The whole world has changed drastically this past week because of the Coronavirus. We found out last Thursday that schools are closing for at least 6 weeks, so the girls will be home full time starting Monday. As of now, the district does not have a plan for remote...

For mid-winter break, we flew down to California and boarded the Carnival Panorama (a new ship in the Carnival fleet). The ship was AMAZING! Tom and I were able to be in a room next door to the girls, which was nice. It was very different than any other cruise we have...

For Christmas, Molly asked to go swimming with the sharks. She loved it. So for her birthday, she asked to do it again and take Ava. They had so much fun! Dry suits on and ready to go! Hi guys!! What a fun experience!! Waiting for Tom and Molly's dive Ready to go and...

Molly's 12! I can't believe it. We celebrated with her with presents, rice pudding and bengal beef skewers! Then she had some friends over for a sleepover. Presents before school Rice pudding after AWANA! It was a long but fun day! Playing spoons with friends Fun with...

The morning after Christmas, we headed to Disneyland and California Adventure. We stayed at the Grand Californian as it was the closest to the park and we knew I would need to rest during the day. Our room was ready when we got there at 6:30 am and after we went up...

December is always such a busy, but fun month. We took some Santa photos which turned out so cute! Playing Laser Tag at Tom's work party Molly and Ashley sang in church As part of our Christmas in Seattle tradition, we went to Lumaze, It was fun, but I'm not sure it...

For Christmas this year, all of us kids coordinated ahead of time and surprised Mom and Dad with a family photo shoot for Christmas. Then they picked their favorite picture and we had it printed on a canvas for them. We also put a bunch of the pictures in a scrapbook...

I'm so excited! Our new floors look amazing!! The timing was totally crazy but I'm glad it's done! We moved a bunch of stuff out to the garage and they moved furniture around as well for us. They didn't end up finishing by the time we left for the airport on Friday,...

Molly has been learning to play the violin this year at school. She really likes it and has been practicing a lot! For the first concert, they were able to play a solo or in a small group. Molly did both and Tom was able to accompany her on her solo. She did great and...

Molly has been enjoying 6th grade sports at the middle school this year. She's done Volleyball, Basketball and Badminton this year. She has to be at school at 7 am on Tuesday and Thursdays, but doesn't seem to mind. I'm glad she taking advantage of the chance to try...