Happy 3rd Birthday Amalia Hanley Dill!!!

We had an AMAZING Elmo birthday party for Amalia today! She was in total heaven with all of her friends and family at our home to celebrate her birthday. We had Elmo balloons, pinata, gift bags, decorated cupcakes and opened some wonderful gifts. Thank you to everyone who came and even those who couldn't make it, we felt the love! Love to all and thank you for loving our sweet daughter, she is truly a gift:)

Jesse climbed one of Colorado's 14ers!!!

Jesse, Zach and Zach's friend Josh climbed one of Colorado's 14er peaks...Princeton on Saturday! Good thing we watched all of those episodes of EVEREST to prepare! I am so so very proud of Jesse for doing this, he loves climbing, i hate it, and it was nice that he had someone to go with while i happily laid by the pool at my aunt and uncle's house.

the best husband ever...

So..as for the "surprise road trip" jesse was planning for us, he actually flew our entire family down to denver for a long weekend to spend with family...three words come to mind...BEST HUSBAND EVER. we left thursday and just got home sunday, we had an amazing time. There are so many drama stories regarding traveling and the girls that i am happy to post later...too long to post now:)...but if you want to see some SUPER cute pics from this weekend go to my cousin Kelsey's blog, she is way way more on top of it than i am...http://thewilberns.blogspot.com/ over the weekend we saw my grandparents who happened to be visiting from montana-great aunts and uncles, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc etc. i will blog details later, but all in all we had an amazing weekend and i am so truly blessed to have the incredible family that I do. I love you Jesse, thank you! And thanks to Zach for being the best liar ever!

Classic Oregon Coast fog...but still warm!

Nice and cool at the beach

It has reached record highs of 105-107 in the Portland area this week, we are staying cool at the beach..with temps as high as 93...it still feels kind of weird getting a tan at the Oregon Coast, but hey...i wont argue! Jesse had to go into work a couple of days so Amalia and I decided to give ourselves pedicures, and of course as soon as Jess got back from work we were headed right down to the beach to play! Our days consist of playing on the beach, playing on the beach, and playing on the beach...and loving it:)

The Gazelle...

Blue Lake Park

we spent saturday at blue lake park at our Godson, Sam's 1st birthday. bravo to his mom for an incredible party! tennis theme, ode to his father the tennis champ! thanks for a great day! i had to post the pic of amalia, getting longer and longer!

Pics from the beach...

Enjoying our family at the beach...

We are having an incredible time (only been here one day thus far) at the beach! The weather is about 102 in Portland, and about 80 here. We spent the day down at the beach, playing in the sand, making sand castles, chasing waves and taking a long nap:0). Amalia can't get enough of the water and wants to roll in the sand as much as she can. Jesse and I are enjoying our little family tremendously and are so blessed to have such beautiful little girls. Our favorite story...when Amalia told me "good job, you are such a big girl" when I used the restroom...awesome.

Our surprise road trip...hmmmm...

So Jesse is planning a surprise road trip for us in a couple of weeks...he knows what a control freak i am so of course this is just another form of torture. i have NO clue where we are going and am dying! ANY IDEAS? He wont even tell me what direction we are going in...but deep down its pretty exciting..take the poll and help me out :)

south beach widget?

what the heck? So I get this daily email with south beach hints/recipes etc...the diet jesse and I use when we "fall off the wagon" or when i gain 30 pounds during pregnancy...i click on it to get recipes and i find that i now have a south beach widget on my blog! am i computer inept or what? well, its there, so enjoy! there are a TON of great food ideas.

South Beach Diet

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4th of July...and beyond