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Maui 2017

We had a wonderful time visiting Maui again this year! We spent the majority a week in Kaanapali, and then a couple more days in Wailea. Here is what we were up to the first week:


Heading to the pool for the first time

Avery really looked out for Layla as she got used to the kiddie pool



I like this shot with Layla and the foreground and her brothers going down the slide behind her

Getting some pirate treasure!

On a morning walk

Back at the pool, Mr. Cool

Playing in the sand

“Haaaayy!”

Dressed up!

iPad babysitters

Waterslide races

Warming up in the hot tub

Having dinner with Nana & Frank


Laser tag for the boys!

Another day at the pool

Looking all suave…

And then!

She’s up again!

Trying to take a family photo

There we go!

The King Family

Shooting sissy with the water canons

Shuffleboard

Layla loved feeding the koi

Silas and I got some super tall snow cones!


Our littles!

Watching her brothers have a water fight in the big pool

The boys with Nana
  

Hula pie at Leilani’s

It’s a feeding frenzy!
 

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Pumpkin Patch

October with kids isn’t complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch. Here are our four little pumpkins picking out some of their own:


 
   

Jonathan chaperoned Silas’ kindergarten field trip to another pumpkin patch. Here is the class with their teacher, Ms. McDonell.



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Goodbye Leitz St.

After going back and forth over whether to rent or sell our house in Snoqualmie, we decided to sell. The new owners moved in in October. Here are a few pics from our final goodbye.

Layla taking one last look out her window.

Avery in his room for the last time.

One last peek at the playroom

Kieron with his good buddy, Louis

Ben & Layla

Layla and I stayed with Caroline that weekend

Visiting Rooster Valley Farm School. They got two new sheep!

Mommy selfie
  

I think this was on the drive down

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Smokey August

If there’s one word I can use to describe our August, it’s “smokey”. Wildfires in Eastern Washington and Canada brought us a ton of smoke and haze. Many days we had to keep our windows shut, and days at the lake often looked like this. We didn’t let it stop us from having fun though!


























Sitting on a mole hill. Happy as a clam.

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More from the Move

Here are a few more pictures from the days following our move. It was an exhausting, emotional roller coaster, and a ton of work, but we got through it!

The boys eating breakfast in the unfurnished family room on the first morning.

A deer visitor wonders what happened to all the tall grass

“Yay! The piano is here!”

I felt sorry for the poor movers when they had to carry the play set around the back yard and set it up. Here’s Layla supervising.

I’m glad we had them do it though. The boys were on it in a hurry.

Unfortunately, not everything fit in the moving trucks, so we had to make a couple trips back up to get our remaining belongings. Here’s the kids last meal at the old house.

Buddha was belted in the U-Haul.

Back at the new house. Avery’s inaugural jump in the lake!

Jonathan with his coffee before departing on his 15 minute commute to a real office! No PJ’s today!

Our sweet neighbors hosted a s’mores party to welcome us to the neighborhood

Layla with the tiger

Playing in the backyard

Best toy ever and we had a house full of them!

“Organizing” her clothes. Love the ruffle butt.

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