Wind-pudding and Walk-around

My Big Kindergartener!

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Kindergarten is all we've been able to talk about for the last few days and today was finally the big day! I woke up to a rustling sound outside my room and then Carolyn burst in with her 'first day' outfit in her hands and proceeded to get all dressed immediately. We had a special breakfast this morning (Mama's coffee cake) and waited the agonizingly long wait til lunch time when she could go to school (the pitfalls of PM Kindergarten ;)).

She ran all the way there and took off at a mad dash for the home stretch, and settled into her classroom immediately. Before the parents were shooed out, she read a Clifford Book and the class listened to a letter that Clifford the Big Red Dog had sent them all personally.

I can't wait to pick her up in a few minutes and hear all about her day.

Stay tuned for the sequal: Abbie's first day of Preschool! ;)

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Her Feet Literally didn't hit the ground all morning long waiting to go to school.

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Love this one.

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She took off at a dead run when we got to the last stretch to school.

Ferris Wheel

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Andy took the girls on their first Ferris Wheel ride the other night while I was at work. As you can see they LOVED it.

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Berries!

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Summer FINALLY started in the Pacific Northwest (though you wouldn't know it today--it's July 4th and under 60 degrees outside.). The Strawberries have arrived!

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Happy Anniversary

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Andy and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary on June 29th. That evening God gave us a present. :)

PBY Comes Home

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We looked out our window one morning last week and saw quite a site! This Chinook Helicopter was making a special delivery. This PBY Catalina came home to stay at the PBY Memorial Museum here on base after being gone for over 60 years. These planes were based here before and during WWII and on into the 60s.

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The Adventuress came to visit our little harbor. I spotted the mast over some tree tops and we headed down to the beach to take a look.

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Family Hike

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We went out a couple weekends ago to take a family hike at a park we've always wanted to explore. The girls had fun exploring the trees and moss and critters on the trail and the view was gorgeous.

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The girls loved the Madrona Trees.

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Just because I love looking up in the trees pictures.

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Abigail's at-home birthday party.

Houston

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Our trip to Houston was good, and hard, and fun, and exhausting. We arrived late the 29th. On New Year's Eve, Mamaw went into the hospital. We all tried to spend as much time with her as we could. Between visits we managed to do a lot of fun things. We hit build-a-bear, went to the movies, played with doll houses, made Uncle Brock play Ring Around the Rosie a bajillion times, played piano, wore tap dancing outfits, had slumber parties, and snuck oreos in bed. No matter the circumstances, it was just wonderful to be with our family.

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Jesus's Birthday

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Our Last Bit Of Christmas: Birthday Cake for Jesus

Christmas Morning

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Please excuse Abbie's lack of clothes... She doesn't like to wear them these days.

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Beautiful Christmas Day Sunrise

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Abbie slept straight through Christmas Eve Service... And woke up when we got home.

Our Angel

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Carolyn's first ever Christmas Pageant. She sang her little heart out. :)

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Incredible Sunset for Christmas Eve. We were on the way to church and had to pull over to look and take photos.

Lights of Christmas

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No photos of the lights here, but lots of kiddos all bundled up.

Just Around

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I have sorely neglected the blog here so for all two of you who still watch for updates, here they are oodles of photos. :)

Papa and Nonna's Visit

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Some Fallish Stuff I missed posting way back when.

Scenery at Women's Retreat

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I got the chance to get away for a day and go to a women's retreat. The location was beautiful. And I even got to get up close to some cows again. I've missed cows...

Silly Sisters

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Being an only child sometimes I wonder if my girls are missing out on the chance to have ALL the attention of their parents. The bond I had with my parents was incredible and it's something I want with BOTH of my girls.

But other days I see the gift they are to each other and I know that all is right with the world. They really are sweet (and silly!) sisters.

Apple Picking

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So we found these apple trees on base that were really, really tall. Too tall for picking. Or so I thought. But Andy is an undaunted man. Andy can fix a contraption for any situation and Andy REALLY wanted some homemade applesauce and apple butter and apple pies and apple cake and.... you get the idea.

So he made a picker. A really long picker. And he picked some apples out of the really tall trees. And the girls and I? Well, we just watched mostly. But truly the apple picker is a thing of beauty. And our house is bursting at the gills with apple products these days.

PBY Catalina

2009-09-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

The "Seaplane Base" is so named because of the PBY Catalinas that used to be based there. A PBY hasn't flown in to the Seaplane Base in over 60 years, but last week that changed. Andy was able to make it to the fly-in ceremony and got some GREAT photos. I watched it fly in from our back porch and bedroom window which was almost as cool. The plane was a lot bigger than I expected and the history involved with it is amazing stuff.

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Fire Station

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During one of Andy's "Mr. Mom" evenings he took the girls to an open house at one of our local fire stations. The girls got to check out the fire engines, an ambulance, and even some boats!

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A Tea Party

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The girls and I had a rare day with nothing really planned so we decided to have a tea party. We broke out the special dresses and the fine china, loaded up a plate with cookies, and made some peppermint tea. It was a tea party fit for fine society.

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The Playground

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These are some photos of the dedication of the playground that Andy spearheaded building. Our kiddos love it. Everyone else's kiddos seem to as well. Andy worked SO HARD with quite a bit of assistance from some great people. They did a fantastic job and have made our playground area a really, really fun place for kids.

Summery Odds and Ends

2009-08-28T23:24:00.000-07:00

We've been busy with all sorts of bits and pieces of things the last few weeks. We've spent some time at the beach, at the lavender farm, and just enjoyed one another's company at home too.

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My very favorite photo of my very favorite people.

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A Little Crazy!

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