Shawn's new ride

This past week we decided it was time to get a new vehicle for me. Our 2006 GX has needed a few repairs lately and we were tired of putting more and more money into it. I've been super busy lately and Andrea was awesome about researching options and going shopping. On Thursday she went out all by herself, did some test drives, and negotiated the deal for our new (to us) vehicle.

We'd looked at a lot of options and ended up coming back to the GX again. It's a good size for our family and we really liked our old one. The new one is a 2013, it's a bit bigger than our old one, more spacious inside, and it's the newest vehicle we've purchased together. There weren't many for sale and when we've seen them available used they usually get snatched up quickly so I'm glad Andrea was able to find such a nice one locally. It's an awesome upgrade and I'm so proud of my sweet wife for doing so much work for me.

Princess dress

Paige's friend Kenlyn has some things she'd outgrown and gave them to Paige. Paige really loves the new pink dress and has been wearing it everywhere.

Trevor's 7th birthday party at Rebounderz

On Friday night we went to Trevor's 7th birthday party at Rebounderz. The kids jumped on the trampolines and played a bunch of games. It was an enormous area with all kinds of things to do and lots of children.

Paige was required to wear a helmet, which she wasn't crazy about.

Paige started out at the foam pit. She didn't quite get the idea of bouncing directly in to the foam, but she enjoyed herself with it.

Paige loved bouncing on the trampolines.

Connor did a lot of jumping and practiced a lot of tricks off the wall trampolines. He also did the dodgeball at one point, but it wasn't when we were watching so we didn't get any pics of it.

The cake was yummy!

Paige rode the motorcycle for a while, but got mad that she didn't get any tickets for prizes.

Superbowl party

This year, Andrea and I decided it'd be fun to host a Superbowl party. We haven't hosted anything in a while and it was a good opportunity to get together with our neighbors and friends. We had it catered, so we had more time to spend with our guests. The food turned out fantastic and everyone left full! The weather cooperated, so we had our slider open with an additional television out on the lanai. We ended up with 35+ adults at the party and it was a nice gathering although the game was pretty boring (Seahawks didn't give the Bronco's a chance).

Playing with Logan

Our neighbor friend Logan's been coming by to play with us recently. He gets along great with Connor and Paige and I took a few pics of them all playing together in the driveway.

Connor's third basketball game

Connor had his fourth basketball game on the 1-31-2014 and we all went to watch him play. He started off really slow in the game, but got more and more aggressive and towards the end he scored a couple baskets. He works his butt off and it's definitely harder for him since he's not very tall. He has a great coach and nice boys on his team and really enjoys his basketball. As you will hear, Andrea and I have a hard time containing ourselves when we watch him play.

Paige hanging out with Mommy and Daddy

Paige went to lunch with us and looked cute chowing down on her big bowl of fruit. There isn't anything she likes better than piles of fruit.

At Connor's basketball game she played on her iPad and got her princesses all dressed up on her Disney princess game.