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We talk about skiing so much that our poor Harley probably feels left out. I haven’t ridden since before I knew I was pregnant with Haley… wow. I was so excited when Jim planned 2012 Date Series for June as an overnight Harley trip to Winthrop, Washington. We left Monday morning and waved goodbye toContinue reading “Date Series #6: Harley Trip”

We’ve been busy looking forward to summer and getting ready to relax. 🙂 I have been super busy with work and have just now settled down for six weeks of summer time. Now if only the weather would cooperate! JT has been dying to assemble a new set of Legos he got awhile back. TodayContinue reading “Summer Begins”

We were so lucky to have some friends come visit recently – and spend the night! Liv and JT are just six weeks apart in age, and Halle and Haley are just three weeks apart, so everyone had a friend. 🙂 Playing in the sandbox Time for s’mores! In the morning, Haley and Liv noticedContinue reading “Visitors”

It’s easy to care for four children when you put in a movie… our friends Gracelyn and Tyson came over the other night and stayed until bedtime. After all four kids were in their pajamas, we had a snack picnic and watched Super Why. (Haley calls it Why… as in, “Why don’t I get toContinue reading “Why with Friends”

Jim’s birthday was last week. I went a little bit off the wish list and bought him… a rug. I know, it seems a little strange. But Jim loves to lay on the floor and nap, watch TV, or relax with the kids. Since we have hard floors, he hasn’t been able to do thatContinue reading “Jim’s Birthday”

Over the weekend I got to host a baby shower for Aunt Jennifer, Jim’s sister. Her baby boy is due August 5th and we can’t wait to meet him! Jennifer’s nephew, Sven, came with his mom and played with Haley. (Jim and JT were off doing man things, like getting haircuts, eating lunch at McDonalds,Continue reading “Baby Shower”

We spent Memorial Day mostly on Long Lake. Grandma and Grandpa Cole came out in the boat with us to enjoy some chilly sunshine. Haley conked out on Grandpa Cole in the boat. He was definitely not complaining. 🙂 But he had to drive home separately so we propped Haley up in the bow whileContinue reading “Memorial Day”

Date Night for May was supposed to be dinner at Coho Cafe in Issaquah and then dessert on the boat while we floated on Lake Sammamish. Sounds great, right? But then it got really rainy and we went to plan B… which was really fun, too. We went to Fondi for lunch and had theirContinue reading “Date Night Series #5”

For some reason we had three playdates in a week. The weather was spectacular and we had such a great time with friends for all different areas of our life. Our first playdate was with Asher, a friend from church. Trying to be as tall as the dragon tail Asher and Petra hiding Favorite partContinue reading “Playdates”

Jim organized a Mother’s Day boating trip with us, my parents, Jim’s mom, and Jim’s sister and her husband. My parents brought their boat out, too, and we tied up together and ate pizza in the boat. Then Jim and I got to ski before we headed back to my parents’ house for some amazingContinue reading “Mother’s Day 2012”