Northern Washington Trip (La Push, Lake Crescent, Hurricane Ridge, Olympic Game Farm Park)
During mid-winter break, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and found some last minute great deals for a 3 day trip up to northern Washington. Ever since we moved here, Tom has wanted to go into the Olympic National Park. Since the girls did so well on our...
Mt. Rainier for the Day
The weather has been beautiful lately. So one Sunday after church last month, we decided to head down to Mt. Rainier. The girls were excited about it, and even though we knew it could be a nightmare in the car, we decided to go anyways! The girls actually did really...
Catching up 3-9-15
The weather has been amazing here . . . lots of sun and even weather in the mid 60's! The girls have been enjoying playing outside and riding bikes and scooters. This weekend, Tom and I spent a lot of time in the garage reorganizing and getting bikes up off the...
AWANA Bible Quizzing
This year, Sage signed up to participate in AWANA Bible Quizzing. It was very last minute and she only had a few weeks to prepare, but she worked hard here at home and with a friend to get ready. Last Saturday, we drove to a church in Burien for the Quizzing. It was...
Traveling
Tom has been traveling quite a bit for work. Last week he was in Portland for 3 days and this week he is gone for 5 1/2 days in Plano Texas. He says things are going well but we miss him! A few weekends ago, we decided to head down to Portland for the day. We had...
Tummy aches, room arranging and more
Catching up on life . . . Since before Christmas, I feel like I've been on an emotional roller coaster. Horrible tummy aches from 2 children, job changes for Tom (all good, just different), moving bedrooms, elbow injury . . . AHHHH! Sometimes it's almost too much to...
Molly’s 7th Birthday
It's hard to believe Molly turned 7 last Thursday! She is such a sweet girl and is doing so well in school!! She was so kind and gracious on her birthday, sharing her new presents with her sisters. I was so proud of her! On Sunday, we celebrate her birthday with...
Time with Mom/Grandma
Mom flew up late last week to spend time with us! Tom took 4 days off (CRAZY!) and we spent time together as a family. It was wonderful! Here are some (well, a lot) of the highlights of our time with her! Singing Christmas carols and making Christmas crafts Since...
Field Trip to the Bog
Sage's 4th grade class went on a field trip to the Shadow Lake Bog. I had never heard of a bog before, but learned so much on the field trip. It was crazy how the terrain changed from one second to the next. Who knew this was in our own backyard! We'll definitely...
Halloween 2014
It's the morning after Halloween. Every teacher on the planet is excited that it's Saturday and the parents get to deal with all the Halloween Candy for 2 days instead of them having to confiscate it in the classroom. 🙂 Candy is laying all over our playroom floor...