Cross Country

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Lindsey

I am so thankful Avery decided to give Cross Country a try this fall. He enjoyed a great season, developed his friendships, and found an activity he loves. Over the summer he got his first job coaching a friend’s son on running. Avery had never had any formal training before aside from a couple of 1k’s, but he got on the computer, researched running technique and developed a training plan. By the time XC started Avery had been training all summer. I think he surprised himself when he performed well when the season started. This gave him so much confidence, and it was fun to see it grow as the season progressed. And not only that, but he was a great teammate. Avery finished 2nd of the 7th graders and is still running for fun. He’s decided to do track in the spring. I can’t wait to see what lies ahead!

  • Hayden & Avery
  • It’s tiring watching the meets!
  • Avery participated in his first 10k at the Fall City Marathon. He placed first in his age group! His buddies took 2nd & 3rd!
  • Recovering afterward
  • Another meet

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September 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Lindsey

Here’s the rest of what our family was up to in September:

  • Playdate with the Greens
  • Jonathan had a couple of work trips this month
  • Mt. Rainier from the plane
  • At Grammy’s
  • We walked to a couple of the nearby parks
  • I like this skate park where they let the kids to graffiti
  • Playing a new game Grammy made up. It’s a hit!
  • The boys costumes arrived
  • Yahtzee!
  • At the climbing wall at preschool
  • I love getting to do Layla’s hair!
  • At Hayden’s
  • Kieron, working on his school biography project
  • Can you tell he had FDR?
  • He made it all by himself!
  • More preschool pics
  • Silly Suki
  • I finally broke down and bought a selfie stick. Here are a few pics of us trying it out. I can’t wait to embarrass Jonathan in public when I get it out for pictures!
  • At Spelling Bee with my oldest
  • Silas had a great time at Charlotte’s birthday party. He was one of two boys invited.
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New Patio

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Lindsey

At the end of summer we did some landscaping. We had a new, larger patio put in and we had the retaining wall in the back of our yard extended so we could reclaim some of our yard that sloped toward the woods. Unfortunately, the concrete guys filled in the whole dug out area, which went about a foot beyond the markers where the patio was supposed to extend, so the patio is a bit larger and less curvy than we intended, but overall it’s a big improvement. Next up: plants and trees!

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Sayulita

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Lindsey

In September Jonathan and I got away for a week in Mexico. It was our first time being away that long since we had Avery! We had a wonderful time relaxing, eating, playing in the water and soaking up the sun. We’re so thankful to Nana for taking care of all of the kids while we were away.

  • Jonathan yelping to find a good restaurant for our first dinner. I was starving and would’ve eaten anywhere! I stood in awe of him looking for the perfect meal and had to snap this pic to document it!
  • Thankfully he found a place before I lost it! Here he is with his first margarita of the week!
  • Cactus salad pic for Kieron
  • My dinner – yum!
  • Fajitas for Jonathan
  • This spot has a tree full of iguanas
  • I think they’re pets and that they go in at night. One evening we found them down on the ground. It looked like they were ready to come in for the night.
  • Had a few of these over the week!
  • The view from our balcony.
  • Unsurprisingly he’s not a popular guy here. Truth be told, I probably spent as much time perfecting my Canadian accent as I did working on my Spanish, eh?
  • Mandatory selfie on the main street where everyone takes selfies – the flags are beautiful!
  • Mexican New Year Celebration
  • We did binge watch some Game of Thrones here!
  • Fishermen
  • Beach of the Dead – our favorite beach. It’s not the one you can see from our room. That one has become very busy in recent years. This one is closer, but the other direction. It’s quiet, but not so much that you can’t get a margarita there. Plus you have to walk through a graveyard to get to it!
  • The children are buried in this structure, where they leave a light on at night.
  • Looking back at our hotel
  • Rainy day in Sayulita
  • We went paddle boarding on our last day in Sayulita. We both agreed it’s much harder on the coast than in a lake!
  • All week I’d been asking Jonathan to get a fish pedicure with me. He finally agreed on our last day. His face was priceless! Those fish tickle!
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Mt. Si High School

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Lindsey

The new Mount Si High School project finished just in time for the start of the school year. Jonathan, Avery, Layla and I went to the grand opening/ribbon cutting ceremony and got to tour the new campus. It is pretty amazing — three stories tall and built on stilts (it is on a relatively small parcel in a flood plane and will serve up to 2300 students). Hard to believe we’ll start our long journey as MSHS parents in less than two years! I’m so excited our kids get to go here!

  • Ribbon cutting ceremony
  • Avery & Dalton
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