by Jennifer | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog
After we got back from the cruise, we had just a short time before school started, so we packed the days full of fun things with friends and as a family. Below are some highlights . . .
Playing at Pipe Lake with friends
This is the same lake as the one in Cherokee Bay, just a different access point, thanks to a friend.
Spending time down at the lake with some friends and their kids. Photo courtesy of Molly (had to crop her fingers out, but still a good picture.) Laura, Katie, Me, Shira, Daniella and Tiffany
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by Jennifer | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog
We celebrated Ashley’s 5th birthday with family and friends down at the lake again this year. The weather was beautiful and the kids had fun swimming. (And it was such an easy party to prepare for! Yeah!!)
Opening presents
Molly and Asher (who she is supposedly going to marry)
Our sweet 5 year old
Our crowd
Ready to party!! Can’t you tell?
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE living near a lake???
by Jennifer | Aug 10, 2014 | Blog
It’s hard to believe that Ashley is 5 years old and starts kindergarten in just a few short weeks!
We celebrated her birthday with Grandma, Grandpa and the kids on August 1st, her real birthday (pictures to come from our vacation later . . .)
Today, she invited a few friends down to the lake to swim. It was hot (in the low 80’s – lol), but the lake was warm! (more…)
by Jennifer | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog
Saying goodbye to coffee in the morning and mid afternoon is hard!!
About 4 months ago I started having severe pains in my breasts and under my right arm. (I even took a few pregnancy tests which came back negative (thank goodness.)) After blood tests, a mammogram, 2 exams and an ultrasound, I am happy to report that I am very healthy. It’s always nice to pay a bunch of money to find out you are fine.
Unfortunately, caffeine seems to trigger the pain, which means no coffee in the morning for me (even decaf.) An occasional cup doesn’t seem to bother me much and I don’t eat a ton of chocolate, but my 2-3 cups of coffee a day habit is now gone. 🙁
I feel so much better and my stomach no longer bothers me each morning. My new love is a naturally organic decaf chai tea latte. I probably should have tried to enjoy something a little less expensive and with less sugar and calories . . . oh well. Anyone have any great tea suggestions?
by Jennifer | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog
One of the things that I love about living up here is the King County Library system. I love that our library looks like it is in the middle of the forest. Everyone is so helpful. They have a great system for putting books on hold and offer so many e-books and audio books for us all to check out! This summer the girls have gone to a few programs at the library to keep them busy!
Lego Building Program
I signed Sage up for this, but since not everyone showed up, Ashley and Molly were able to participate too! It was so much fun!
Sage and another little girl working on making the advanced alligator
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by Jennifer | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog
Today is our 19th wedding anniversary. Since Tom was off the 3 days before, we celebrated early. We took the kids over the the Myers house and we headed up to Rattlesnake Ledge for a hike. I was a bit intimidated by the thought of the hike, but it wasn’t bad. We did the 2 miles up without stopping in 55 minutes. The view was AMAZING and totally worth it!
We made it!
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