This was a fun day. We’d originally planned on going to the zoo, but it was too rainy out. So we decided to visit the Fremont Troll with the boys, who had never seen it before. Then we ate burgers at Red Mill and headed to the Pacific Science Center. We stayed there for a long time, and decided we weren’t going to go home until it was time to put the boys in bed. So once we got hungry again, we walked to McMenamins for dinner. We finally returned home with three tired boys who happily went to bed!

I love days like this, where we throw caution to the wind, decide it’s okay to let Silas skip a nap every once in a while, and go where the day takes us!

Hey boys, do you want to see a troll under a bridge?

At the Pacific Science Center

Movie Night, watching Frozen

Silas and his line of cars. I think this boy loves cars even more than the other two!

Playing so sweetly together

Did you know that you can play telephone with the storm drains? So much fun!

Avery and Liam

Who cares if it’s only 55 out? It’s sunny! Let’s have a picnic!

My baby’s last night as a one-year-old

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.

Love this pic of our three little Kings!

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!

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.

It was freezing outside, but that didn’t keep us from the park.

The kids enjoyed watching Christmas specials on TV together.

It’s time for turkey!

Nicole, looking so grown up!

The boys had a couple of guys only excursions this month. Jonathan took the boys to Woodland Park Zoo. They got out of the house shortly before lunchtime, so he even packed sandwiches to bring along. I thought this was an impressive touch!


Avery offering his Pop Rocks to the interested otter

Jonathan said this otter swam right up to Silas, but he was too busy looking at his feet to notice.

One of three leopard cubs born on Avery’s 6th birthday

No trip to Woodland Park Zoo is complete without burgers at Red Mill!

They also went hiking together. Silas loved getting out of the backpack and hiking with his big brothers!