finger paint

Last week during "school" mom decided we needed to let loose, so we brought out the finger paint and had a great time!! Painting is something I have always avoided because I have never thought of myself as a very good artist. I remember in school I was always disappointed and embarrassed because my art wasn't as good as the next guy's. Well here at home there was noone to criticize me, only those who would say "you're baby bear is really cute mommy" Bring on the paints, I am ready for more!!!

Wind storm

The seattle area had a really bad windstorm a few weeks ago that left the whole west side of the state virtually without power. Luckily we were only out for a little over 24 hours. It was a great adventure. We ate all the ice cream we wanted for breakfast (Matt had just bought some the night before), had a slumber party in the living room in front of the fireplace (it was almost a little too warm) and actually finished a whole game of monopoly. Later we went out to get some pictures of the damage, a lot of the roads were blocked off though.

Mom ran over a what?

One morning Michael came downstairs extrememly upset because he said mom had run over something and it was still on my wheel with it's tail hanging out. Poor guy was close to tears as I kept asking him what he was talking about. He finally took me outside where we found this.

Daddy time

I adore watching Matt play with his children, it is truly one of my most favorite scenes.

Merry Christmas!!

From Seattle, to wherever our friends happen to be, Merry Christmas, We miss you.

Bird Feeders

My husband has an aunt who likes to look at dears eating, out one of their windows in a sitting room. the kids thought the perfect christmas gift for her would be bird feeders so we made these. Cover a pinecone in peanut butter, roll in birdseed, and hang a loop with floss.

Popcorn

When Seri was three we started a tradition of stringing popcorn to put on the tree before the decorations. This year we found the Christmas stuff but hadn't unpacked the sewing things, popcorn popper or popcorn kernels. I tried convincing the kids that it wasn't needed this year, but they didn't fall for it. We had a tree with nothing but lights for a week before I went out to buy the things needed to string popcorn. Moral of the story, be careful what traditions you start.

Thanksgiving

I know the blog has not been updated in awhile. We moved and I packed the cord that connects the camera to the computer, just now found it.
I forgot to take the camera to Thanksgiving but here are pics of the kids making peanut butter balls.
My mother makes these every year and everyone anxiously awaits them, however neither me nor my cousin can make them, the recipe never works out. So we told mom that she would have to skip a generation and teach her grandkids how to make them.

Our New House!!

Well, we signed the papers on Wednesday and now we are just waiting for the check to arrive so we can move into our new place, all 2,890 square feet of it! hopefully it will next week so that we can move next weekend.
The house is beautiful and almost just what we wanted. There are a few things we would like to change but at this point I am not going to be picky. I am just ecstatic to be leaving this apartment.
The second picture shows the kitchen and the master bathroom, they aren't very good pictures but you get the idea.

Happy Halloween

Unfortunately none of the pictures of the children came out, it was too dark. We do have pictures of the pumpkins though. Seri had the owl, Michael had the scary face and Isaac had the eyeballs. His was dropped and split in half and so we made the best out of it. I think they turned out great.
We went trick or treating with my cousin and her family and the kids had such a great time!!!

pumkins and corn mazes

With Halloween approaching we finally headed out to a pumpkin patch. I wasn't expecting too much, but this place really went out of their way to make sure it was a great experience!! We first hit the corn mazes. There were two of them and they gave us a little map. Within the maze there were numbered hole punches and you were supposed to find all of them and punch the corresponding number on your paper. Luckily we had Matt with us and I guesse the Army was good for something because he was able to get us through the mazes without a hitch. In fact, we had families joining up with us because they had been wandering around lost for quite awhile. We also had a bag of kettle corn and some water in case we didn't make it out :) It was neat to watch them make the kettle corn, they popped it in this huge tub and then dumped it into a vat. You can't really see it that well in the picture, but the kids sat there and watched them for quite awhile.
Then it was pumpkin time and luckily the kids were not to particular when it came to picking out the perfect one. the next stop was at the corn trailer where we choose our corn and then shucked it right there.
All in all we really had a great time and can't waite to do it again next year.

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Faces of Sariah 2

I guesse she was done with the photo session :)

The many faces of Sariah

Bear with me, there are a ton of pictures of the little princess! She started smiling last week and since then I have been on a quest to capture that elusive smile. Here are pics of my attempts and successes.

So sweet

I woke up this morning to go to the gym and this is what I found on the other side of the bed.

More pics of my babies

Serenitie is now addicted to taking pictures and she is really quite good. Here are some of her latest candid shots.

4th of July.

Yes, this blog is a little late. I just got the pictures from my cousin. Anyhow, we had a great 4th and were so thankful that we got to spend it with family. This holiday has always been a special one to our family and one we look forward to with great anticipation.
While we were in the military we lived in El Paso Texas and Germany, both places where we could not set off our own fireworks. So, this year we really had a blast!!
We also had the whole family together for a picture, something that has not happened since I was nine!!

more pictures from the blessing

Nana brought this huge cookie that everyone enjoyed, especially the children! Aunt shawn made a jello cake which we all had a great laugh over. She had covered it with plastic wrap in the fridge and then when she took it out to put the Whip cream on it she proceeded to put the topping right on top of the plastic wrap!

Unfortunatly we did not get a picture of Sariah in her blessing gown, she was kind of anxious to get out of it and into some comfy clothes and I didn't have the heart to put her back into it.