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Ever since JT watched the original Superman movie with Uncle Jeff this summer, he has been spending a lot of time in his cape. He flies around the house and has even begun jumping off things to “fly.” Grandpa Keene told him a story about jumping off the porch roof as a child and I’mContinue reading “The Red Blur”

Jim has been working since May on a big project: replacing one long side of our fence. A section blew over this winter and about took out our neighbor’s car, since the fence borders their driveway. He tore down the fence and has been working slowly to put it back up ever since. And todayContinue reading “Fencing”

I’ve been hunting for a backyard inflatable pool for two summers now. I am willing to wait to get what I want for the right price. And then, I found it this week: a large pool with a slide and without silly dangling toys. It was exactly what I’d been looking for, but $20 lessContinue reading “Backyard Pool”

We are wrapping up summer here in the Keene house, which is disappointing. We love summer for so many reasons! We got family photos taken (twice this summer) but I’m waiting to get the final copies to post my favs. Haley had a birthday but her checkup is next week so I’m waiting to postContinue reading “Ending Summer”

Oh, my – what fun. We had some friends invite us to play at their homeowners’ association’s private beach, and it was a blast. The day was hot and the water was perfect. With 12 children ages 2-4 and three infants, it was quite a crowd! We got this awesome picture of everyone but theContinue reading “Pipe Lake”

We went blueberry picking at Bybee Farms in North Bend with our friends Carrie, Emi, and Kenzi. It was hot but we had a great time and came home with three pounds of blueberries in just 45 minutes of picking. Haley did not contribute much to the bucket, as she picked maybe 50 and ate,Continue reading “Blueberries”

I have been trying to plan a weekend to visit some friends in Yakima for, um, two years. We finally made it happen this week! Her husband is at the police academy full time, so it was just the moms and kids. We had a blast. JT and Haley did great in the car. HaleyContinue reading “A Visit to Yakima”

Oops. JT was running so fast playing in Grandma and Grandpa Cole’s backyard that he “got sweat in my eyes” and didn’t see the trampoline in its normal location in the middle of the yard. BAM. He hit the trampoline’s horizontal frame with his mouth open (thankfully) and chipped off three of his front teeth.Continue reading “Teeth”

Date Night Series #8 was a wonderful day of boating on Puget Sound. We borrowed my parents’ boat, which is much more seaworthy than our lake boat, and drove from Port Orchard up to Poulsbo. The water was so flat and calm, and there were only a few boats out. We sat and floated inContinue reading “Date Series #8: Boating and Dinner”

We are pleased to welcome Travis Michael Small to the family! He arrived on July 29 and is just as adorable and snuggly in person as he looks in the photos. 🙂 Jim got to visit in the hospital, but the kids and I were sick with a weird 24-hour fever so I waited toContinue reading “Our new nephew!”