Aunt Marcia's special day!

Today is Aunt Marcia's birthday! We hope you have a great day with lots of children and grandchildren nearby to enjoy your happy company. Thank you for always having a hug and a smile for us. You are loved!!!

Happy birthday, Nathan!

To our awesome brother-in-law, tamer of toddlers, braver of basements, wunderkind of Wisconsin...we hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!

To a special couple...Happy anniversary!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Chuck & Kara!!!

A flash from the past! I was looking through my pictures and I couldn't find one from Kara & Chuck's wedding (11 years ago today! Pre-digital, so not much on my computer). This shot will "sub in" until we can get one of just Kara & Chuck. Awww, look how tiny our children were back in 2006. We were going to a concert with Uncle Mark and Bea that night. We were all so young! :)

We hope your day together is really great. We're so glad Chuck is in our family. We're so glad we have Corbin and Kayden out of this deal, too! :D Thanks for making us some awesome cousins, you two!

"Twin" Girls

Laura and cousin Annie playing at our house this morning. Laura is wearing "princess pants" (2nd outfit of the morning) and holding her "Wion". Too bad you can't see her "pwitty toes!"

Friday's news 3.11.11

#1 Big news for Kirk & Lindsay!

Baby is on the way! Due in October. We are so happy for your family!!!

The Great Snow Day

I almost put quotation marks around "Great" in the title, since the amount of snow wasn't enough to last more than a day, but school was canceled and we had our first snow adventure in our new home.

There were dozens of families gathered at this hill by the middle school track, and it was a fun free-for-all of sleds, sharing, snowman-making, new-friend-bonding, and mommy socializing. I rode down a few times with the kids. Jared made a cute friend who was more than happy to share her sled with him any time he asked.

I only caught 2 photos before my battery died (it was the backup camera...) but here they are! Our 2 Lauras and a happy little Jared.


Our favorite thing about Washington winters so far: our snow lasts just the right length of time. The novelty remains, and it was a huge deal to the older kids in town to FINALLY have a snow day.