Wedding Bells

 Last weekend, we headed to Oregon to celebrate the marriage of Ferryboat Grandma and Grandpa. The wedding and reception was held at McMenamins - a really neat, historic property outside of Portland.

 

 In my biased opinion, the officiant of the wedding did a terrific job.

We wish Jeanne and Jim all the happiness!

A big thanks for the fun weekend.

First Bites

Natalie had her first taste of food today....Bananas!  She loved it, despite the fact that half of it ended up on her.  Good thing we have tons of practice in our future :)

Sibling Love

Story Time

One of Brady's favorite things to do is to listen to make-believe stories.  Any time we are in the car for an extended period of time, he asks me to tell him a story.  I have little to no imagination so I dread when he asks me but I do my best to oblige.  Today I asked him to tell me a story...

Crazy About Plaid

Brady's Outfit Today

He loves these pants; in fact, he would probably wear them every day if he could.  He calls them his 'comfy pants' - actually I think they are part of a pajama set although Brady has adopted them as his everyday wear.  Each day he puts them on, Josh looks and me and asks, "Are we going to let him wear those today?" :)

Brady's Wish

This kid LOVES construction vehicles....

perhaps a degree in Construction Management at WSU is in his future!

20 (or so) Questions

Today I sat down with Brady and Abi and we talked about some of their favorite things...

What’s your favorite….

Color? Blue / Pink, Purple & Aquamarine

Game? Candyland / Yahtzee

Fruit? Apples / Cherries

Animal? Hippopotamus / Red Panda & Black and White Panda

Thing To Do? Puzzles (with Chase) / Gymnastics

Thing To Do Outside? Play with my yellow digger and blue dump truck / Play Frisbee

Place To Go? Baseball Competition & McDonalds / McDonalds

Movie? Cars / Secret of the Wings

Drink? I think I like lemonade / Shirley Temple

Toy? Garbage Truck / Princess Celestia (My Little Pony)

Veggie? Broccoli / Cooked carrots with butter

Song? Life Is A Highway & Caspar Babypants songs / Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - from Mrs. Doubtfire soundtrack

Breakfast? Your cereal (he’s referring to the cereal I eat which is Special K with Strawberries) / Toast with tea

Lunch? Jelly & Sandwichie (PB&J) / Honey Sandwich

Dinner? Spaghetti & Meatballs / Ham On A King (Ham A La King)

TV Show? Chuggington / Sneak Peek at Disney Fairies

Book? Lego Book / My 2 Fairy Books

Thing To Take To Bed? My Hippo / My Panda

Sport? Baseball / Horseback Riding

Snack? Fruit Snacks / Toast with honey

Holiday? Christmas / Christmas

Who is your best friend? Chase / Gavi & Mackenzie

What do you want to be when you grow up? Be on a baseball team / A Horse Trainer

GO HAWKS!

Someone Found Their Voice

Natalie

When Natalie was 3 weeks old, we had some newborn pictures taken.  I did not have any professional newborn pictures taken of Abi or Brady and now I wish I did.  These pictures perfectly capture Natalie during her first few weeks of life. As I have said many times, the kids grow up so fast and it is often hard to remember them as newborns.  This will be a great reminder.

Here are some of the great ones...

Happy New Year 2013!

A few days before the 1st, we headed to Bellevue for a performance at Celebration Lane.  Despite the cold, the kids had a blast with the horns and B even busted out some of his robot moves!

On New Years Eve, we rang in the New Year with our great friends! 

Happy New Year! 

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2013!