Monthly Archives: December 2013

Grandpa

The week before Christmas we received terrible news that Jonathan’s dad had passed away unexpectedly.  Bill was a great dad, and he loved his family. In Jonathan’s words: He was kind, gentle, patient, and inquisitive. He taught me to be curious about the world around me and how to take everything apart and figure out how it worked. He was always there for me. He held each of my three baby boys on the days they were born, and was a loving grandpa as they grew into little people. We’ll miss him dearly.

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Our wedding day
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Bill & Jenny were married 41 years
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With Avery on his first day as a grandpa
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Sharing his love of science & engineering with Avery
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In Neskowin
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Pushing Avery on the swing in their front yard
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In Portland on Bill’s birthday
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With Kieron
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In Maui
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Bill hated getting sandy, but would do it for these boys!
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With Silas
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Silas’ first birthday
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Avery loved working on his physics set with Grandpa
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Helping us move (again)
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Visiting Santa and his Reindeer

We visited Santa at the Cougar Mountain Zoo again this year. I love our tradition of making an afternoon of our Santa visit and visiting the reindeer and other zoo animals.

We arrived in the morning, right when they opened, and got to see the tiger’s “Christmas Party.” I wish we had some pictures of it. The tigers got a couple of Christmas trees stuffed with meat, and some wrapped presents with treats inside, which they ripped to shreds. Afterwards, we rushed to see Santa. When we got there, no one else was in line yet, so he spent some extra time going over Christmas lists with the boys.

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Love this pic of our three little Kings!
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Holiday Festivities

December is such a busy month! Here’s a bit of what we were up the first half of the month.

Avery rehearsed before school once a week for six weeks for his “acting” role in the school Christmas play. If you ask me, he was an amazing prancing reindeer! He’s right in the middle of this pic, in a plaid shirt.

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Baking cookies! I can’t recall why Kieron isn’t wearing clothes in the background. Whatever, just another day.
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Licking the mixer, looks like he found some clothes too.
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We had a snow day. It wasn’t enough to even delay school, but we got a couple inches, and Kieron and Silas got out to play in it.
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Hanging Christmas lights
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At Kieron’s school Christmas party
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Late November, Early December

We are so lucky to have this amazing place practically in our back yard (two miles away)! We had a big freeze recently, and Jonathan went out and snapped this shot of Snoqualmie Falls.
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Our proud Cub Scout
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Look who’s potty training! Silas has gone once on the potty so far, and got Avery in the process, who fortunately, took it in stride and congratulated his little bro.
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Kieron looks like such an angel in this pic! Here he is with his stuffed owl, Bacon.
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Avery had a loose tooth that was bothering him. Here he is pulling it out.
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Meanwhile…
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He got it!
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And here’s the note he left for the tooth fairy.
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Just another trip to Red Mill for burgers
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We dog sat our neighbor’s shih tzu, Ellie, for a week. The boys loved having her at the house!
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Notorious cat-lover, Grammy, showed up for the holidays. Here she is cuddling with Ellie. Don’t tell Cosette!
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Thanksgiving in Pullman

We travelled over the pass to celebrate Thanksgiving at Uncle Scott & Aunt Manivanh’s this year. The boys were overjoyed spend see their cousins, and a great time was had by all!

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Nicole, Andrew, and Avery participated in a volleyball workshop on Wednesday night. After that, we had pizza and stayed for the game. Here’s Silas with Daddy a few minutes before he decided it was time for he and Mommy to retire for the night.

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It was freezing outside, but that didn’t keep us from the park.
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The kids enjoyed watching Christmas specials on TV together.
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It’s time for turkey!
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Nicole, looking so grown up!
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