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Hazelisms

March 6th, 2014 | Hazel | reflections

Our sweet middle child has been growing fast! It has made me realize that I often overlook monuments in her life. She is the middle child after all – and I know what that is like! My own understand has caused me to empathize… with her and with my own parents. Life is crazy busy with three kids. So I’m going to take a minute here and reflect on my middle gift.

Things I always want to remember hearing her say:
“Hotowel” – hotel
“Hanitizer” – hand sanitizer
“Wiper towel” – paper towel
“Permanarker” – permanent marker
“zizzors” – scissors

Watching her heart grow closer to the Lord (while playing outside):

“Mom, the coolest thing JUST happened! I whistled! I just said ‘Lord, I want to whistle right now’ and I did! Watch this!”

“Ok God. Don’t put these spider webs anywhere! Just put them in outer space or something.” I have no idea where she gets her spider phobia from ;)

My sweet Hazel brings so much joy to our family! I’m sure there will be many more stories to document throughout the years :)

SCHOOL!

September 4th, 2013 | Hazel | Raven | School

This has all been so exciting and overwhelming, but here we are! School has started!

These two have been so excited to get started! Not one tear was shed today…ok, maybe I shed a couple…but the girls were so brave and so grown up! I really can’t believe we are doing this! And…here I am sitting in a quiet house while Ryker naps! I hardly know what to do with myself.

Oh, my sweet Raven! She has been looking forward to Kindergarten all summer! In the last few months she has really come out of her shy shell and really shown how brave she can (and wants!) to be! We visited her school yesterday for the ‘Treasure Hunt Adventure’ finding all sorts of treasures…her teacher, her desk, her cubbie where she hangs her backpack, and putting away all of the treasures that she brought (school supplies). When I was talking with her about today I asked her if she would want me to walk her to her classroom for the first day to help her get settled and find her desk again. She said, “No, its ok Mom. You can just drop me off.” So I did. She just put her backpack on, hopped out of the car and off she went. I don’t think she knows what she is in for when it comes to full day Kindergarten, but I am so glad she is happy to go!

Then there is this little munchkie! She was a little nervous, but I think it helped that we sent Raven off to school first. She has been hearing all about Little Feats School from her big sister, so she knows a little bit about what to expect. As we were driving from Kings to Little Feats she seemed a little nervous about me dropping her off and asked if someone was going to come get her from the car (like Raven’s carpool). After assuring her that I would walk her in, she looked so relieved. Once we got there she was a bit timid, holding onto my leg and sticking close. As soon as we got her all checked in and washed her hands, we saw her teacher and she walked right into her room!

I am so proud of my big girls! The tears are such a happy feeling – watching them grow up to be independent. to make their own friends. to learn from their teachers. I am releasing them into the world, praying that the Lord with be with them to guide them and instruct them well. Praying for their teachers as they spend so much time with our kids. Man do I love these sweet little beauties!

Kids

January 16th, 2013 | Hazel | Raven | Ryker

I just figured out how to upload photos from my phone. It takes a while to do, but at least I can update with photos. Pictures are more fun anyways :)

my entertainment this morning

January 14th, 2013 | Hazel

Here we are again!

I know its been a looooong time since I have updated this little blog. I have actually been so busy that I forgot about it, but I am hoping to pop on here every once in a while…sometimes with stories, sometimes just pictures.

So, here is what we have been up to…

Matt and I went to LA for a getaway!

Yellowstone vacation with cousins!

Camping with friends!

Ross Lake camping

Riding on the new ferris wheel in Seattle!

A visit to the Space Needle

Soccer

just another day…

April 24th, 2012 | Hazel | music | Raven | video

We definitely have two little girls in this house! They are so busy and so fun! Here is a cute video of each of them singing their favorite song. They make me smile!

http://youtu.be/yW-1LMojToM

Disneyland!!

I can’t believe that this trip was weeks ago! Where does the time go?
The girls and I flew down early, and Matt flew down after work that night.

This is how ridiculous I looked walking through the airport with all of our stuff. Traveling with kids is a great workout!
Once we got to the hotel, we just relaxed by the pool! So fun!

We had a really great vacation! The girls did really well (thanks to everyone who was praying!), and we all had fun!

Our good camera broke, so our pictures aren’t the best…but they captured the memories just fine :) This was my first time to Disneyland too! I have been to Disneyworld, once. I want to do this every year! We’ll see if I can talk Matt into it!

I think we could probably twist his arm.

Micky Mouse's chair

First roller coaster

Mickey Mouse

Train

Sweet faces

Silly faces

We waited in line for over an hour to meet the princesses. Then we spent maybe 30 seconds with each one. Both girls said later that this was their favorite part of Disney.

I think Hazel won them all over! She first told Cinderella that her name is Princess, and by the time we made it to Princess Aurora her name had changed to Rapunzel. Her silliness has really been starting to come out! They were both so cute and star struck!

Its hard to believe all of this happened in one day!

After Disneyland, we took a day off to swim in the pool and hang out by the hotel. The next day we rented a car and drove to Phoenix, AZ! We have friends who recently moved there, so the girls were excited to see their little friend!

We went to this cool playground with a little train and a carousel. The girls had so much fun! We also went swimming late that day…also very fun! I liked the sunshine and the warmth!

Vacations are getting more and more fun as the girls get older…and I love vacations! Looking forward to the next…

Where?

January 23rd, 2012 | Hazel

Where oh where oh where is Hazel?
Where can Hazel be?

“I be 2!”

January 4th, 2012 | birthday | friends | Hazel

This is overdue. Our sweet Hazel did have a birthday party…a while ago :) She still talks about it. Anytime she hears the word party “I be 2!” (which has been often with Christmas parties “I be 2!” and a New Years eve party “I be 2!”), Hazel shouts “I be 2!” and she flashes her two fingers in the air. It’s pretty funny…I have yet to get that on film.
Here are some shots of her party!

It was really great having so many friends here! We all had a great time at the party (“I be 2!”)

wow.

September 8th, 2011 | Hazel | music | Raven | video

I am so very behind on updating this… my computer freaked out and it is taking some time to fix.
Here are a couple videos from one of my favorite summer nights this year.

I promise to update more soon :)

Time

Wow, I can’t believe how fast things have been happening around here. I’m thinking I’ll try to just do a quick re-cap of the last month and a half…we’ll see how it goes!
Ok, back in the beginning of June some friends and I took all of our kids on the ferry to Bainbridge Island to have lunch and ice cream! It was really fun and so worth the messed up nap schedule!

Then we had swim lessons.

And we have had 2 camping trips, 2 weekends in a row…one was sunny and one was rainy.

But we did get to celebrate our great friend Asher. His awesome Mama put together a scavenger hunt! When the kids all returned there were dirt cups with worms in them! This was so fun!

More to come….Raven’s first time to VBS! She loved it…pics are coming.
And on a sad note…my engagement ring was stolen. I had put it in my wallet when we went camping the first time and forgot to put it back on when we got home. Then, when I was dropping off Raven at VBS someone broke the window on my car and stole my purse (which had my wallet and my ring in it). I am still praying it gets recovered from a pawn shop or that some other miracle happens….and I swear, if I ever get it back…it will never leave my finger ever again!

PURPLE

There is a whole lot of purple around here. Raven’s current favorite color. …and since we are celebrating our big 3 year old this weekend, we are just going to roll with the purple thing!
She has really been loving her birthday this year! A lot of anticipation beforehand, and a lot of disappointment when the party was over.

(i just can’t get her to look at the camera)

On her actual birthday we did the traditional singing with cupcake in bed…only this year we had to tell her to go back in her bed so we could sing to her. (she was coloring downstairs at 6:20 am! ..and who knows what time she really came downstairs. 6:20 is the time that Matt thought he was sneaking down to get things ready. Our 3 year old does not like to sleep.)

Later that morning we had a visit from Grandma Virginia! They played and read Raven’s new book!

Then Raven’s friends came over! Pure excitement!

We played games and sang “Happy Birthday”

(she got a little close to the flames there…but she is fine, and she did blow them out)

My girls like cupcakes if you can’t tell by looking at their faces :)

The other kids like cupcakes too…see all the smiles?
Raven had so much fun! She was so excited to have her friends over…and the fact that they sang “happy birthday to raven” is something that has made her so happy, we have been talking about it all week! She has been growing up so fast! It is incredible to see her growing relationships with friends and with God (who apparently talks to her in a deep voice). She is so smart and loving and shy and sneaky and busy. She is a big girl now!

catch-up

Wow, I have a lot of catching up to do…and I have to try to remember everything that has happened…

Ok, first we had a visit from Papa John and Grandma Jan. I am just now realizing that we don’t have any pictures of their visit! How did this happen? I really have no idea, but we do have proof they were here. The yard looks amazing…now I just have to try to keep up with some things. Also, Matt built a sandbox while they were here, and Papa John filled it up with sand! This is a new favorite spot of Raven’s!

Raven in her giraffe costume loving the sandbox

Then we had a relaxing Mother’s day weekend…Matt sent me to the spa (my favorite place)…and I got a new toy, a fancy phone which sucks up quite a bit of my time. Not with calls, with the internet and picture/video taking!

Next we had a great visit from Uncle J and Auntie Trish!

We really didn’t do anything too out of the ordinary here…I made J come with me to costco, we went to the zoo, and out to eat, scrabble (where Trish and I got creamed by J), and went down to the beach we love…

Great times with Uncle J

Great times with Aunty Trish

Overall, it was a great visit, and we all agreed this needs to happen more regularly. Love you!

Now we are getting ready for a special girl’s birthday party! She has requested a purple party…we are looking forward to a purple bean bag toss, a purple tutu, purple balloons, and cupcakes with blueberry frosting! I’ll try to get picks up soon :)

Tulips!

This past weekend we went up to see the tulips! This was a first for us, so we didn’t really know what to expect. And as much as we prayed for sun, we still got rained on. Although we did get a good 5 minutes of sunshine, which we enjoyed thoroughly!

Family photo in front of the windmill. Its right behind/above us...you'll just have to trust me on this one.

I think the girls had fun running around in the rain and mud. It’s hard to tell when they have such mood swings…but I think it was mostly fun!

Daddy's Girls!

We tried and tried and tried to get a cute pic of the girls, together, with the tulips, looking at the camera, smiling….this is what we came home with…

Yes, the last one is a picture of Hazel falling in slow motion into a mud puddle ditch…

But don’t worry, she got right back up! She does have a big sister to keep up with. Also, this would have been such a cute one of Raven and the tulips…just like one I had imagined getting in my daydreams of adorable pictures of our girls and the tulips…if only she would have let me put that cute little braid and ponytail in her hair. Sigh. I can’t imagine where she gets this stubbornness from.
Overall, I think it was totally worth it! It was a fun family outing, and we all needed a little fresh air and some color and vibrance in this dark dreary spring we have been having. Now moving on to brighter daydreams of warm sun (emphasis on warm), swimming pools, parks, zootunes, camping, and so much more!

hi.

April 1st, 2011 | Hazel | Raven | video

we just wanted to say hi to you all!
(warning : this gets a bit loud at some points)

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