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Christmas

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Lindsey

Another fun and successful Christmas is in the books. My family came to spend the holiday with us. We had a great time together, as always. We took a ton of pictures, and I had a hard time culling them, so I’ll just let them tell the story!

All the cousins in their Christmas jammies

A few days earlier, shortly after Grammy and Papa arrived…
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Christmas magic in progress

Christmas Eve selfie
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Cheers! (This boy can guzzle the cider!)

Kieron is really into making silly faces for the camera these days.

Waiting for Andrew…

The Avery’s arrived late Christmas Eve, so we saved some of the traditional festivities for the following day. Nicole spent the majority of the evening with the adults.

Meanwhile, the boys had some serious Lego activity to attend to in the play room

We did open a few presents on Christmas Eve

The kids wrote a letter to Santa

The kids all slept in the playroom. Nicole and Kieron went right to sleep, Avery and Andrew stayed up talking. We saw Silas on the webcam sitting upright looking around for a very long time before he finally laid down and went to sleep.

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Christmas morning:

“Is this for me? Can I open this?”

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Okay, time to put all these toys together!
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More Legos! Just what we needed!
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Playing the dice game

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There were three whoopie cushions in the game, which made for a noisy and funny finale

Okay, that was fun, now time to make some dinner!
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The kid table
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Our neighbor’s dog, Ellie, was with us over the holidays. Here she is begging for roast
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Ellie made quite an impression on my parents. Don’t they look like natural dog lovers?
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Guess who’s at the door!

Starstruck!

Avery and Andrew have it figured out this year, but not these two!

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Hawaii

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Lindsey

Ah Hawaii. The last time we went, I was pregnant with Silas, and this year we decided it was time to go back. We spent the first three days on our own in Wailea, and had a terrific time. We played in the pool and at the beach, and ate delicious seafood. It was nice!

Here’s Jonathan and me at happy hour
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Meanwhile…

One of the perks of a vacation: breakfast in bed (donut holes and Cheerios)

With my littlest cutie
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At the pool

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We met another family at our hotel with two little boys, 5 & 2. They all had a great time playing together during our stay.

On day four we swung by Costco for pizza, then picked up Ashleigh and Mark (and later Nana) at the airport and headed to Ka’anapali.

We spent much of the remainder of our vacation here:

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Our minions pampered us (at times)

Snow cones!

Silas enjoyed the slide on the pirate ship

Everyone loved to warm up in the hot tubs

Hey ladies!

Having a POG with Nana

Our donut hole monster

We spent a lot of time at the beach too
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Avery went snorkeling for the first time and got to see turtles up close

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On our last day we tried to get some cute portraits with the boys. It went okay. Kieron brought his A game, but the other two were, ahem, a little uncooperative.

And before we knew it, it was back to reality. Here are the boys at the airport.
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They were super flyers!
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All three slept on the flight home! I even got to read (a lot of) a book!
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December

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Lindsey

Here are a few pics of what was going on at our house in December when we weren’t visiting Santa, in Hawaii, or celebrating Christmas:

Jingle came back the day after Thanksgiving

Big bro and little bro

When you’re potty training your two-year-old in December, sometimes this happens

Helping Daddy fix the Subaru… or was it the van?

On this particular afternoon, I was preparing dinner when I heard a loud commotion coming from the playroom. I raced upstairs to make sure there was no blood, only to find this scene: boys racing cars. Typical.

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More baking

Frosting

Silas roasting coffee beans with Daddy

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Santa 2014

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Lindsey

We visited Santa and his reindeer at the Cougar Mountain Zoo in early December. The boys were so well-behaved, and we had a great time seeing all the animals together. We bought some apple slices to feed to the reindeer on our way up to Santa’s cabin. There was no wait to get in (we never have to wait more than five minutes). Then Avery presented the list to Santa, shared what he and his brothers would like for Christmas, and we got this cute picture. I love that it’s become a tradition to go to this small local zoo each December!

Silas, ready to feed some reindeer. He took a few apple slices for himself.

Little wallaby

The boys weren’t feeling so cooperative when it was time to take a picture with Daddy (at the end of the day).

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Thanksgiving in Pullman

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Lindsey

We travelled over the mountains to spend Thanksgiving with the Avery’s of Pullman. We had a great time, and enjoyed catching up and spending time together. The kids had a blast. It’s always fun to see them play together, they have so much fun! I love that despite all the years between my brother and I, our kids are close in age, and little buddies.