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Throw Back Thursday – Father’s Day Style
Remember the quarter trick? My Dad ALWAYS did this trick to us and it never got old. He also did it to my kids (as his Dad did it to us). I’m not as good at capturing all of the little, magical,...
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An Oldie But a Goodie
Remember how I said I was bad capturing the magical moments? Well I decided to remedy that this Father’s Day. Actually, Joelle and I decided that we needed to have pictures of Dad’s cupcake trick. I...
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Summer…So Far
It seems like it always takes awhile for summer to get rolling. We like a nice schedule so it takes a bit to get into the new routine of no routine. We are into it now though. Lots of hikes, lots of...
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Book Reviews
It’s been awhile since I’ve written up a book review and I’ve had a few people asking what I’ve been reading. It feels like I’ve hardly read anything but when I look back at all the titles I guess I...
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Camps for All My Friends
This week is the last of the official camps for the girls. Jill was supposed to be off backpacking in the Central Cascades this week with church. There were 26 students (only 5 girls) and 8 leaders...
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24 Hours in the Woods
Remember when your kids were little and you would drop them off at preschool (or child care)? They would give you the big doe eyes and crocodile tears? Some would even grab onto your leg and beg you...
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Octonauts!
A couple of weeks ago Henry turned five. I can’t believe it! He’s the baby of the crew, he is not supposed to be that old. I was honored to be invited to his awesome Octonauts party. Don’t know...
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Ellie’s Night
It hardly seems like it is time for school shopping. That always signals the impending end of summer and I can’t believe it is time already! We started the annual school shopping nights with Ellie...
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Kate’s Night
Next up for school shopping was Kate. Before we could start our adventure, though, Kate attended a special karate class. She has been going since the beginning of the summer but this class was taught...
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Ice Bucket Challenge
It’s all the rage these days and I was kind of hoping this trend might just pass me by. Nope. Susan Wais challenged me to the ice bucket challenge for ALS yesterday and I am not one to back down...
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Jill’s Night
Jill has finally gotten to the point where she has stopped growing. Which means she that a lot of the clothes she got last year still fit. Weird! We went from Jill needing the most clothes every...
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Alderbrook – Birthday Edition
This year our big family summer vacation was out to Hood Canal for a long weekend for my cousin Lauren’s wedding. We had family come in from far and wide. (Toronto, San Francisco, North Carolina,...
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Alderbrook – Wedding Edition
As I promised, here are my pictures from the big day. If you thought there were a lot of pictures yesterday then you might just want to get TWO cups of coffee for this one! It’s not often that we get...
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BFF’s
When we were getting ready for Ellie’s school shopping night we went through her closet and realized that she had two of the exact same shirt (don’t ask, I wasn’t happy). That got us thinking back to...
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Old Hat, New Shoes
By now the first day of school has become old hat for us. In fact, Jill didn’t even decide what she was going to wear until the actual day. The younger girls, however, have been planning for weeks!...
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Summer Catch Up
A rainy October day is the perfect time remember our summer activities, right? I realized recently that I haven’t shared a lot of these pictures on my blog and I definitely want them to make it in my...
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Fall Soccer
This fall soccer season has been pretty crazy between Kate’s games and Ellie’s games often overlapping and then those games overlapping with Husky games and work. Sheesh! Saturdays have been serious...
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Super Halloween
This year Kate chose her Halloween costumer early. She knew right away that she wanted to be The Black Widow from the Avengers. That got the other girls thinking about Superheros too. Turns out...
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All Kinds of Ugly
Every year we base our holiday card on how our beloved Washington Huskies football team does. This year we had high hopes for our Dawgs but it turned ugly fairly early and we were left trying to...
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Holiday Fun
I’ve been a total slacker when it comes to my blog this month. And I am totally good with that! We are having all sorts of fun and cherishing time with family. There will be some Christmas posts...
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