February

February went fast. Here’s Jonathan and Layla on a ski day.

My BNI Networking group had a party the night before the Super Bowl

Phoebe, wiping her bum on my yoga mat! Bad dog!

That’s better

Recital costumes are coming in! Here’s Layla’s Company practicing in their cute rain slickers!

Walkout at the High School protesting ICE

Layla attended her first dance convention

The dancers all got little cards with affirmations on them. Layla got this one, which I thought was a peculiar message


Layla’s group

The older dancers

The school librarian, Ms. Daniels (who was Layla’s 3rd grade teacher last year and the art teacher before that) created this Chihuly-inspired chandelier for the library! It’s made of painted plastic water bottles and looks gorgeous in the school!

Papa turned 82 this year! I went to Pullman to celebrate the weekend following, but here are a few pics Scott posted from the actual day

In Pullman

It’s good to be together

It’s always good to have this boy back at home!

Kieron, taking apart his RC car and putting it back together

Look who got a job!

Valentine’s Hearts – these are Kieron’s

Layla’s

Silas’

Avery’s

Some for Mom

Watching Titanic with Layla and Silas – and the pets

Two cuties

Becky Robinson/Entitled Housewife Comedy Night with “The Guirlz”!
 


Just a night out at Saints – and Heather and I are twinning

Galentine’s Party

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January

Here’s what we were up to in January. We went to Donut with a Grownup at Layla’s school

Andrew turned 18






Dry January






Celebrating Christmas with Nana



Kieron at a swim meet

Look who’s almost as tall as Dad!

With Avery, home for a visit



Nicole turned 22!




Watching a playoff game


Superbowl Bound!


Layla and her friends performed a cheer in her school’s talent show


Just a couple boys and their cats

Hot yoga date with Avery

At the Boat Show

January Bunco

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Skiing

We didn’t have a great ski season this year, but that didn’t stop my family from getting out there as much as they could! Jonathan taught at Summit again, Kieron and Silas both did ski bus, and they all made lots of effort to get to the pass.

Avery  

Jack, Virgil, Kieron & Layla

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Boots & Beats

In January we celebrated our friend, Yajaira’s birthday in style. We booked a sauna boat on Lake Union, ate dinner in Seattle, then went to Boots & Beats, an EDM/Country event, then spent the night and went out to brunch the next morning. It was a great girls getaway!


43 degrees! We jumped in twice!

Shotskis afterward!

We went out to dinner at a fabulous Italian restaurant in Seattle and struck up a conversation with our waiter/the owner.

A pic of just the girls

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We ordered street dogs while we waited for an Uber to our hotel   

The next day was playoffs morning and we ate brunch across from this guy!

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NYE

We had friends over to ring in the New Year and celebrate Año Nuevo. We all had a fantastic time together! We decided to take a progressive group photo beginning with New York NYE and ending with West Coast.

Phoebe was in full-on party mode with a house full of people!

A few early pics

We broke out the lighted fountain Amazon accidentally sent us and let us keep.

With the Miles, Andersens, Hoitings & Murphys

It’s all fun and games until a drone flies into someone’s hair! It got super stuck very fast! The guys were ready to grab scissors, but fortunately, the wives were able to untangle it with a little persistence and in the end it was like it never happened. We decided to use the tripod for pics after that!

With Becky and her new tattoo  

Lily, Coco & Layla

Playing Empire

Avery and Elissa stopped by

Another hour passed…

Being silly

Checked on Kieron. He just wanted to go to bed!

Seattle NYE! 



Declan, Gabe, Lawson & Silas







After midnight we all headed to the backyard for Año Nuevo. We burned effigies and wrote down things we all wanted to get rid of in the New Year, like unemployment, an icky political climate and 6-7. It was a really fun tradition we hope to continue in the years ahead.



 



The kids had a sleepover – here they are enjoying pancakes the next morning

A few pics Grammy shared from their New Year’s Eve

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