Happy 12th Anniversary to me!

Allen and I were able to celebrate our 12th anniversary in style with a quick weekend trip to New York. It was way too much fun and I'm having a really hard time being home. Oh well, I got to live it up while I could, and I'm grateful we were able to go. Allen was in New York all week for work, so I decided to join him on Friday and we spent a couple of days together. I have to say that New York is one crazy city. I can't believe how many people were there and how many people I was smashed on a subway with. It was insane, but so much fun!
We were able to get some sweet seats to see Wicked. Neither of us had seen it before and I thought it was fantastic! I loved every minute of it and didn't want it to end. I can't wait to read the book and get the soundtrack.
It was so nice to enjoy a nice meal without kids. I probably should have ordered something more fancy, but I'm a sucker for a good bacon cheeseburger.
Thanks to my parents for being willing to watch my kids so we could escape for a few days. And thanks to my wonderful husband! It has been an amazing 12 years together and I couldn't ask for anything more. I love you!

What a ride!

Our life over the past month has been a ride, to say the least. I don't have enough time or space to even begin to explain it all, so I'll summarize the month with a few photos. We were able to visit Allen's parents again in Oakland. They'll be home in a few months and we wanted to visit San Francisco one more time. Maybe not the best time for a road trip, but it was nice to escape all the craziness from the move. The above picture is at Muir Woods, a beautiful redwood forest in San Francisco.

Riding the ferry from Oakland to San Francisco.

Hannah and Porter having a ball in the freezing cold water at Rodeo Beach.
Our family right before we walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. The kids were troopers and made it the whole way across.
We stopped at Donner's Pass on the way and walked around a bit.
I've taken a million pictures of our new home, but will only post the ones of my favorite spots in the house. The big master tub is one of my favorite things about the house, although I've yet to use it. I anticipate being able to use it in the future sometime, hopefully without the barbies and the GI Joe's that have enjoyed the tub before me. It's been a fight every morning so far over who gets the big tub first.
I also love the back patio!
Hannah's softball team played for the championship game, but lost. They were still able to get a trophy, and that was good enough for her.
Hannah sweating out at second base during the final game. I think she was ready for the season to be over.

Tate and Porter enduring yet another softball game in the heat. Get used to it boys! We love softball in this family. Hannah's championship game just happened to be on the same night we were trying to move, so the boys were especially hot and tired.
Porter taking a breather from his hard work loading the moving truck.
Porter played coach pitch baseball this year. His favorite position was catcher.