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With the weather improving, we had some time outside this weekend to ride bikes, picnic in the yard, and enjoy the sunshine. Picnic lunch Sweetie pies! A good moment to catch on camera. 🙂 We were invited to a birthday party with a dress-up theme for the first time. I will admit that I grumbledContinue reading “Indoor/Outdoor”

I really struggle with that one, thinking there should be an apostrophe. But I am pretty sure it is a night with Dads, not that the Dads have the night. I listened to a Grammar Girl podcast on this years ago. Anyway. Tonight was Dads Night at preschool. Jim left work early to be homeContinue reading “Dads Night”

Sunday morning, as we were enjoying a nice family breakfast, it looked like sunshine outside. Jim said, “It’s too bad we can’t ski today.” And then I said, “Um, why couldn’t we ski today?” We had plenty of time before we left for church to get organized, so we kicked it into gear: dry suits,Continue reading “Spring Skiing”

My mom had a Birfday, as Haley calls it. We ate a wonderful Chinese lunch out, and then came back to our house for a cupcake decorating party with some presents. Fortune cookies! Tic-tac-toe with Grandpa Love this one! All those blondies… Getting serious about sprinkles Reading Violet the Pilot – our new fav –Continue reading “Birfday Weekend”

Haley is two and a half! She was unimpressed when she found out that this did not mean cake, parties, and presents. She is, however, very happy to be closer to three. I took a couple quick pictures of her to mark the big occasion. Reading me a book. She points to the words asContinue reading “Two Point Five”

Well, that’s not its real name, but that’s what we’re calling it. We drive by on our way home from church sometimes and it looks like so much fun. So we were excited to make a date with our friends Tawnee, Kayrene, and Dante to ride bikes and play in the sunshine last week. WeContinue reading “Castle Park”

Valentine’s Day is supposed to be all about how we love others (and really it’s about getting things as gifts…), but it would be great if we could focus on how much we love God, and how much He loves us. I tried to talk about that to my kids all day long! We startedContinue reading “My Valentines”

You might have known that Jim’s cousin Isaac proposed to his fiancee, Amy, and recorded a video of it to share with his family who couldn’t be there. He posted it online and it went viral. As of Feb 2013, the video had over 17 million views on YouTube! Isaac decided to make another video,Continue reading “Portland (Yes to Love)”

On Friday we had JT’s friend Cole over for awhile and Cole had the great idea to go to the park. It was chilly out but we burned lots of energy! Thanks for playing, Cole!

Today the sun came out. It’s amazing how smiley everyone is when the sun comes out. 🙂 The kids were wrestling and giggling and giving zerberts and I couldn’t help but take some pictures. We put on our play clothes and went to the park with friends. It was wet out but wasn’t raining andContinue reading “Smiles”