Sage enjoyed her last day of Kindergarten a few weeks ago.  They had an open house in the classroom, so we were able to go in and enjoy the end of the year party with her.  Mrs. Dean put together a wonderful book of their work from throughout the whole year.  It was...

A few weeks ago was Maple Valley Days here in our cute little town.  The girls and I headed off on Saturday morning to meet some of Sage’s friends from school to watch the parade.  It was fun to see the kids playing around and watching the parade together.  She has...

So I’m a little behind on blogging . . . but we’ve been busy and have been able to get out of the house with the weather starting to get a little nicer. About a month ago, we headed out one morning to Whidbey Island, which was so beautiful!!  We drove for a few hours...

Sage has been working hard this past week on her science fair project.  She decided to answer the question, “At what temperature will my glow stick last the longest?”  This is a great question for her, because every time she gets one, she wants it to last overnight. ...

Yesterday, Sage and I went on her first field trip ever to the Pacific Science Center.  The 45 minute bus ride was actually much better than I thought as it was fascinating to watch and listen to the kids as we passed through tunnels and over bridges.  It was in the...

(Skip to the 3rd paragraph for the non-depressing part of the blog post.) I think that Mother’s Day is my least favorite holiday of the year . . . a day to remember that my Mom is no longer here with us and now also a day to remember that we live 19 hours away from my...

Molly was is Puggles at AWANA this year.  There was no scripture memorization for this level of AWANA, but her fabulous leader, Miss Trish (Trisha LeProhon) knew the kids could do it!  So over the course of the year, Molly memorized Psalm 100.  Here’s the video . . ....

Well, the crib is officially gone.  Ashley has been moved to the bottom bunk (closed in with 3 chairs) and Molly is on the top.  Molly is very proud of herself that she gets to sleep on the top bunk.  The biggest challenge is Molly messing with Ashley when they are...

The sun was actually out all day on Sunday and it was beautiful.  We went to Lake Meridian after church and walked around for a bit.  The older 2 girls had fun rolling down the hills. That evening, we enjoyed our new backyard and even had a fire in the fire pit for...

Last night was Celebration of Learning at Sage’s school (or what I would call Open House).  It’s so fun to be on the parent side of an event like this, instead of being the teacher getting everything ready.  I just got to show up and enjoy it and give Sage lots of...