Welcome Home Daddy!!!

This month is a difficult time for the Allen family. Curtis has begun his long month of recruiting and that means time away from Trey and I :( But we were so excited for his arrival from his 10 day road trip this past weekend.

Trey and I have been trying to keep busy while Curtis has been traveling. We have had lots of play dates with our old and new neighborhood friends. Trey and I have also been fortunate enough to be invited over to old and new neighbor's houses for dinner which has been especially nice for me to engage in some adult conversation. Trey and I visited the Moscow Farmer's Market one weekend which we both loved. Trey has loved going to weekly story and music time at our local library. It is so much fun to see him remember the different songs we sing each week.

We are excited for the month of July to come to an end so we can have Mr. Curtis around again. We are so proud of all his hard work this month with endless traveling, airports, rental cars, sweaty gyms and hotels. We know his commitment to improving WSU basketball is going to pay off in the upcoming seasons.

We love you Curtis!!!

Are You Kidding Me???

On our drive home to Pullman we had an incident with some kind of large bird. Thank goodness Curtis was driving and not me at the time. But Curtis said he saw some kind of bird that he said looked like a chicken (LOL) flying really low but in his mind he thought no way would it come our direct way. But sure enough it did and hit directly in the driver's seat windshield. The bird didn't break the glass completely but there was some glass on our dashboard. Everyone was fine just a little shaken from it all.

What are the odds of this happening? We can't report the status of this bird but lets just put it this way there were feathers still stuck to the windshield. We are thankful to God that everyone was fine and it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Just another story to add to the Allen family journey:)

Happy 88th Birthday Grandma!!!

My Grandma Kathryn turned 88 this past Saturday. We got to spend some time with her this weekend. I have to say it is the hardest thing to watch the ones you love so dearly age. But even though Grandma is getting very weak I still got to see a glimpse of her spunky personality throughout the visit.

I think she had a good time watching the boys play and entertain her.





Here are a few pictures from the afternoon...









My Grandma has been such a special person in my life. I love her dearly. Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

Trey's First Visit To The Zoo:)

While we were up in Tacoma this past weekend we decided to take Trey and Victor to the Woodland Park Zoo. As many of you know during our high school and college years Curtis and I loved going to the zoo. But we got to experience the zoo as a family for the first time. Lets just say a little different experience...

I would say about 10 minutes upon arriving to the zoo Trey threw up all over his stroller while his tube feeding was going. After cleaning up for about 20 minutes Curtis and I looked at each other like maybe we should turn around but like all parents you adjust and move on. So glad we did because it turned out to be a great outing.

Here are some pictures from the day...

Trey loved seeing a real life giraffe.


Trey "What are they looking at mommy?"


Victor and a Komodo Dragon.




Half way during our visit Curtis and I felt like this :)


Taking a break.


We spent quite a bit of time at the gorilla exhibit. Funny little story we had there. The boys were right up by the glass and Trey and Victor didn't see but out of the corner came the huge silver back male. He made his way right up to the glass where the boys were. He was huge!!! Victor let out a huge gasp and hid behind Curtis and I and little Trey grabbed onto us for dear life.








Curtis and I were totally exhausted by the end but we had a great time with the boys.

WSU BOUND!!!!

This past weekend we drove up to Tacoma for my brother's high school graduation party. I can't believe my little brother is on his way to college.

I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked but here are a just a few...

Yummy Food


Blowing bubbles with cousin Amalia:)


Trey and Marcy


I am so proud of my brother and can't wait for him to come to Pullman!!!

Sanna Court BBQ

This past weekend one of the neighbors on our new block hosted a BBQ at their house. We had a great time. Curtis and the rest of the coaches were putting on a basketball camp at the college so he had to miss most of the festivities.

The weather held out for us which was wonderful. Trey had an amazing time playing with all the toys and the other children there. He was definitely ready for bed that evening after all the afternoon activity.

Trey and his new girlfriend:)






We had a wonderful time and we are loving our new neighborhood. We feel so blessed to have found the perfect fit for our family.

Kathy one of our new neighbors who hosted the BBQ took some amazing shots of the little man.

* Where Does The Time Go?? *