Names...

Some ideas so far in no particular order....

Magnolia (nickname, Maggie or Nola)
Violet (the boys' favorite)
Oona (tim's favorite)
Mia
Delilah
Dahlia
Rose
Zinnia

(There seems to be a bit of a flower theme)

Happy 7th Birthday!

To my creative, inquisitive, intelligent, sensitive, loving, and VERY special guy! We love you so much! Happy Birthday, Noah!

Thank You, Ella!!

The boys spent the afternoon playing with the Cosmic Rocket birthday gift. They had a blast shooting it off!

Mixing the "fuel"....




The set up....




Standing back...



(The blast offs were too high and too fast to catch a picture of!)
A very proud science guy!...

Small Project

Made this for the babe...

Happy Father's Day

You are a patient, loving, and creative father. We love you very much!

Pre-K Graduate!

Congratulations, Ezra! We are so proud of you. I can't believe my little guy is going to be in full day kindergarten in the Fall! We love you very much! xo

Our First Heat Wave

I know my Seattle friends have had their share of cool, rainy weather lately! On Friday, here, it was 60 and rainy too. However, today, it reached 95 and quite humid! We spent the better part of the day setting up our new pool. Our dear friends down the street gave it to us. They are moving to North Carolina where they will have access to a new community pool instead. We are so sad to see them go.

Tim took charge of the set up and the boys stayed in it for the whole 6 hours it took to fill up (3,000 gallons!). It was a good day to try to stay cool. Now, we just have to make sure we get the PH levels right, use the filter properly and all that good stuff. Here's a before and after picture.

1:00 pm


7:00pm with the neighbor girls

Color Splash in my Yard

"take one of me too, mom!" (and of course another beauty sprouting up!)