Jeffrey's 1st Birthday

Jeffrey's 1st birthday was a spectacular circus event!  The cake was amazing!!

Jeffrey was so cute with his cupcake!

I got to hold little Emma and Elle was quite the little helper! I think she was preparing for being a big sister!

Sophie, Ceci, and Gia were there so they had a ton of fun playing together under the table of all places :)

Megan did a wonderful job with tons of circus games!  Elle got into the action with the ducky pond!

Sporting her first tat!

Group shot of all the children that were at the party.

Ocean Shores

Before I can post pictures of our recent trip to Lake Chelan.  I thought it would be a good idea to post pictures from our trip to Ocean Shores for clam digging!

Elle loved playing in the sand!

Crafting back at the caboose!

  

Cleaning of the clams was the boys job :)

See it really was a caboose we stayed in!

Thank you Mom and Daddy-o for taking us along on your anniversary trip!  Here they are posing in from of the hotel they stayed in on their honeymoon :)

Winter time at the zoo!

We met up with Tracy, Sophie, Ceci, and Gia for a day at the zoo.

It was a cold one so we all had to bundle up!

Ceci checking out the giraffe.

The lions were out and about.  Tracy told us that some of the rocks are heated to help the animals stay warm since Washington's climate is polar opposite of the Sierra.

Elephants after bath time!

Playing with baby Elephant!

It was dang cold!

Sophie chatting with distance cousins.

Monkeying around!

The Kimono dragon was ginorous!!

The zoo has an indoor play area.  Elle and Gia had a lot of fun checking out the fish!

Watching the bongo players.

Ceci was so proud of this pose and asked that Uncle Colby take her picture!  Sure cute job Ceci!!

Lost Amigos outside of the new penguin exhibit.

Sophie going around the merry-go-round.

Here comes Ceci!

The ride was thumbs up!

They passed by in a blur...

Next we headed to the bird room.  Were you can purchase a $1 seed stick to feed the birds.

For the birds.

Ceci did great when a giant bird landed on her arm.

Soccer Saturday

Elle and I were lucky enough to tag along to Sophie's first soccer game of the year! 



Proud soccer parents :)

Go, Sophie, go!!

Elle thought she was in charge of snacks for the sideline parents.  Here she is offering fishes to a soccer Dad.

Sophie was awesome and always ahead of the pack!

Orange and Black just like our high school colors!  I like I might still have orange and black finger nail polish that I can break out for the next game!!

Sophie's 7th

Okay so no excuses.  We have been super lazy about our blog and I apologize.  Work has been out of control for both Colby and myself and the last thing we wanted to do at night is spend more time online.  However, it is now almost the end of November *gulp* but we are back in business thanks to a super cool new laptop!  So where did we leave off. 

Ah, yes, Sophie's 7th birthday way back in September...



The fish party was awesome! 

The children decorated the their bowls and watched patiently until it was their turn to pick a fish! 

The canoe was a great place to eat cake!

Plus the paddle worked wonders on the fishy pinata!

Gia and Elle were able to sit back and chat while the others took turns whacking the pinata.

F is for Fish

Sophie's 7th birthday party was a goldfish party!  Of course we had to go fish at the pet store!

Mean while back at the cart...

Happy babies playing nicely until...

Elle touched me!

I said no.

Why did you hit me? Sorry, I didn't mean to but you crossed the invisible line. 

Seriously this could be a picture of Tracy and me as children.  The invisible line was always too much of a temptation for me to handle!