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We have another nephew! This makes four, ages 20, 3, 1, and newborn. Quite a gap there. 🙂 Congratulations to Matt and Jennifer. He is a cutie! One day old Walter James Small arrived on October 10th and we attended his Catholic baptism this weekend. Look at the difference a few weeks makes! Great GrandmaContinue reading “Welcome Walter!”

We started our fifth season of attending plays at Seattle Children’s Theater. The very first trip was when JT saw Green Sheep when he was two, just two weeks after Haley was born. This trip was different because it was our first from our new location. That means a ferry ride is in order! IContinue reading “SCT Season Five”

We have such fun watching JT play flag football! This weekend he had an especially large cheering section that included 13 family members. Russell and Walter came to watch!  

The first UW Dads & Daughters event came and went quickly. Jim and Haley went to volleyball. Since the UW women’s team is so good, they had a lot of fun! (Last year’s photo here.)

For Grandpa Cole’s 72nd birthday, we had a family progressive dinner! Now that we all live so close to one another, this is a very easy thing to do. There’s one person that doesn’t live close anymore, and we were able to Skype with her at our first course, which was salad, french bread, andContinue reading “Progressive Birthday Dinner”

This week, Haley had her preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch. I didn’t get enough notice to take off work, but Grandma and Grandpa Cole were happy to go! She picked the perfect pumpkin and brought it home. We’re waiting until it’s closer to Halloween to carve it, but it looks great on theContinue reading “Pumpkin Patch”

JT started flag football and his first game was this weekend. It was beautiful weather for outside sports, and he said he had a great time. He had the largest cheering section, I’m sure, with ten family members in the stands to cheer for team Wild Animals. Meanwhile, Haley met another younger sister named ChloeContinue reading “Flag Football”

Where to start? I titled this “rolling” because I feel like we’re finally in our groove. Haley started ballet and this week she’ll try gymnastics. The ballet teacher comes highly recommended, and I loved that she prayed with the dancers before class. We were very happy. JT’s flag football team is going with practices andContinue reading “Rolling”

Before the first day of school, we dropped by JT’s school to see who his teacher was. We missed open house because we were having fun at Malibu. We also took in his school supplies so it would be an easier first morning. I didn’t realize kids at his school have lockers. Lockers! The nightContinue reading “First Day of School 2015”

We went to Family Camp at Malibu again this year, since we were invited back as Kids Club leaders. It was totally different than last year, with a smaller group and no grandparents with us as campers. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed beautiful weather all weekend long, great food, and fun activities. WeContinue reading “Malibu Family Camp 2015”