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It’s sort’a like a junk drawer thing… No other place to put it.

Happy Birthday Daddy

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU – DADDY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

 


Without you, we would not be complete. When you were born, God knew we needed you and you needed us. You do so much for us, in your own way, and we love you so much for all the ways you show your love. We hope you have a great day and we hope to make it wonderful and memorable. God bless you in the new year ahead with health, happiness, a lot more love, and a deeper, richer understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. We love you, Daddy. – XOXO, Isabel and Mommy

Happy Birthday – Daddy!

Daddy and Isabel waiting for dessert; brownies. Yum!

Photo Tricks

Gino took this cute photo of Isabel and Daisy and I thought I would have some fun with it… enjoy!

I like this one because it shows all of Daisy’s hairs sticking out and maybe the color just works better with her…

I like this one because it looks like chalk or newspaper.
Both are different…which one do you prefer?

Butterflies And Dragonflies

Some friends of ours are having their third child next month and this weekend is a baby shower. Our gift to them and their baby girl is a blanket that I made for the theme of butterflies, dragonflies, and purple. Since I got my new sewing machine for my birthday this year, I’ve really enjoyed the few projects that I’ve done so far. I hope that I can get into sewing more. Enjoy!

The pinned up quilt. The front is a fleece material w/cute insects of dragonflies, butterflies, ladybugs, snails, flowers, etc. While the back is a lilac colored cotton.
I’ve never made anything with fleece before and was a bit worried about the thickness and stretch of the material, I think I did o.k. for using the material for the first time.

Decorative edging that I used along the outside and to close my pull-through hole.

After getting it completed with the decorative edge and then tying up a few spots along the pink squares…

I had it finished in no time!
(Special Thank you to Sarah for getting me back on track!)

Away

It’s been about a month or two since I’ve updated the family blog. At the beginning of August my Grandmother passed away and Isabel and I traveled back for the funeral. The plan, originally, was for us to stay a week or two and then that all changed after we realized the cost of flights to return home. So we decided to stay and drive back with my parents to Utah and then take a flight out of Vegas. Well, that didn’t work out either, so we ended up staying until the end of the month when my parents went on vacation… to our house. We rode along with them back home and got to save ourselves a few hundred dollars on flights for us. So now that I’m home and things are again starting to fall into a normal routine, I can hopefully get the blog back up to the latest news, information, and happenings of our life’s. So keep coming back, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do! See ya…

Goodbye Grandma And Grandpa

My parents left this morning around 10 a.m.  We had a very nice visit; didn’t get to do much outdoors because of the rain and chilly temperatures.

Goodbye Grandma and Grandpa. We hope that they enjoyed their vacation with us and that you were able to really relax while you were here. Also, want to thank them for everything while Isabel and I were with them for the month of August. We love you! (Isabel misses them already and wants them to fly to the airport so we can pick them up! Why do they have to leave so far away? – she says)

Goodbye Jeannie And Aaron

This morning Jeannie and Aaron left. We hope you had a great weekend with us.

While Jeannie was finishing up working on her Grasshopper “yummy” cake…

Aaron was pushing Isabel around the kitchen on his “new” bike.

The time together was so much fun. We need to do it again real soon…

Later that same night…My Dad was relaxing on the sofa when Isabel decided that he looked cold and started piling all sorts of things on him; pillows, her hopscotch rug, blankets, and anything else she could find!

Zoo Day With Family

Today we headed to Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium with Jeannie, Aaron, Grandma, and Grandpa. Despite the cool temp, we had a really nice time. We got to see the new clouded leopards, the baby Sumatran tigers (born May 25th!), the red wolves, and all the other animals. Enjoy!

Aaron had lots of fun on Jalapeño El Nintendo, Isabel’s moose, while he was waiting to go to the zoo. What a handsome smile! Ride’um Aaron!

Aaron trying to get better acquainted with Daisy while she’s mellow. On the other hand, Daisy is a bit unsure…of this little person who’s always on the go!

A pretty flower at the zoo.

Us at the zoo except for mom, who was taking the picture.

Getting to “feel” the animals in the Discovery Center.

Mommy and Aaron having fun at the zoo!

After the zoo we spent a nice quite evening at home…

Jeannie worked on her cake that she made for us.

Gino, Grandpa, and Isabel played bowling on the Wii.
It was actually Isabel’s first time bowling and she did a great job!
Gino: 165
Grandpa: 144
Isabel: 111
Not to bad for a beginner!

While Aaron and I colored a picture together.

Later after the kids were in bed, the grownups got to bowl. The most impressive score for the evening was Jeannie getting over 200! Way to Go, Jeannie!