Monthly Archives: December 2014

Halloween

It was a fun and busy Halloween this year, as usual. We had a Top Gun Pilot, an astronaut, a lion (and for a while, Cleopatra and a ninja) on our hands. There was WAY too much candy, which means there were very happy children. Fortunately, we were able to bribe the boys to donate the majority of their loot to the troops in exchange for some money and ice cream. Don’t ask me what happened to all the Almond Joy’s. 😉

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At Kieron’s Pre-K party
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October

Here are a few more pics from October:

We hiked through the Iron Horse Tunnel. It’s 2.3 miles long. Silas made it all the way through on foot, and got a ride on the way back. What a trooper!
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During “B is for baby” week at school, Kieron’s class made rice babies that weighed the same weight as they did when they were born. Kieron’s baby lost a couple ounces in our kitchen, but is better now. Look what a proud papa he is!
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Our good friend since college, Zak, came to visit
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Can’t remember what he got in trouble for, but he left this note.
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Bode and Silas at Kidz Bounce
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Movie Night
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Our trip to the pumpkin patch
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Family Pictures

We did family photos twice this year. In September, my girlfriend and fellow photographer, Jenny, came and took some photos for us in downtown Snoqualmie. Unfortunately, the first location we picked was burned down and our backup choice was under construction (as you can see in some of the pictures). In addition, the boys were, ahem, not very cooperative (major understatement).

So in October, Jonathan and I set out to a new location with the boys, a camera, tripod, and remote. The boys were better behaved, and we got some shots where all five of us are actually looking at the camera!

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September

Here are a few more pics from September:

This boy really loves to ride his bike!
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At Torguson Park
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We harvested lots of veggies from the garden.
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I’m watching the two cuties on the left before and after school these days. Here are the kids playing Mille Bornes.
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It’s fun having another girl in the house to shake things up a little. 🙂
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Avery and Hamza selling lemonade to happy customers Kieron and Louis.
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We fit in as many bike rides as we can. It’s nice now that all three of the boys can zoom down the parkway.
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Kieron graduated to a bigger bike in September.
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Kieron always stops to get a flower for me. Sometimes I even get the root!
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We found this little guy on one of our rides.
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Silas’ first sleepover in the playroom. He was so excited! He and Kieron made it through the night okay, but Avery must be getting old, because he said the floor was too hard and he’d rather sleep in bed.
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My heroes.
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This one takes after his mommy. 😉
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Back to School!

September means back to school. I think this summer went by faster than any other in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I was totally ready for the kids to go back to school, but summer just seemed so short! Does that even make sense?

I can’t believe we have a 2nd grader and a pre-k-er on our hands. That means next year both of them will be gone all day and Silas will be away in the mornings. 🙁 Why is it all going by so fast?!

Here are this year’s first day pics. The boys started on different days, and we were painting our front door at the time. So you will notice the front door is in various states of progress. It turned out very pretty!

Avery’s first day of 2nd Grade
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Waiting for the bus
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Kieron’s first day of Pre-K. I forgot to give him the cute sign I made to hold.
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Disclaimer: the coordinating back packs were an accident. They sent me the wrong size back pack, so I ended up with two. But it is cute, isn’t it?
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He just spontaneously did peace fingers. Love him!
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