The First of Many

Dillon finally looses his first tooth.

Inspired by "I Spy"

Dillon and Travis built a city.

Daddy Daughter Princess Dance 2011

Molly and her Daddy got to attend their first Daddy Daughter Princess Dance. It's a big deal around here and she spent a week preparing for it. What a beautiful little lady she is growing into.



Hayley is one of Molly's closest friends. They grew up together when we lived here before and have kept their friendship close since we've moved back.


Hannah is one of Molly's closest friends and lives just around the corner. They are pretty much glued at the hip.


Molly, dancing the night away. :)

Gammy and Poppy

A Visit from Grammy and Poppy is the best!



This is how you'll usually find my dad when visiting our home.... sitting at the dinning room table (away from the noise of the tv, kitchen, etc...) talking over the other goingons about current events, the crossword puzzle, or some other thing that's caught his attention at the time. I often give him a hard time about this, telling him that there are too many things going on around me at any given moment to help him solve the daily crossword puzzle from the New York Times, but secretly I love all the useless knowledge that he (and my husband alike) have stored up in those brains of theirs. I also love the constant talking he's doing in the background about many things I haven't a clue about. It kind of makes it feel like the holidays every time their around. My mom and I in the kitchen talking and cooking, the kids running amuck hopped up on sugar and spoiled with gifts, my father and husband sharing conversation and snacks in the room next door. That's the kind of thing the holidays are made of.



We took a trip to Seattle and stopped at REI for a little adventure. It was pretty limited to trying on a bunch of funny hats and checking out a lot of cool expensive stuff.





Then we went to visit our friend the troll.


Next was your typical Pike Place Market where we got to see your not so typical gals playing music on a saw... interesting.




Lastly, and to wrap up our Seattle trip, we took my parents (in celebration of my dad's birthday) to one of my favorite restaurants, Meskel Ethiopian Restaurant. SO YUMMY!


Miss you mom and dad, see you soon.

Lowes Build and Grow

Check it out, it's fun and free! Home Depot does it also.
They give you goggles and an apron to keep, and then you get a patch and a certificate for each project you complete.

Dancing in 2011

Our friends from Cleveland that happened to being living just a few blocks away from us here in WA has Rocking New Years Eve Dance Party. It was a great way to welcome in the year!



Charlee didnt quite make it till midnight, but the rest of us didn't seem to wake her up.

kind of funny

I used to watch this

all the time when I was little and I loved it. So after screening it (it's easy to forget) we decided to let our kids watch it as well. Needless to say they all loved it and watched it MANY times over and over again. I'll never really understand why kids are able to do that.

SO when we were taking out all the Christmas ornaments for the tree Charlee came across this one

She got so excited and said Mommy look... it's PEE WEE! Travis wasn't thrilled. At least he grew out of his "PEE WEE" days.