Party Time

We threw a little housewarming/birthday party recently - it was so much fun!

We rented a bounce house...and it was crazy!!

King of the slide!!

Shawn and the kids made me a cake for my birthday. 

It was super fun - we've been having a great time!!

Goodbye...for now...

This is going to be a long post, just to warn you. The last three days have been spent saying "goodbye" to a sweet friend who is moving from Phoenix to Portland, OR. I've only known Brittany (and her adorable, brilliant boys Holden and Archer, along with her husband Justin) for about 2 1/2 years. But it feels like I've known her a lot longer - she's one of those people that you can talk to and not feel like you're judged or anything. I am going to miss seeing her - thank God for Facebook, blogs, cell phones, etc so we still keep in touch.

Goodbye cookout Saturday night

Playgroup Mamas

Lily, Holden and Jeremiah

Sarah + Archer

Sunday - girls night out

Me, Brittany, Kelley, and Kim

Last photo of Brittany and I (for awhile)

Monday - today - I 'helped' Kim out at her house by bringing my kids by while she watched Holden and Archer.

Then, just like that, it was time to say goodbye.

I will miss my friend so much, but I know that we'll always be close no matter where we live or circumnstances in our lives - she'll always be someone I know I can count on.

Fun in the Sun

The latest in the Roland house:

Shawn and I were invited to the Suns and Stars Gala Friday night. Yes, 8 days after gallbladder surgery. I took my painkillers, threw on the makeup, and off we went.


This is like a "Where's Waldo" photo - only it's "Where's Sarah?"



Dinner was very fancy. Dessert was tasty, but according to Shawn, it was a bad idea to eat the basketball.



Shawn and I at dinner. My friend, Katherine, took a close-up because from further away we "looked like we were at a convention in Vegas." (Like my eye makeup? I'm having a giveaway on my other blog for some, if you're interested!)



Huey Lewis and the News performed after a very expensive live auction. I would have danced if I wasn't so concerned with ripping my stitches.



The next day we took off to Indian School park to enjoy the gorgeous weather. The kids ignored the playground and instead had a blast running up and down this huge hill. Shawn was in charge of chasing them, of course.



They also found a huge ant hill. (Ants not pictured.)



Then we hung out and took photos at home.




Jeremiah is an aspiring photographer.




OH MY GOSH! A family photo. Everyone looking. No one crying. I honestly cannot believe it.



Like our new sunglasses?  Sarah likes my white ones. Also, we're at Giant Coffee in Phoenix...the honey vanilla latte is my favorite drink ever. And they have awesome baked goods. Perfect little coffee shop.

A quick post while George is on...

The kids love Curious George. So I get some computer time :)

First, some videos:

Jeremiah and Sarah dancing to Lady Gaga's "Telephone." I'm not gonna lie, I love this song. I don't care about Lady Gaga's opinions, the way she dresses, or any of her other songs. This song is just so fun and has a great beat! It's also my ring tone, and both kids bust out some moves whenever my phone rings - it's fantastic!


Next, Sarah 'blowing her nose' - she just looks so hilarious I had to take a video. She is my little goofball.



Jeremiah was also in the Laveen Community Parade this past Saturday. He got to ride on the trailer with his Awanas. He did so great - sat down the whole time - but did complain about the hay making his bottom itchy. :)

Grandma and Grandpa came up to watch the parade!


We kept Sarah happy with lots and lots of candy.


Hey! There's J! (All the way on the left!) He did a great job wavig at everyone in the crowd.


Then..SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!! I bet you can't guess who we were cheering for!


We had some friends over and we got pizza - one was spinach and banana peppers - Green and Gold!!


Packers score the first touchdown!



Some of the kids played outside...but I was busy watching the game!

The Packers won, by the way! :)

BRRRRR

Our fountain is frozen. It is so cold outside. AND SO NOT FAIR!

The last couple weeks or so has been rough. I caught the flu last week and was honest-to-goodness the sickest I've been since I've become an adult. I couldn't do anything! So the poor kids were cooped up inside the house for several days, watching TV because I was so weak.

Now, I'm feeling better and the kids are all but begging to go outside and play and it's JUST TOO COLD! The kids don't have winter hats or mittens - and why would we, we live in Phoenix for goodness sakes!

This morning I did take them outside to check out the ice, and they found it absolutely fascinating.

The latest (or the late...est post)

Shawn had Martin Luther King Jr. day off from work, so we decided to head to downtown Phoenix. We ended up at the Downtown Civic Space Park..(what a name, huh?) It's also known as...


That place with the weird jellyfish looking thing hovering over it. It was actually a great space - clean, with green grass, big buildings towering over you, very few people...we had a great time. There's no playground, but the kids 'balanced' on the barriers and ran around on the grass. We also shook some trees to get their leaves to fall. FUN!

For lunch, we walked down to The Hero Factory and walked back for a sweet picnic. (If you like sandwiches, I highly recommend going The Hero Factory!)

Then we rode the train all the way to ASU in Tempe. Why? Because we could. Jeremiah loved it!

At ASU, where we let the kids run around before getting back on the train to downtown. Just before this hug, Jeremiah told me: "I've never had a baby Sarah before! I love her so much." Silly boy.

That evening we FINALLY convinced Jeremiah to let Shawn cut his hair. It just was so crazy every morning!

Why is he drooling? I don't know! But this is the after picture. I don't know, I kind of liked his long crazy hair. Short it cute too though.