A Surprise in Montana

On April 28th my baby sister Heather turned 30. The same day my oldest child turned 6. 30 is one of the big ones. One that you can earn an extra special day or surprise in this case. I know my 30th birthday was the best birthday of my adulthood. I had the best day doing exactly what "I" wanted to do.
Heather lives in the faraway town of Kalispell, Montana. Away from many friends and all family. She really hoped that someone would come for a visit for her birthday. So I was just waiting for the call from Jason to get the go ahead to buy my ticket! I left all three boys home with Jeremy (for 3 nights and 4 days!) and took the all night train ride to Montana. I surprised Heather right as she was getting up for the day by knocking on her front door. She was groggy, but surprised, but not so surprised that she hadn't washed the sheets on the guest bed "just in case" she got a visitor :)

One of the perks of my trip was getting to spend some time with these cuties! It was really weird being there without my kids. I have never been there without them before. But it was nice to have the time to spend with them without taking care of my own cuties.

I loved getting to dress a little girl for a change!

Talea Marie is 20 months. Isn't she just beautiful?!

Titus Miles just turned 5. Exactly 13 months between both of my oldest boys. So handsome.

I just love striped tights!

Heather & Jason

Surprise birthday dinner for Heather.

Two birthday desserts in one night!

Lookin' pretty good for 30! You could pass for 23!
(just you wait all the signs of aging start to kick in during your early 30's)

It was so nice to get to meet Heather's sweet friends. Our day started out with pedicures with her friends (which I forgot to take pictures!) Then Heather and I had lunch, saw a movie, went shopping, surprise birthday dinner, then dessert at her friends beautiful home.

Auntie Jenny with her baby girl. I just loved getting my girly fix!

It doesn't get much sweeter then this! I just want to squeeze her and kiss those cheeks!

Talea showing me her dance moves.

Titus, aka: Spiderman!

Check out that bling!

Thanks for having me Heather! Can't wait to see you all again this summer!

Talking Talea

Talea showing off her verbal skills at 19 months.

Princess Talea Dancing

Here is a video of my little niece Talea. It was taken on my recent visit to Montana to see my sister Heather for her 30th birthday. She just loves those ruby red shoes and I just LOVED that adorable skirt!!

Muscle Men

Kevin (5) Titus (4) Ashton (3)

Boys, I'm not sure if I will ever understand them. They love to take off their shirts so they can be "muscle man." Some of the credit for this idea goes to Jeremy who loves to rip his shirt off and flex his muscles for the boys.



This is Titus. So fierce! He is 4yrs. old. 13 months between Kevin and Ashton. He is my sister's oldest. They came by train to visit last week. Thank you to her best friend Cyrstal who got married last weekend for the extra reason to come home.

I didn't take many pictures, we were pretty busy with a house full of five kids. We did manage to have all five of them napping at the same time everyday! This is sweet Talea. She is just 6 weeks older then Jordan.



These three boys had so much fun! Ashton couldn't figure out why Titus had to go home? Those two especially have a good time together.

Family time with the Muma's

As I mentioned before, my younger sister Heather came to visit a couple weeks ago from Kalispell, MT with her son Titus (4) and daughter Talea (10 months). Our boys are all 13 months apart. Kevin was 5 in April, Titus was 4 in May and Ashton was 3 in June. Then we have Jordan and Talea who are about 6 weeks apart. The three big boys have lots of fun together and I look forward to them making many more memories together as they grow up. Ashton and Titus really enjoy playing together. They are quite the pair those two. They can be little trouble makers when they are together. When they would walk in the room Kevin would say "Here comes those two crazy boys!" When they have spent a lot of time together, they fight like brothers.

Here are some more pictures from their visit...

Kevin and Titus had almost the same outfit on (it was not planned)

Lunch time on the porch

I threw this one in because I thought it was cute of the boys. We were on our way home (in jammies) from a fun night at my parents house

Don't let that smile fool you, this guy can be trouble ;)

I just love Ashton's long hair. He is so beautiful.

I thought it was so funny how Jeremy was holding Jordan, and Jordan just looks so chill, just hangin' out. He is so tiny.

Here are all the Muma cousins:

Chants (10)
Kevin (5) Ashton (3) Jessica (12) Titus (4)
Jordan (8 months) Talea (9.5 months).

Heather & Talea.
That bow is so cute I can hardly stand it!

I just loved Talea's ruffle skirt!

Here is the whole Muma clan getting ready to walk around Battle Ground Lake (Papa Roger was taking the picture) Mom & Dad: 3 kids, 7 grandkids and counting.

Jordan and Talea ready for the hike. They've got it made!

Battle Ground Lake
We used to swim here all the time as kids. Julie (my older sister) and her family camp here every summer.

Titus and Ashton found a centipede on the trail

My turn to hold Jordan after a 'milk' break halfway around.

We also made a day trip to Cannon beach. The weather was dry, but very windy and cold. It didn't seem to bother the kids...

...but the adults weren't quit as happy.

Trying to keep Jordan warm

Last but not least we had a pizza party at the Baker's house. Papa Tim built his own brick pizza oven on the back patio where he makes the best homemade pizza's!

Jordan likes to suck/chew on glass bottles for some reason. This was a ROOTbeer bottle in case you were wondering.

Chillin' with Papa Roger. Can you tell they are related?

Look at these cute babies!
Jordan with his cousins. Talea (6 weeks older) and Stuart (2 weeks older)
Stuarts mom is Jeremy's sister Michelle.

I can't wait to see these two guys play together when they get older!