Here are a few highlights from our Easter weekend . . . Tom had a very busy week and weekend at work, so we decided to do our family egg hunt on Saturday morning.  The sun was actually out so we put our coats on and headed outside for an egg hunt! Dying Eater eggs...

Sage spent a few weeks working on her Science Fair project this year.  She decided to see what would happen if she left her lunch out for 2 weeks . . . yuck! The final result Sharing her project with one of the first grade teachers the evening of the Science Fair Sage...

I haven’t done a very good job of posting lately . . .so here is what we’ve been up to this month. Crazy hair night at AWANA Ashley wants to be like Sage and asks for a hair towel each night. We had the chance to visit a farm of a couple at church and after we saw all...

Sugar, sugar, sugar (with a few fruits and veggies thrown in) . . . gotta love Valentine’s Day! We started off the morning with breakfast as a family before Tom headed off for a busy day at work. Then Sage headed off to school and the girls and I got ready for our...

  Last night was amazing!  Tom, Sage and I had been looking forward to it for so long and the night finally came!  (Molly and Ashley had been looking forward to their sleep over at Mrs. Cook’s house too!  Thanks Sarah!!)  We drove up to Seattle and started with dinner...

There have been many times in our 16 1/2 years of marriage where we’ve been able to look back on a tough situation and see how God used it to mold and shape us and move us in a different direction.  This is one of those times.  When Tom broke his back on August 1st,...

This has been an interesting week, to say the least. School has been canceled for 4 days and we have been stuck at home! It started off with beautiful snow and lots of fun getting bundled up and playing outside. Snow playdate with friends from a couple block away...

On Sunday we celebrated Molly's 4th Birthday!  It's hard to believe 4 years have gone by already!  We started off the morning with presents and doughnuts and then headed off to church.After church, we got ready for her Pinkalicious party and were able to celebrate...

Well, this will be my last post for our fivetallsmalls2011 blog . . . on to 2012.  The girls and I celebrated New Year’s Eve with lots of food, movies and games.  Tom got home around 10 and was up with Sage and I at midnight.  (Well, Sage was really the only one that...

This blog entry should have been before the last, but at least it’s still before Christmas.  Here are the girls taking a break from decorating the day after Thanksgiving enjoying making some fun Christmas cupcakes sent up from Grandma and Alyssa.   We got our tree...