40th Anniversary and Mother's Day

Hi again!  Just wanted to post about our busy weekend!  This past Friday Jody and I (and Shane and Ryan) :)  threw a surprise 40th anniversary party for our in-laws!  It was great because they were so surprised!  Woohoo!  Can't believe we actually pulled it off!  We had a lot of fun planning the party, sneaking into their house to go through their old photos for a slideshow, sneaking in again to steal Kathy's wedding dress, and just figuring out all the details in secret! :)  We had a fun night and I think they did too! :)
Here is a replica of Kathy's wedding bouquet and Kim's boutonniere made by a florist from our church. :)

 They were married in 1974 so everyone wore 70's clothes!  It was great!  Here's Shane in his father in law's actual prom leisure suit!  Crazy!  And Jody sporting one as well! :)

 Ry and I ….Ry's costumes ALWAYS include short pants. :)

 SURPRISE!!!!  Yayyyy!!! :)  They thought they were coming over to meet us at our house so that Ryan and I could take them out for dinner to thank them for watching the girls the weekend before….but they found a room full of their friends and even Kim's brother's from Iowa and Kathy's cousin and maid of honor from Minnesota! :)  So FUN!

 I think this is Kathy's face after seeing the out of town guests and then immediately wondered if they were staying at her house!?  :)  haha! :)

 Since everyone was dressed up, we had to dress up the anniversary couple as well.  The shirts say "Together Since 1974" when they stand together. :)

 Watching Kim and Kathy open up some gifts….

 I was originally going to wear Kathy's dress for the whole party but after I "stole" it I realized that would NOT be comfy! :)  But I put it on for a few minutes. :)

 Uncle Bruce, Kim, and Uncle Eric  :) Thanks so much for driving in from Iowa!!

 The fam!

 And then here's a Mother's Day photo!  I AM SO SO SO blessed to have these three girlies in my life. Can't imagine life without them and I feel like I'm the luckiest mom in the world.  (Addison, Hailey, Emily).  I tell them this all the time but they really are the best! :)  

 So thankful for the gift of motherhood - AGAIN!!! :)

15 weeks!!!

15 weeks in St. Thomas with Baby #4!!

15 weeks in our living room with THREE babies!!  Why do I look the same size?  I don't get it!  Haha!  But I will take it!  I think I do look more tired in the triplet pic though! Haha! :) I absolutely LOVE being pregnant!  I feel movement of this little one a lot and that is my favorite thing.  Amazingly I've been feeling movement for a few weeks already!  So crazy!  And ever since 11 weeks I've been feeling awesome!  Much more energy again and no nausea anymore!  Plus, who doesn't feel great when you get to go to St. Thomas cuz your hubby won a work trip there?!  So proud of him! :)

 The girls are pretty excited over here too.  I found this on Emily's desk the other day...

 The girls have been loving soccer again!  We can't believe the improvement we've seen just from Fall to Spring!  They actually pass to each other now and just seem to understand the game more and more! They couldn't be happier when they are out there and I love seeing them get competitive and so pumped to score.  :)

And here are some amazing St. Thomas pics!  The water really does look that blue in real life!  It's incredible!  

 We literally almost stepped on this guy and totally would have if he didn't move.  FREAKY!!!  Apparently they like red toe nail polish!  AHH!!

 Where we stayed….soooo amazing! That's St. John in the distance where we went one night.

 One day we went on a catamaran snorkel trip with Ryan's co-workers.  And again, this really is the color of the water.  A.MA.ZING!

 Thanks so much to Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Kim for having the girls!  They LOVE it when they get to sleepover with Grandpa and Grandma (and we do too!!!) Thank you!!!!

Some of our great friends from Seattle! :)

 And this is way overdue…but Ryan's grandpa passed away in March…so we went to see family and celebrate his life in Iowa one weekend.  We were only there a short time but packed in a bridal shower for a cousin, baby shower for a different cousin, and then also drove to Sioux Falls to visit my best friend Heather and also see my cousin Janelle!  Here are my 3 lbs baby girls with my cousin's miracle daughter Maci who was only 1 lb. 6 oz. at birth!  And I thought 3 lbs was little!  She's doing great! :)

 And here are Heather's triplet boys and Tyler with my girls!  (Derek, Addison, Andrew, Hailey, Micah, Emily, and Tyler) LOVE when we are all together!

 The girls have been golfing for fun outside on the nice days.  Their daddy's dream.  So cute. :)

 Twinsies.

 And Easter with the Dooyema's!

 Grandpa and grandma and their granddaughters! :)