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Halloween started off with Haley’s preschool festival party. She got to wear her costume to school for the party. (Back up. She also got to wear her costume to ballet Thursday night!) JT and I went to Costco while school was going on, and then joined Haley for her party toward the end of school.Continue reading “Halloween”

Our annual tradition of carving a pumpkin (one) together as a family continued this week. I told JT and Haley that, if they wanted a carved pumpkin, they needed to get goopy. They didn’t want to, but they made a decision to be cheerful about it. Three minutes later, they were done and Jim tookContinue reading “Pumpkin Carving”

We were excited to go up to UW and visit our nephew/cousin, Preston, and see his house. He is living in the 17th Avenue House, where Jim lived in college, but there have been some major improvements. It was fun to see the house, meet some of the guys who live there, and visit hisContinue reading “Visiting Preston”

Haley’s ballet class does not allow parents to watch, except for five times per year and the recital. I was really looking forward to the first time “Observation Week” came, and last week was it. Haley enjoyed having JT and I for an audience. The ballet handbook states that only one or two people canContinue reading “Observation Week”

We spent a wonderful weekend away with dear friends this past few days. It was filled with laughter, food, memories, and a lot of driving. We are thankful for the grandparents (all three sets) who watched all of our children and for my aunt and uncle, who let us crash at their lake cabin allContinue reading “Spirit Lake, Idaho”

Last week I spent more time on one of my day jobs than the other. I have a few different hats I wear, and last week I got an amazing opportunity to work with the Microsoft Worldwide Education team in downtown Seattle. That meant the Grandmas came twice each last week, and once they wereContinue reading “Two Day Jobs”

It was a weekend full of walking! First, we had our annual Leah’s Legacy walk in honor of Leah Tomlin, our cousin’s baby girl, and GBS Awareness. Since we can’t join the walk in Tuscaloosa, we do our own walk here. Then we came back to our house and watched Alabama football. We were veryContinue reading “Walking Weekend”

The new continues. We have new going on all over the place! First, JT started martial arts. We had talked to him about doing that this fall, until he can do basketball or something in the winter. It’s nice for each child to have an activity. So Haley and I watched from the balcony whileContinue reading “The New Continues”

We were blessed to have one day this month we could possibly attend the State Fair in Puyallup, and it all worked out. The weather was beautiful! We took JT out of school because that was the only possible day for everyone else’s schedules. We met our friends, the Bonnell family, at the Fair againContinue reading “Do the Puyallup”

After waiting a whole year, Haley got to start ballet! She has been looking forward to turning four for many reasons, and this was one of them. Her program is highly recommended and about five minutes from home. We don’t get to watch class until October, but we’re looking forward to seeing her practice atContinue reading “Ballet”