Mama, We Don't Need a Dog!

From Emmaline Ruth 2 years

See, wee already have a dog in the house! :D

You may think you want a dog, but we already have one. Didn't you say once that you wanted a dalmatian?

From Emmaline Ruth 2 years

Mama, you can even pet me! :X

Happy Father's Day (and no more days)!

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

When Mama's away for the last day, we all love on our Daddy! The kiddos even let me take pictures of us together!

From Theodore 4 Years

Even my mini-me loves on Daddy and lets me dress him in a nice shirt for Sunday! I think he liked the idea of looking like his Daddy. :)

From Emmaline Ruth 2 years

I even let the littlest one choose what she wears ;)

From Emmaline Ruth 2 years

Just as long as she keeps giving me loves :D

One More Day to Play (not counting today)

From Theodore 4 Years

Tomorrow Mama comes home, but we may not see her until Monday because she might get home after our bedtime :(

Today we did all sorts of fun things. We helped Daddy dust the house & mail some letters. Then we went to the neighborhood park where we played on the monkey bars, climbed all around, slid down the slides, and even played hide & seek. Emmaline needs some pointers on hiding behind trees, don't you think?

From Theodore 4 Years

Later we went to the library, sorted & folded socks, and talked to our Aunt Becky, Uncle Jesse, Grandma & Grandpa (but not all at the same time)! We even snuck in some time to play with our toys!

Phew!! What a full & fun today!

Only Two More Days (to be silly)!

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

In two days Mama comes home, that means we better get our sillies out now!

From Theodore 4 Years

So we're practicing our silliest faces and our silliest moves.

From Emmaling Ruth 2 years

Because, you know, Daddy's the silly one and Mama is the serious one, of course! ;)

We Love You So Much! (three days to go!)

From Theodore 4 Years

We love our Mama so much!

Meredith says, "I love you because you hug me and play with me."

Theodore says, "I love you because you play with me."

Emmaline says, "I love you because I love you!"

From Theodore 4 Years

We can't wait to see you soon!

Four Days and Counting

Mollie left on a church youth retreat today. She'll be back Sunday evening. That means Daddy-kiddo time for 5 days (and 3 workdays with a good friend). We now have 4 days to go.

What four things are you going to do when Mama gets home?

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

I am going to play with her, and I am going to paint with her. I am going to play gymnastics with her, and I am going to color with her.

From Theodore 4 Years

I am going to play gymnastics with her and I will tell her that I love her and give her kisses. I want to play checkers with her too.

From Emmaling Ruth 2 years

I will play with her, tell her "I love you," play in the playroom, and play in our bedrooms.

Here I come, 1st Grade!

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

My last day of school started the same way the first did.

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

Walking (running) to the bus stop!

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

Here I am getting ready to go to class on my first day.

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

And now I'm ready to go to school today. It will be FUN!

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

It was a GREAT year! Mama, Daddy, Theo, Emmaline and I even went out to dinner to celebrate. I can't wait until next year!

Cannon Beach

From Cannon Beach

We went to Cannon Beach, Oregon last weekend. It was SO MUCH FUN! We of course went to the beach (and saw Haystack Rock).

From Cannon Beach

We also saw Multnomah Falls! They are HUGE!

From Cannon Beach

We saw sea anemone.

From Cannon Beach

And lots, and lots of sea stars!

From Cannon Beach

We swung on swings!

From Cannon Beach

And swung...

From Cannon Beach

And SWUNG!!!

From Cannon Beach

And best of all, we got to see our family! Thanks for coming to Cannon Beach!

The future

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

I foresee "danger" in my future...

From Emmaling Ruth 2 years

And mischief...

From Cannon Beach

And silliness...

I think Mollie and me have our hands and hearts full!

Hells Gate State Park

From Meredith Jane 5 Years

We went camping at Hells Gate State Park in May. We played on the playground.

From Hells Gate State Park

Swung on the swings.

From Hells Gate State Park

Slid down the slides.

From Hells Gate State Park

Honed our orienteering skills!

From Hells Gate State Park

Went on hikes to see cool rocks and learn about how Lewis & Clark made it to the Pacific Ocean!

Four

From Theodore 4 Years

I turned four in April! And I got a football!

From Theodore 4 Years

And my family & friends celebrated with me!

From Theodore 4 Years

I even blew out all of my candles, after a couple of tries.

From Theodore 4 Years

Anyone recognize the hat?

Easter

From Easter 2013

Not much to report for Easter, but we did go to an Easter egg hunt, where we made cool crafts!

From Easter 2013

Like multicolor eggs!

From Easter 2013

It was fun!

Holden Village

From Holden Village February 2013

Holden Village is not having visitors this summer, so we went in the winter. Do you know how much fun it is to go in the winter? There's more snow there than I am tall. And that means SLEDDING!

From Holden Village February 2013

It even snowed a lot while we were there!

From Holden Village February 2013

We can't wait to go back! We were even talking about it tonight!

From Holden Village February 2013

We miss you, Holden Village!

Christmas

From Christmas 2012

Christmas happened too! No, I'm not kidding, really, we had Christmas here in Washington!

From Christmas 2012

We had a party at Church where we decorated ornaments!

From Christmas 2012

We also decorated our house!

From Christmas 2012

And Mama planned Advent activities!

From Christmas 2012

And, of course we opened presents! :D