for the past several years, i’ve been asking dave to take me to a baseball game… the Seattle Mariners. back when i was still single, my roommate, christy, and i were late to church (or was it work?) one day because we were watching tv – we were watching the city of seattle blow up [...]
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though my husband is a wonderful photographer, it’s hard to be the photographer and take photos of your own family if you want to be included in those photos! so on saturday morning we met with my dear friend, Carly of Carly Tee Photography at Lynden City Park for a family photo shoot. The weather [...]
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Alexandra at (approximately) ONE MONTH: – hopefully over 7 pounds by now (won’t know her official weight until 2 months) – stil has a full head of hair (hasn’t lost any yet) – still has DARK hair (though in good light you can see some brown in it) – eats well (and quickly – [...]
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this has been a WEIRD summer. our weather has been cold and cold and cold, with very few exceptions. this past weekend and the early part of this week were/are part of the exceptions. it was so hot on sunday that dave decided to go swimming with the kids: and then we went [...]
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our epic, multi-family garage sale was on friday & saturday. set-up on thursday night was overwhelming and terrifying for me. i shed tears. quite a few of them. we had so. much. stuff. i wish i had taken a photo on friday morning from the top of the driveway down to the bottom (or [...]
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it’s saturday night. the garage sale is over. i still have to run around town and cash checks (which means find a baby sitter so i don’t have to run into 5 banks with 3 kids!) and then finish the "money earned" tallies and divide up the money. it’s been an EXHAUSTING 2.5 days. and [...]
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some conversations are worth repeating…. Davey after his nap: "I have poo" Me: silence D: "i can’t sit" Me: "because you have poo?" D: "yes. in my diaper." Said to me just two hours later by Davey as he’s busy running around and playing with Samantha with toys cups and Sam’s [...]
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last sunday we ventured out to birch bay along with dad&mom, tom, jeff & taryn to celebrate all the JULY birthdays in our family (alexandra, davey, jeff and dave). we roasted hot dogs for dinner and marshmallows for s’mores for dessert. thanks, jeff & taryn and dad& mom for bringing the food(s)! [...]
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wow! it’s been a long time since i’ve blogged… my apologies to all who check here regularly! we’ve had a fairly busy week with lots of time spent away from the house. monday – davey & samantha spent a few hours with grandpa & grandma while alexandra and i ran errands in bellingham (target, [...]
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six years ago today, my gram passed away. the only grandparent i can really remember (my pop pop, her husband, died when i was in 1st or 2nd grade). it’s hard to believe it’s already been 6 years. at the same time, it’s hard to believer it’s only been 6 years. i miss her a [...]
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