Olympia Christmas Parade

a fun afternoon with the millers first we went to the olympia santa parade . it turned out to be good weather a little cool but nothing a cup of hot chocolate could take care of. the kids had a good time and then we all went home for dinner and some more visiting .

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving was great we went to Wes' aunties house in Packwood. It was a great night spent with family. We were able to stay the night, so that evening we watch a movie then the next day we went for a walk to the river its so beautiful there.

I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving too!!!

Cookies

Auntie Racheal and her family came over so we decided to frost some cookies. after matt helped to make them. it was a fun night, Aaron was home from school and brought his sax to play we had a concert going on in the living room Colton and Aaron both played sax Biz on the piano and Matt well he play a little drum then the guitar and the piano what a night the talent was great.

takeing a walk

we decide to take some time to enjoy the beauty around and so we went to Tumwater Falls . It was a great afternoon cold but good

MISS SEATTLE

last night my neice was crowned MISS SEATLE this is a journey that she started 2 years ago to get scholorship money for colledge. she competed for MISS AURBURN first and won then MISS WASHINGTON there she won the talent portion, and this year was asked to compete in MISS SEATTLE and she won. Now she again will compete in MISS WASHINGTON. It is so fun to be able to watch and support her she truely is beautiful inside and out. We also will be watching my youngest neice in January as she competes for the first time for her chance at MISS AUBURN. (this is the largest scholorship program of its kind in the states ). and hope to watch then both at MISS WASHINGTON

a morning with dad

matt was quite happy to have dad home for just a bit this morning to play.... him and dad stayed home while I took colton and biz to school and made a pretty cool tower out of lincoln logs ( matt want it to stay up till schools out .....we will see its starting to lean a bit now )

A Special Surprise

I have to say my husband is great and I do hope my kids learn from him how to treat their mom ; )

A couple weeks ago he found out that bill Cosby would be in town.... well his mom really likes the Coz so.....he purchased tickets for the 3 of us to go not telling her what was going on I called and asked if she would be availible to watch the kids for us to have a date nigt.... I also called Eileen to really watche the kids and told her that we were going to surprise Wes' mom she was happy to be in on the plan...... so his mom got here first then Eileen got here and I said I must of over booked then Wes gave his mom the ticket he said it would be fun then he told her she was going too it wass GREAT!!!!!! The night was truely wonderful

alpacas with grandma

on our anniversarry Wes' mom watch the kids and they all went to see the alpacas of america. It was quite the outing and the kids came home with lots of things to tell us about and also some alpaca fur. and did you know that alpacas breath is minty fresh just in case you needed to know.

laughter in the leaves

as we started racking up the leaves in the yard I decided to take some pictures of everybody. This is such a fun time of year the colors are so pretty and everyone was having fun.
I hope your family is enjoying all the great colors of fall too.

Elizabeths new look

finally after being told by the school and the doctors office and Elizabeth asking many times over I made and appointment for her eyes to be checked........low and behold her eyes are bad......and yes she did need glassed.......such a good mom am I.... so she picked out these oh so cute sponge bob glasses that we will get on saturday for her veiwing convience.... Im sure she will be amazed at what she can see... I know I was when I got my glasses and her perscription is stronger than mine...oops

never to young to sing in the shower

last night when Matt was in the shower I was hearing this singing so I checked it out just to make sure all was okay well this is what I found/heard.

On Bug Hunt

we went in search of snakes and crickets this afternoon. Kianna was the catcher Matt was the carrier of the jar Biz was the searcher... they were quite the team they had three but one got away

Colton was of on his own looking for snakes.... he told of one that was huge but it too got away ...... : }

picnic in Seabeck

today we all went to a work picnic with Wes for one of his main accounts in Seabeck (out by the hood canal) it was a beautiful day and the view was great. Matt and biz had fun playing with the dinosaur that one of the boys won in the raffle.
this was the view from where we were at. afterwards Wes took us on a scenic drive through Port Gamble its an old town that has been preserved it was really neat . then we headed homeand on the way we stopped at Red Lobster so Colton could have shrimp one of his favorite foods
and we found out that Matt likes it too he ate most of Wes's dinner too.
it was a great day.
also at the picnic one of the main guys asked for prayer for his niece she is 18 and she is in the hospital and has been for 14day due to a ruptured appendix it is very critical her name is Rachael

colton plays saxophone

today was a big day for colton we went and picked up his saxophone for band. he had to show us how it worked and of course matt was sure he needed an assistant. we will have to see how band goes : }

Matts soccer debut

Today Matt got to finally go to his own soccer practice...He wanted to make sure to be ready on time for practice at 5:30 so he wore his shin guards and cleats to take his sibling to school at 8:10
at practice Matt a first didn't want to get out of the car....but that didn't last long he got right into it.
running ...........kicking


he had a great time.......next time I might try to get a video

a busy day

we had quite the day it started with a garage sale at our good friends the Millers house......where Matt and his buddy Cole practice their skill with the pig skin .....biz kept her friend Abby company while she sold cupcakes and lemon aid ( to buy a new bike) and colton stayed home to help Wes get the house ready to sell.

then when we got home Matt got some more energy out while climbing the tree

and finally biz and Matt helped dad build a fence.....at least that is what they said they were doing ......phew all in a days work

elizabeth is 8

Elizabeth is now 8..... we tried to come up with a plan for her to have a get together with some friends but with it also being the first day of week of school (and me not being a good planner ; {) it didnt work but she is such a trooper we had a play date friday with a friend and the n she spent the day with Abby on saturday. ......She also did get a new bed set which dad pick out and she loves!!!!!!!
its quite cozy

so yummy

Its probably hard to tell how good this is...a customer game me the recipe yesterday for Kahlua cake .......so today I made it .... the first piece went to one of my other customers to whom I have a treat for every Friday.......she loved it.....the rest of the family tried it tonight......it will be gone by tomorrow....to be made again I'm sure...........


Heidi this post is for you : }

school days again

today school started.... matt and I are going to try and do preschool at home so he wanted to start his home work bright and early this morning.

Colton will be in 5th grade this year his teacher is Mrs Johnson and she seems great...she's been teaching for 24years and still loves it and you can tell. ......Elizabeth is now a 2nd grader and her teacher is Mrs Brock and she is very nice too her room is in a portable ( our school is busting at the seams with all the new homes ) so they don't have desks just round tables and biz is the only girl at her table she hoping that will change soon ; } all in all I think it Will be a good start to the new year