In case you missed it...

P.S. It's okay if you want to watch it again!

I know I did! Over, and over, and over again! (Sigh)

Trampoline Fun!

For Christmas, Auntie R, got us a trampoline as a group gift. We finally had nice enough weather to set it up. ☺Husband actually pulled out the directions for this one! The girls love to help Daddy! This time Em was the only one who stayed and helped the entire time! She was so proud of herself and Daddy!

Guess who got to go first?? He is my biggest kid!

Em got to go after him because she was such a good helper!

Then we let them all go on together!

Thanks so much, Auntie R!! We ♥ it!

Meeting Author Peter Brown

Kaylin's class took a field trip to Third Place Books, to meet Author Peter Brown.We got to watch him demonstrate how he does his illustration's (yes, he is left handed).Here she is with her fav book of his, The Curious Garden , waiting in line to have him sign it.
He was so sweet and patient with all the kids. He even took the time to answer their questions...

And pose for pictures.

Another one of our favorites that he has written is, Chowder. It is about a quirky Bulldog.

You should check them out!

High Tea

Once a year, my Mom, sisters, and I get together for High Tea. This year, my Mom wanted to try this place that she had heard of in Redmond.The place was super cute, so we were excited to check it out! Here is the menu of Teas.
They started us off with this delicious fruit and sorbet treat. It was beautiful eye candy and tasted so yummy!

The food was a little different than most the places I have been to before. Usually there are sandwiches, this place had tiny pieces of round bread with a little spread on top. (Not my favorite)

This pic turned out kinda cool so I had to throw it in. I love the blurry and clear in one shot thing. If only the tea was blurry and the fruit was clear....I could have channeled my inner Pioneer Woman!

Apparently their server doesn't go on vacation much, because the person that finally (after 45 minutes)brought us our tea, informed us that she was very stressed because the server was not there.

We had made reservations, so they were expecting us, but they can also have people drop in for brunch, and a lot of people were "dropping in". Anyway, the service was sloooooowww, but the place was very clean.

Also, they only allow for one tea bag with their "High Tea" and the pot was super small. When the hot water was added to the pot, the tea was not strong enough for a second cup (it was like water, still). They said they had to charge me for another bag if I wanted more. This is the first time I have ever encountered that. Usually the tea is unlimited!

It was a nice place, but not sure if I would go there again.

P.S. This year we brought my good friend Heidi along, as she had never been to High Tea before. Heidi, I promise it is usually much more relaxing. I hope you will join me again!

Easter

During the weeks before Easter, husband decided to do a "little" remodel on the kitchen cooktop and island... This was supposed to be a weekend project, but ended up taking a couple of weekends. Anyway, the G6 came over the day before Easter for the Daddies to try to finish the job, and the kids and Mommies to hang out.Here are the Daddies working hard installing the cooktop and fan.

Thank you so much G6!!! Because we had no cooktop, the G6 brought some hard boiled eggs for the kids to decorate.
They turned out really cute!
But my girls decided not to use any tools and just use their hands to hold the eggs in the dye.

Their hands were stained for days!
The Easter Bunny came and hid eggs all over the house. (Each of the girls has their own color of eggs to find).
Then we headed over to the L4's house for a yummy Easter brunch. We always have the kids decorate a cake or cookies after. This year they did cookies.

Thanks L4 for working so hard on those adorable cookies for the kids to decorate!

Our "baby" is 4!

Happy Birthday, big girl!! (sniff, sniff)

It's hard to believe that my youngest child is 4 yrs old! But I can not escape reality and I have to accept it (sigh).
It was no surprise that she requested one of Auntie Robin's famous barbie cakes! My oldest and star cake decorator, decorated it again with baby sisters color choices (purple, blue, & green). I know what your thinking....."what...no pink?".

Here she is making a wish and blowin' out her candles.

I had to throw in a picture of the cake swiper. She started with one piece, then swiped her Moms, then Dad's, then started eating off of her neighbors plate!

All the kiddos getting ready to open presents. What's so funny cousin Luc??

Miss Pay got buckets of Lego's for her bday. Big sis and friends couldn't wait to start building...

Neither could Daddy! He of course had to get involved. He could hardly wait to build "the biggest house ever" according to the kids! (That's his hand in the pic)
Here is the inside.

Since then the Lego's have stayed out on the coffee table and been played with everyday.

Primary Concert

The theme.Her class represented Africa & Hawaii (her music teacher sewed the costume).

They did a traditional African dance. (Yes she really is that much smaller than most of her classmates!) With cousin Luc and another friend from class.

With BFF. (Grandma gave her flowers!)

Cousin Luc as one of the Narrator's.

This was one of the best "concerts" I've seen done by the kiddos.

The music teacher did a really good job!