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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!”

August began with pretty hot weather, which we love.We could not be happier than when we have to wake up to sunscreen and swimsuits and we spend all day outside playing and eating popscicles! Saturday we spent some time at our park, followed by some quality time on the slip-n-slide in the backyard.  Sunday weContinue reading “August Begins”

We had such a busy month that I just noticed all of these pictures I hadn’t done anything with yet. One evening we took a walk down to the Port Orchard pier with Jim’s parents. It was lovely! Looking at jellyfish Awww…     Stopped for frozen yogurt afterward! We also had a motorcycle rideContinue reading “Wrapping Up July”

This year at Banks Lake, JT enjoyed skiing. We thought for sure Haley would want to ski too, but she didn’t.We did get video of JT skiing at Banks Lake that I forgot to post earlier:   Then we were skiing at Long Lake this week and JT reminded Jim to bring the kids’ skiContinue reading “Skiing”