Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Halloween

This year the girls were....
 A Scarecrow
 And.... Elsa of course.  

 TJ is getting too old for a costume...and donned a fake mustache as his only adornment.  

Reformation Day at COSM.

TJ and friends were at COSM (Crossed Out Student Ministries) to celebrate Reformation Day with a pumpkin carving and a showing of Luther.  
Though the pumpkin did not last long, they had fun. 
I am so grateful for this group of students.  I love that TJ gets to hear truth and enjoy a "youth group" experience.  Youth Group was important to me growing up and I am thankful that he gets that as well.  



Tuesday, October 28, 2014

A girl after her daddy's heart

There was a pretty mild Sunday a couple of weeks ago, so Tim asked the girls if they wanted to go hunting with him and TJ. Avarie said "um, no." and Lylah said "yes! I wanna go."
She loved it and the first thing she told me when she got back was...
"mama, I didn't even have to go to the bathroom the whole time"


First Tooth...


Lylah lost her first tooth! 
I cannot believe she is old enough to be loosing teeth! 

Girls Day..

When Tim and TJ go hunting the girls and I get to spend the day together. 
I LOVE our girl days and last Saturday there was a local pop up boutique called Feather Your Nest.  We had a little refreshment and then headed to the shop.  
 This is the treasure I walked away with...

Bailey Vegetable Garden

We went to this corn maze in Snohomish last week. We were able to go with some of our CC Community and it was a great time. Tim even got to take the day off to go with us! 
 The American Girl store happens to be near the farm, so of course we had to stop by and give our kiddos another opportunity to learn what "browse" means.  
 As a mama of 3 boys, this one was SUPER excited to be there with us! 

 The crew.
The cool part about this farm is that the corn maze is in the shape of the US.  There are landmarks throughout it and fun little activities.  You enter through California and Exit in Florida.  It was fun! 

 A blessing of homeschooling with family is that when you go on a field trip they come with you.
 At the "Canadian Border"
 At "Qwest Field" A Favorite in our family...except for Avarie, she was hoping to find Louisiana...
 This lady, she organized this field trip and was pulled it off with grace and poise!  I love you Erin.

 On the hay ride...
 The only family picture we took....
 Cousins.

 Pumpkin Royalty





Halloween Sneak Peak....

I bet you can't guess what I'm doing....

You watch one....

One video of Lindsey Sterling....
...and you have two girls making violins and dancing around the house.  

Classical Conversations

We love CC, and these are just a few reasons why...



Love

I hope and pray that he is always as loving and kind.  That he always wants to have a great relationship with us.  I love this boy who is too quickly growing into a man. 

Fashion Icon??

Apparently I need to work on what goes together...
I'm pretty sure that he will not appreciate this picture in the future. 

Lutz

It's not very often that we get to spend time with my dad's family. 
My grandma's husband passed away and so we went to Wenatchee for the funeral.  
We were able to spend some time with my family while we were there.  
 Lylah and Grace are the same age and love playing together.
 Some of my grandma's great grandchildren.  Only missing 3 here.
 I love this picture of my uncle and aunt. 
They are both blessings to me and I am so thankful to have them in my life. 
Avarie and Ava are exactly a month apart in age and have SO much in common. We need to be better at getting them together. 

Fashion Icon...

This is what happens when I let her choose her clothes...
they are both striped.


Twins

Our dear friends the Witmer's had twins and the girls were anxious to get their hands on those munchkins.  My family LOVES their kids (they have 4, three years old and under)! 
Here Avarie and Lylah are with Lincoln and Cambria and big sister Avynlea.  
My kids may be more baby addicted than their mama. 

A little trip to Seattle...

We went to Seattle to get a new (to us) car.  We decided to surprise the kids with a Mariners game.  It was super fun and a great family day. 


 The family...

 Our new ride...We LOVE it!