January

Haven's class visited a local fire department where one of her classmate's dad's is a fireman. Her favorite part was spraying the big hose. She is now reading and is participating in "Redeemer Reads" - where she will read 100 books in 10 weeks.


I competed in the In-Shape's Diva Dash at Mission Bay. You can read about my experience on my most recent blog for BFit San Diego:
http://community.bfitsandiego.com/bfit-community/diva-dash/


Rowyn swinging with her friend, Josie, at Moonlight Beach.


Parker attended a few swimming lessons. She thrives in the water and loves being wet. We can't wait for more pool time this summer!


Haven started arena soccer and was also selected to join a competitive team that will play this fall. This is our first experience with competitive anything, and we are being told Haven has great potential! We are just encouraging her to have fun and play hard! Inwardly, I am thrilled she picked soccer and grass stains over leotards and ballet slippers. Nate is still trying to persuade her on how great basketball is! =0)

Christmas 2011 - Flatau Lodge, Cle Elum Washington

We spent Christmas with my parents up north in Cle Elum, Washington. To our delight, we did have a white Christmas and relished in the beautiful winter surroundings while being with my side of the family. What a blessing! We assisted my mother with the Christmas Eve service at Suncadia and enjoyed a delicious dinner at the beautiful resort. The girls loved being with grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles - and of course, Santa knew just where to find them!



Santa found Parker!


We saw "Cinderella" at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle...


Girls loved helping Grandpa Mark plow the snow...


While Rowyn found something else that captivated her attention.


The kiddos were tucked in my a REAL elf at Suncadia Lodge. Super cute!



Day after Christmas, we visited Leavenworth. We brought back wine and cheese. Yummm.


The girls were excited to spend time with their cousins!

I'm BACK!

Hello there! Remember me? I can't believe it has been close to three months since my last post. The holidays completely got the best of me and I just checked out of my blogging duties for a bit. So, I am going to pay a little catch up on this post... Bare with me.

December 18th was Haven's 6th birthday. I somehow convinced her that taking her closest four friends to birthday dinner at Red Robin followed by cupcakes at Sprinkles was going to be soooo fun! We had the discussion that not every birthday will be celebrated with a BIG party where we invite her entire class, have the bounce house and pony rides. Sometimes smaller is better (and less expensive). We also took birthday girl Haven and Parker to have lunch with the Disney Princesses as part of her celebration. Nana was able to come down and join us on the special day! I surprised the girls the morning of the trip with matching Ariel shirts - their favorite princess.