Jonathan & Lindsey | Our family blog.

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
2014-12-12 17.08.16 HDR

Meanwhile…

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

With my littlest cutie
2014-12-12 09.56.39 HDR

At the pool

IMG_4045-Edit

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:

2014-12-13 17.14.51

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
2014-12-17 11.47.47

Avery went snorkeling for the first time and got to see turtles up close

SAM_0182

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.
2014-12-18 14.38.46

They were super flyers!
2014-12-18 16.12.10

All three slept on the flight home! I even got to read (a lot of) a book!
2014-12-18 20.47.11

Posted in avery, kieron, places, us | Comments Off

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.

Avery and Hayden

More baking

Frosting

Silas roasting coffee beans with Daddy

Posted in avery, kieron, us | Comments Off

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).

Posted in avery, kieron, places, us | Comments Off

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.

Playing Wii

Here’s Kieron raiding their fridge in the morning

Thanksgiving Day
1509666_736490989739406_5276397062577071913_n

10270288_736491036406068_3247643811424555065_n

We all went to see Penguins of Madagascar

Silas enjoyed his first movie

Posted in avery, kieron, places, us | Comments Off

November

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Lindsey

It’s January, and here I am trying to get caught up on blogging… again. I think it will be a lot more fun to do this when I am not so far behind. It will definitely be easier to write! So expect a burst of posts this week, ’cause catching up is one of my resolutions! Here are a few pics from November:

We decided to cut Silas’ hair. I love his (and Kieron’s) long blonde locks, but frankly I just wanted to know what he would look like with short spiky hair. I was at least 90% sure we’d be growing it back out again following, but also knew we’d keep wondering if we never did it. So out came the trimmers and the scissors…

I started with a mohawk for fun, then trimmed the top to blend with the sides. Just as expected, we are currently growing Silas’ hair out, and are also glad to have our curiosity satisfied. He is adorable either way though.

My team (such a shame Harvin was traded the week after we bought Avery’s jersey). We get a lot of comments from strangers when we go out like this.

This little boy loves to chop! Whatever gets him to eat it!

Silas loves participating in Kieron’s pre-k class when I volunteer

That’s Gabby (insert dreamy voice here) on the left

Future boy band? Or duelling pianists?

Heading out for our big date to see Mary Poppins

Playing their favorite game again

Time to bring out the Christmas decorations

Silas and Rachel

Baking cinnamon rolls with Nana

Jonathan’s electrical project in the garage, wiring the generator

Playing ice hockey at a friends’ birthday party. There was also foosball, and let me tell you, it is only a matter of time before we have one in the playroom!

This is the scene we discovered the day the new bunk bed was to be delivered. The boys had been dying to get one, and then on Avery’s last night in his old bed, he got cold feet. Change can be hard sometimes, even when you’ve been looking forward to it for months.