The Palfreyman Family

Thursday, May 16, 2013

5 years

5 years ago on May 17, 2008 I married my best friend. We dated for 6 weeks before we got engaged, then 6 weeks later we were married. I knew from day 1 that Mark was the man I was going to marry and he obviously had the same feelings. That was the best decision of my life. I can't believe it has been 5 years already...i look forward to many, many more!

Friday, May 10, 2013

Fishing

Last weekend we signed Chase up for a "fishing derby". This allowed us to take him fishing, got him lunch and then he was entered for prizes. Sounded like fun, we we headed over to the Caldwell river and threw in our pole. It was 4 hours, but we didn't think Chase would last that long. Needless to say, we were there all four hours and he loved the bubbles they were giving away. He wasn't too sure about the fish we caught, but he had fun trying to cast and relaxing in the sun, eating snacks...everything fishing is about. We went home and cooked our little fish for dinner and Chase thought is was yummy. He tells the girls how good that fish tasted even a week later :)

Yes, our little man is terrified of the fish at first. He never wanted to touch him, but he was terrified of the worms and didn't touch them either.

happy birthday...to me

On May 8, I was spoiled for my birthday. I turned 37 years old and awoke to breakfast in bed, the house decorated, cake, presents and singing. Then once at work flowers and balloons were delivered After work we worked out, then went out to dinner, had cake and opened more presents. I felt loved that is for sure. One of my cutest gifts was a card Madeline made for me and all her friends and teachers signed it. Too fun!!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Day at grandpa's farm

I have always wished I could live on a farm. One of my college roommates grew up with cows and she would leave school to go brand cows and I was quite jealous. Due to my allergies of horses, I am afraid my dreams of living on a farm will never come to fruition, however Mark's parents own a farm so we are able to visit it (loaded up on allergy medicine with my epinephrine pen in the glove box). I got a call that it was time to brand horses, we I loaded up the kids and off we went. IT WAS AWESOME!! True farm life experience. The kids loved it (minus the cutting off of male body parts I had to explain and seeing the blood), but we couldn't stop talking about it for days. Madeline was the photographer, so here are a few shots she got.

Cassie was there too, but with Madeline as a photographer, I am not sure Cassie was too cooperative with getting her picture taken, or if Madeline refused to take one of her, because in all the 50 shots Madeline took that day, I can't find a single one of Cassie. Sibling rivalry...got to love it!!

Soccer

Here are a few shots of Madeline playing soccer. She is usually the goalie, and a good one at that. I get so nervous for her when the ball is coming her way, but she does great blocking it from her goal. On this particular game, the coach allowed her to play goalie for the first half and then allowed her to play forward the second half, which she loves to do as well. She scored 4 goals. It was very fun to watch.

This little man is always there to cheer on his sisters in all they do. He wanted his picture taken too.

Cassie did track again this year for her school and I was able to watch her at her meets, but I always left my camera at home (not on purpose). I brought it o the last meet this week, but last minute one member of her relay team decided she hurt her knee too bad to run, so they couldn't run the 4 X 100 with only 3 runners. Bummer!! She rant the 4 X 100, did the long jump and the high jump this year.

Fun Family Dinner

While the kids were in town, we decided to enjoy a fun family dinner. We have been trying to eat healthier, so in other words stay away from restaurants and fast food. But, we decided it was a special occasion to have everyone together, so we went to a Japanese Steakhouse where they cook the food at your table. It is like dinner and entertainment all in one.

The volcano of onions on fire. That was a big hit!

being silly

Chase successfully using chopsticks for the first time. He LOVED the rice!

Update

Caleb, Kacey and Reyna were in town in April for their spring break, so we were able to enjoy some time together as a family (which doesn't happen too often since they moved to CA). I thought it would be fun to update everyone with pictures, since everyone grows up and changes so quickly. Here are a few group shots. Chase, as most always was being his silly self and not wanting to participate, unless he had a "sword" in his hand of unless I would take a booty shot of him. But, here is what we got...