Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween 2011

Fun times this year!
Andy and I did not dress up this time. We just didn't feel like it. But, of course the girls did!
Madeline as Tinkerbell
Kassie as Sailor Girl
Sydney as Tickle Me Elmo
(She did not get away with dressing up like that without me tickling her! I got her good!!! :)
This was taken at my parent's house when we first started to go Trick or Treating.
They got so much candy. I see a trip to the dentist in our near future....
Happy Halloween 2011!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Cowgirl Madeline

Madeline decided to play dress up as a cowgirl and use Sydney as her horse. Sad thing was, Sydney actually let her do it!

Just proves the fact more and more that I have goofball children...

Saturday, October 22, 2011

School Pictures 2011

They're here!!! Hot off the presses. Enjoy.
Sydney - 7th Grade
Kassandra - 4th Grade
Madeline - 2nd Grade
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Yes, they are all wearing the same shirt. This year when they went shopping for back to school with my parents, Sydney made the suggestion to dress in the same shirt. So, they searched for one they all liked and this is what they chose. Then, they surprised me with it when they got home.
I thought it was cute. :o)

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Happy 10th Birthday Kassandra!

So I'm sitting here, planning which pictures I'm going to put on the blog of Kassie's Birthday, when my daughter comes up to me and says, "Mom... are you going to put the pictures on the blog?" Now you'd think it was the birthday girl asking me this, but no. It was Madeline. I'm not sure why she cared so much, I mean it's not her birthday. I'd like to think it's because she just loves her sister so much.... (crickets) :o)

Kassie says she can't believe she is 10 now. Neither can I. It's yet another case of time flying by. Ugh... Anyways, much to her (and her sisters) delight, here are some pictures of the birthday girl opening her presents.

And blowing out the candles...
Happy 10th Birthday Kassie!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Doin' the Puyallup

Today we took the girls to the Puyallup Fair. Fun times! We saw animals, rode lots of rides, stuffed ourselves with "fair foods" (aka deep fried treats), play lots of games, and walked about 5 miles. Ya know, typical fair stuff. :o) Madeline was so excited because she was actually tall enough this year to ride most of the rides. Here's some of the pictures I captured. Enjoy.



Wednesday, September 7, 2011

First Day of School 2011

Another year... yay!
Today Sydney enters the 7th and her first year of Junior High. Kassie enters 4th grade and Madeline enters 2nd grade. I have 3 super excited and semi-tired girls. Here are their first day of school pictures. Enjoy.
I'm kinda bummed because my camera wasn't working, so I had to use my cell phone camera. At least I got pictures, though. Something is always better than nothing. :o)

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Sun Lakes Birthday Getaway

Most. Beautiful. Place.
That is, here in Washington State. My word, this place was awesome.

On Monday, Andy, me, the girls, Jamie, Sarah, Brian and Ben packed up and headed out to Sun Lakes State Park, in Eastern Washington for my birthday. The temperature was, well... hot every day we were there. Perfect for swimming, sun bathing, and Water Wars. What's that you ask? Well, they have this thing there called Water Wars where there are 2 stations/sides that compete by pelting water balloons at each other.... all to get soaked. It was awesome. You were a winner if you successfully got another person wet. That's it. Totally fun, especially when it's a solid 95 degrees outside. And, no matter how much sunscreen you put on, it really didn't matter. The sun shined constantly.

We rented cabins. Ours was right on the lake. The picture below is our cabin, with views looking off the porch to the lake.
We also rented paddle boats and paddle trikes. They were so much fun. We paddled out to the island in the middle of the lake and then let the current and wind take us back in.
Then, Andy, the girls and I headed up the road to Dry Falls. This place was so awesome. It looked like a miniature Grand Canyon. I didn't know they had landscape like this in Washington State.Below, in the picture, is the story of Dry Falls. Amazing how it was formed. This place was truly spectacular.And finally, we hiked around to some of the other lakes in the area. Beautiful scenery everywhere we went. I enjoyed it so much.
Now, we are all sunburned and tired. Back to reality....