Birthday and Western WA

Saturday Feb 18 was Matt's 27 birthday. He started out his celebrating a day early. His mom and brother came over to spend the weekend with us and got here around 2 on friday. We went to Ace in Ephrata and bought Matt a Traeger BBQ. He was so excited to get this really cool BBQ! Friday night he grilled us some amazing steaks (beef from "Boss" Faw!) Then Saturday morning Matt and Juan went golfing, Juan is trying out for the MPHS Golf team and wanted to get some pointers from his brother. We ended the day with pizza at Chico's in Moses Lake with Shaun and Andrea Elliott and Aaron Reimer! Chico's pizza is amazing, and it blew my diet out the window for the day... So the cookies and cream ice cream cake was just the thing needed to really blow me off track. After dinner and cake we went to Lake Bowl in Moses for some family bowling. Matt, Jacoby, Juan and I all bowled, while Nana had Makinsey duty! Sunday morning Matt and I headed to church and sunday school while Jacoby and Makinsey stayed home to get some one on one time with nana and uncle Juan. When we got home Matt fired up the Traeger and made some beef jerky and goose jerky, he also made chicken on it that evening. Angela and Juan left on sunday afternoon. The week is kinda a blur... They go by pretty quickly. Matt is all done with girls basketball now, but today is the start of QHS Baseball! Matt is super excited to see what this season will bring.
The kids and I went to Western WA this weekend. We left on friday afternoon and hit the pass right when the snow was starting to fall, so it was a slow drive on the pass but we made it safely. Saturday morning we spent some time with Papa Dean and Grandma Ella, and saturday evening my parents had a house full of guests wanting to see the kids. I don't think they really cared about seeing me, it was all about the kids. Jacoby had all the adults singing their ABC's and counting with him. He was even calling people out if they were not singing or counting with him. It was pretty funny! Yesterday was Kayla Simon's bridal shower that I hosted in Sumner. It was amazing! She has a great group of family and friends. (and she made out like a bandit!) We got back over the mountains around 4:30ish and just relaxed.
Some tidbits about the kids:
Jacoby-almost 29 months- he will tell you he is "potty training", we are working on this. Some days are good, some days aren't so good. This morning he pooped on the toilet all by himself, with out me asking him! He knows is ABC's, can count to 12, knows his whole name, tries to spell his name, knows lots of shapes, knows his colors but wont always let you know he knows them. most favorite sayings right now "Me, I don't know" and the dreaded WHY?????
Makinsey- 7.5 months- sits by herself, gets up on all fours and will rock or push herself backwards. still no teeth, eats pretty much anything you put in front of her, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, pears, peaches, applesauce, avocados, bananas we tried yogurt melts this weekend and she likes them, but doesn't get them small enough before trying to swallow them...