Richmond Beach with the Nye's 5/4/2011

The girls played in the sand and watched Dad and Jason skip rocks and tried to do it themselves.

Alara's 3rd Birthday - 2011

Balanced eggs on a spoon (tried anyway!) and went on a nature walk treasure hunt to find things like rocks, pinecones, and bugs.

Zoo before Keira's 3rd Bday and preschool 4/15/2011

These girls aren't puzzled. They know know excatly who they are, silly! They wanted me to take a picture of them with the puzzle they did together. Taken 3/29

June 2011

Mom and dad visit Safeco Field for a Mariner's game and hike Rattlesnake Ridge.

Keira turns 3 on Easter! - April 2011

Keira's birthday was on Easter this year so we had her party the Saturday before and went to the Doug Allen Sportsfield in the morning for the Easter egg hung before going home to get ready for her Cinderella party. Cindy Cross made her beautiful Cinderella cake. That night a bunch of us went to Bothell Landing for our own Easter Egg hunt. Ella and Keira dyed eggs on her birthday. Avery also came to visit from West Pasco. We also had an Easter egg hunt at Bothell Landing.

Sea of blankets - March 2011

At this very moment, the girls are covering every inch of our upstairs with every possible blanket and pillow that they can find:) Speaking of blankets...Ella was coloring yesterday afternoon on some paper on the floor in her bedroom and I sat down to watch her for a few minutes before heading off to my presidency meeting. I laid down on the floor on my side. She took one look at me, made a sweet face, and headed for her bed. She got a pillow, her cat, and her special blanket and gave them all to me to snuggle with and make me feel more comfortable. I thought it was very sweet of her. The group picture was taken on March 10th, our last preschool day with Avery.

First Swim Lesson, snow, and a princess cake just because - Feb 2011

Ella had her very first swim lesson today at Mount Lake Terrace Pool! I was very proud of her...except when she said that one of the other swim instructors (an older slightly heavy set lady) had a big bottom:) Ella was ever so sweet and matter of fact when she said it so it was hard not to smile. She has never said anything like that in public that might offend someone. Fortunately she didn't see the smile on my face (really mature right!) and I told her that was inappropriate. Her instructor looked a bit like a slim version of Chris Farley and was really great with joking around with the kids. His name is Roy. There were three boys and one other girl in her class. The other girls name was Lucy and I sat next to her mom who was really nice. Ella loved it as evidenced by her smiles in the pictures but afterward shared that she wished her teacher was a girl. Ella got to swim after class for free time with her friend Lucy all by herself. It was a big moment for mom to let her do it by herself. Keira played Doodlebuddy on mom's touch while she waited. Also pictured below are the annual super bowl cupcakes.