee trip

From Melissa DC_Dee trip

For the first time ever, I took a trip without my boys. Deanna, my best friend from college is in the Navy and has been working in DC at the Pentagon. In June, she will be moving to Japan (hopefully - her orders are on hold right now due to the earthquake)But regardless, I wanted to visit her and her family before she left and luckily all the stars aligned which allowed me to go! It was hard to leave but I did it and I'm so glad I did!! Chris and the boys called me via "video phone" everyday if not a couple times a day and every time I talked to them everyone was happy :) Being able to see and talk to them everyday allowed me to relax and have an amazing trip. It was heaven hanging out with Dee all week. Just like old times - eat, sleep, drink, walk, talk, shop, pamper - etc. Enjoy the pictures...if you click on the slide show and view them in Picasa slideshow, you will see the captions.

Every year the teachers at my school 'Helen Baller Elementary' perform a dance at our Spring Program. This year we went with a country theme - Boot Scootin' Bears! All 600 kids perform a dance routine choreographed by our PE teacher Amy Wing and I organize a routine for the teachers. This year was really easy...all we had to do was learn the line dance to "Good Times" and of course, add some HB special touches! This video is from our dress rehearsal...unfortunately, we were only able to record half of the real performance (forgot to bring more memory) boo. But, regardless, I will post what we have because the best part of the teacher dance is listening to kids go wild and chant "TEACHERS" "TEACHERS" TEACHERS"

Performance Night at Camas High School!!!!

From Spring Program 2011

From Spring Program 2011

From Drop Box

Almost all the cousins together for a group pic! Henry was the rep. for the Butler Boys

My Happy Happy Henry!@!!!! How did I ever get so lucky!

From HENRY 6 MONTHS

This week-end we headed to Bonneville Resort and Spa for our first time away from the boys in 6 months. Lucky for us, Cohen went to the beach with Chris' parents and Henry went to stay with my mom. Both boys were "loved on" and spoiled to death! They loved every minute away from mom and dad and we, in turn, soaked up as much alone time as we could in 24 hours! It was a wonderful birthday- one to put down in the books!


When we returned from Bonneville, I was greeted with the most beautiful shell from the beach and a really cool "edible" bracelet!

From Bonneville Trip