Student of the Month

It was with much pride and back-slapping that our Elizabeth was named the "Student of the Month" in her Kindergarten class. She is a high achiever, a good friend and regularly stays on task. We are so proud of you Lizzy!

Elizabeth's First Lost Tooth

Well, she finally did it. Elizabeth finally allowed Mom, not Dad, to pull out her loose tooth. Our oldest child has a hole in her head.

Dish Duty

We have made a fantastic discovery at our house. Elizabeth and Rachel are now in charge of after-dinner dishes! What a relief it is to be able to watch these beautiful girls work together and accomplish something. And yes, they often require parental encouragement but they are in charge.

Wallace Falls

Janine went shopping with her sister, so Yann and a friend of mine and our kids went for a hike to Wallace Falls. This is break and snack time for all hikers. Nice of them to put a bench for us to sit on.



During the hike, there were lots of run-of streams that eventually made it to the river. There was a bridge that crossed over the river with some rapids/falls that we thought were cool looking.



Lizzy was a trooper and carried her backpack the entire hike.



This picture just helps illustrate how short Jorgan is and I wanted to show his momma how high on the railing that I put Jorgan on. He loved being able to see the water rushing down.



This is Wallace Falls. The trail keeps going to the top of the falls but the kids were getting tired so we decided that we all had a good time and started our journey back.



On the way back, Jorgan started smelling this tree. I don't think that it smelled interesting but he sniffed the tree a few times before I could coax him to move on. I just thought that it was cute.

Tea Party

Our kids wanted to have a tea party. We invited one friend for each girl and enjoyed some hot cocoa and cakes. Being of the LDS religion, we don't drink tea but hot cocoa works wonderfully. The girls and their friends had a wonderful time. They were so cute all dressed up for their party. I loved those outfits.

Read to Me

Jorgan loves to have books read to him. Sometimes, his parents are busy doing other things so Jorgan will find someone else to read to him. How awesome is it that Elizabeth is willing and capable of reading to her younger brother. What a great big sister she is. Side note: if you look close you'll see that they are sitting in the exact same position. We love you kids!!

"Blue"

So Jorgan has a "blankie" that he named Blue. Gratefully he does not suck his thumb with his blanket. This is the blanket that Janine made when we didn't have any children. He always sleeps with Blue and is very cute with his "blankie"

Hail!

We woke up and it was raining like mad, go figure, we live in Seattle. By the afternoon, it was sunny and beautiful outside so we went to the park. By the time we arrived at the park, it was raining again! So we decided to walk home. After we got home, it started to hail. It hailed so much, it looked like snow. We got rain, sun and hail in about 6 hours! Welcome to Seattle weather.