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We had a marvelous eleven days in the sunshine, sand, and water with our family in July. There are so many photos to go through! Some of these are my favorites, and some are just chosen to show a variety of what we did this trip. Highlights: JT and Haley spent most of the timeContinue reading “Banks Lake 2015 – Trip 1”

Haley’s ballet recital was a long anticipated event. Earlier in the day, she received a bouquet delivery from Grandpa and Grandma Keene, who were still on a big trip. She actually gasped when she saw it, “It’s beautiful…” she said softly. Very sweet. Then we had family over for a taco bar dinner before headingContinue reading “Haley’s Recital”

We started Father’s Day weekend with our last swim lesson for the kids. They had so much fun in the deep end of the pool testing out these awesome pool-issued life jackets. Then we set up our own pool because it’s been unusually warm. Fun stuff. The kids played while Jim finished his CFI licenseContinue reading “First Days of Summer”

JT is wrapping up all sorts of things in these past few days. Baseball is over, and we had a great end of the year game and celebration. Here’s a nice photo of him with Coach AJ. Then we had his field trip to the Seattle Children’s Museum, which was so much fun. I wasContinue reading “Wrapping Up the School Year”

We’ve been waiting a whole year for our trip to North Carolina to see our niece, Madi, graduate from high school. This year was an extra special trip because we got to be there for our niece Ali’s baptism. Before we left, we had Jim’s birthday dinner at home: waffles, sausage, and fruit. We hadContinue reading “Trip to North Carolina”

It may seem a little silly for Haley to “graduate preschool,” especially since she’ll be attending there again next year for junior kindergarten. But all of the fours classes have an ending celebration, so we’re stuck with it. 🙂 We started with Haley’s end of the year picnic. Well really, we started with Haley readingContinue reading “Haley’s Preschool Graduation”

Last week, JT and I met our friends to see the Seattle Children’s Theater production of Robin Hood. It was amazing, as usual for SCT, and I wasn’t prepared for how funny it would be! I already purchased our tickets for next season’s shows: Elephant & Piggie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Where the WildContinue reading “Mid-May”

I had such fun joining Haley in her class for her Mother’s Day tea on Friday. Saturday was a long working day for me, and then we had Russell’s first birthday party! It was very nice to be able to rest and enjoy being home with my family on Sunday. Jim got up early andContinue reading “Mother’s Day”

This past week was the busiest week of the year for me, bar none. I participated as Microsoft Fellow in the Global Educator Exchange (E2) in Redmond all week. I also presented for the National School Boards Association technology site visitation to Kent School District. Then I coordinated all of the 149 teachers and 760Continue reading “Trifecta”

We had such a nice time playing in the sunshine and eating lunch with friends at the park last week. Haley finally conquered getting all the way across the monkey bars, and stepping off! She was very excited. She also showed off her incredible upper arm strength as she dangled one-handed from the fireman pole,Continue reading “Sunny Spring”