It's a Party!!

This year we had the kids' party with their friends at the Family Fun center in Tukwilla. It was a blast and all the kids were really great. They played lots and lots. We will definitely be going back soon! This is a picture of Emma's good friend Camille and her little sisters Sophie and Meredith. Oh and Owen.

The cake was yuuummmyy!

Okay, I don't know why it looks like this I didn't have to rotate in the program I was using. Anyway, Fred Meyer did a great job with the cake and the kids were really excited that it had both their names on it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We decided to have a family Valentine's day. We went to breakfast after dropping Kylie off at the groomers and then played and hiked around Celebration Park. It was a nice sunny day so we didn't get too cold. While the kids were sleeping we decorated the house and surprised them when they woke up. We decorated heart cookies and watched a movie. It was a fun time.

Owen paying close attention to detail.

His masterpieces. Yummy!

Even Kylie got in the spirit.

Flight Museum

We went to the flight museum in Seattle this weekend and had a fun time. While there was a lot to look at, the kids only lasted about 1 hour. It is wide and open so they could run around and not get into too many people's ways.

This is old man Emma. Emma in a fighter plane.

Lots of planes!

Owen gettin' ready for his flight.

Emma floating around in space, I hope she gets back for dinner!

College bound!

Two of our students signed letters of intent on Wesdnesday and we are so stinking proud. Jean and I had Andre as a student in 9th and 10th grade, so I think we may have to actually purchase some WSU gear. I asked him why WSU? How crazy are you? He responded, full ride. Too cool! Andre made the right choice, UW baby!! The man in the middle is their coach.

The Tooth Fairy Arrived!

Emma had a couple of loose teeth on the bottom and one day was eating salad and one almost fell out. That night while sleeping she must have pushed it out as she woke up in the middle of the night and it was resting on her upper teeth, good thing she was sleeping on her back! She put it under her pillow and awoke perplexed. The tooth fairy had not arrived. So, after getting informed that the tooth fairy needed a 24 hour notice we put it in the box to get it ready. Emma was lucky. Apparently, the going rate for the first tooth is $5. The tooth fairy clearly hasn't read the paper about the recession!

Sunny Arizona!

My friend, Jean, and I flew to Arizona in early January to visit a dear friend Amanda who moved there last summer. She is working at the University of Arizona in Tucson and needed some friend time! The first night we went to a karaoke bar and had a lot of fun. It was the kind of bar where everyone is local and we stood out like sore thumbs. The second night we went to Benny Hana's (I think I spelled that phonetically correct at least) and had a great time drinking sake and reconnecting some more. The third day we hiked around Sabino Canyon and it was beautiful. It was funny though, everyone was wearing winter coats in the 70 degree sunshine. Crazy! We were in shorts so they probably thought we were crazy. Anyway, a great time. Daddy had fun with the kids getting some time of his own.

Christmas Break

While we were snowed in, we passed the time playing games, doing crafts and dancing. I had a lovely clip of Em dancing but for some reason it wouldn't download. I will have to check into that because it is a fine piece, we're talking Broadway. We had fun playing in the snow and although the snow was too cold to make a good snowman we had a good time being out in it. Probably had something to do with our cabin fever. I did a lot of baking ( a lot compared to what I normally do) and mom had a cookie exchange party so we had a lot of goodies to keep us going. We went to my uncles for Christmas Eve and the kids got a lot of great gifts and it was fun to see everyone. Christmas morning we had to open presents from Santa quickly and then head to the Wrens for brunch. After nap we headed to my moms for dinner. All-in-all, it was a nice Christmas. We had to do all the traveling so next year will be a little different, but it is always nice to be around family. New Year's Eve we had appetizers and watched a movie. We found out that a tooth pick can make anything an appetizer, including chicken nuggets. Overall, it has been a nice break and actually a little relaxing. But tomorrow is school and both Emma and I are ready. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and wish you the best for the new year.

Emma and Owen enjoying the layer of ice that developed on top if the 6 inches of snow.

We played a little dress up.

Santa was definitely watching. Emma plays with this computer every Sunday we go grocery shopping.

Santa brought Owen some dress up, he loves playing knight.



Santa even came for Kylie. He brought her "crazy monkey face" and she loves him so much she hasn't torn out the squeaker yet.