Silver Lake

We are lucky enough to live about half a mile from a small lake called Silver Lake. The City has 2 parks and a trail around the lake, so on Monday we desided that we should try out the main park and the lake. So here are the kids playing at an awesome park!




I can say this is an awesome park because we had a great weather day! It was nice and warm (you know the in 80's... most people here call that HOT.. but we know better!), and since we are in Washington there are tons of trees to shade us from the sun.
After we played for a while, we took the kids down to the beach to swim. The water was pretty chilly... but my kids never care much about that!



We had a great time and hopefully we will get another Silver Lake day before summer ends :o(

Peacock Family Pictures

Picures of our Home

My mother has been requesting to see some pictures of the inside of our new house in Everett, WA. We love it up here and enjoy the beautiful forest.

This is the front room right when you walk in the door.

2nd Family Room/Toy Room.

This is our kitchen.

This one is the laundry room with the washer and dryer Patti and Davin sold to us for cheap. (Thanks Mom and Dad!)

Girl Bedroom.

Hallway Bathroom.

Master Bedroom.

Master Bathroom.

Jorgan's room.

These next two are of our backyard in a panaramic shot from our camera.


I tried to upload a virtual tour... but it wouldn't load. I think the file was too big. Hope you enjoy the pictures mom!

The "I Love You" Song

Tonight we were sitting at dinner and I started singing the "I Love You" song to Jorgan. (There are several different versions of the "I Love You" song, and this one was to the tune of the primary song, "Mother, I Love You" but instead of saying mother, I say their name)I usually sing it as dramatically as I can while doing little peek-a-boo sections occassionally. The kids usually think it's pretty funny, and I always sing it with only one name at a time, and kids like to hear their name, so it's usually pretty entertaining for them.
Tonight after I sang it to Jorgan, then Rachel of course said, "Sing it to me next!" Then when hers was over of course Elizabeth said, "Sing it to me now!" When I was done singing to Liz, I looked at her and she started crying. That was not the emotion I was going for, so I asked her what was wrong. This is exactly what she said:

Mom, sometimes you cry when you feel happy

Oh, boy! What a sweet little girl. She was crying because she was happy that I loved her! It was amazing for me to see her feel emotions like that. We snuggled for a long time and she gave me a sweet kiss. I felt the spirit so strong through her sweet innocence. If only we could all love like children love! This world would be a much happier place!
I love my sweet Lizzie! Thank you for being so tender hearted!

It's cold here!

For the past week, this is how the kids have been playing. With coats, long pants, and tennis shoes. I can't believe how cold it is! Luckily it usually starts to warm up after lunch, but still somedays only into the 60s.





Yesterday and today it has been perfect! 70s and 80s all day with bright sunshine! We are really lucky to be in such a beautiful place. I think tomorrow we will go down to the lake and do some swimming! YES!

The Hammock

When Josh came home from his mission in the Phillippines he brought home many souvenirs. Some I have really enjoyed hearing about and think they are cool... and some I've secretly kept hidden away... sorry hun! The one thing he brought home that I think is totally awesome is this terrific hammock. We have carried it around with us the entire 7 1/2 years of our marriage and never used it once. So when we saw the tall pines trees in the backyard, we were super excited! As soon as we found it amongst the boxes, Yann and Josh were hanging it up. The kids think it is an awesome swing! So now we don't even need a swingset! It is madeout of a fishing net lined double thick and secured to two bamboo poles with fishing line. The ropes are sewn through double thinck as well making this the safest strongest hammock I've ever seen! Josh and I can both lay in it without tipping and without worry of it breaking! We love this place!!
Here the kids are all swinging together with their cousin Lily. A little after the picture Jorgan started super smooching on Lily. It was really funny, especially since Lily was not fond of his goobery kisses.

Our New Little Friend

On one of the first days we were in our new house, the kids and I were sitting at the table eating breakfast. I looked out the sliding glass door and I see this squirrel running across the top of the fence. Now, that's something we haven't really seen in our backyard before!! It was funny to see the kids get all excited about it. The girls stood at the door just watching it and Jorgan even found him. He was excited and pointing at it! He tries to talk but it still comes out really more like jibberish! In the end we watched for a few minutes, Elizabeth named it Patricia (sorry mom) then there were 2 on the fence then they were gone. Highlight of the day!