Big Girl Bikes!

On Sunday, the girls tried out their bikes without training wheels and with pedals and went right to it! They were animals at the park!

So yesterday - for day two - we took them on a bigger bike path. They made it about 3 miles and did great!

Back to School!

Back to Pre-K!
First day of school!

Their birthday crowns from celebrating at school.

Fun project: Tracing their outlines on butcher paper and then gluing fabric pieces to match their outfits.

(Kimberly had on a white shirt under her sweatshirt)

Catching Up! Labor Day & 5th Birthday

We got to go to Aunt Teri & Uncle Brady's beach house in Oregon over Labor Day weekend to help celebrate the girls' 5th birthday!
The big dune we climbed every morning we were there!

The haystack rock.

We took a day trip up to Tillamook and checked out the air museum in an old World War II blimp hanger.

They loved the engine room!

And the old flight simulators that they could sit in!

After the air museum was the cheese factory!

Moo!

We also got a chance to see a few sunsets when it wasn't overcast. GORGEOUS!

Our hike up the dune on the girls' birthday morning.

Each of the girls picked out what type of cake they wanted, helped bake each other's cake, and then got to decorate their own cakes. Bekah had chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, Kimberly picked strawberry cake with vanilla frosting. Yum!

All decorated!

Time to sing! Bekah was excited.

Helping Aunt Teri with the crab.

Kimberly loved walking Max - "Take a picture Mom. ... Look! He's smiling, too!"

And we even got in a hike to some waterfalls.

Catching Up! August 2011

August brings the Blue Angels near our house. This year we went to watch them take off from Boeing Field!

Watching them take off from the roof of the car.

Lots of fun airplane posters to stand in front of.

The next day we went to our usual spot to watch on the I-90 bridge.

Some of our summer garden goodies! Zucchini and green pepper.

We camped again at Mt. Rainier! This time near Paradise... still snow in late August!

Bekah liked being Daddy's fire helper. She liked the fire crumbs (sparks).

With school coming, the girls wanted to practice their letters...

A local hike. The girls are animals on the trail!

Kimberly helping change the oil in my car.

Catching Up! Road Trip!!

We took a road trip down to see Grandma Sue in California!
First stop... Crater Lake! Bekah had to get another snowball to hold.

Juicing lemons with Grandma Sue

Playing at the beach!

Hiking at Sequoia National Park on the way home again

That's a BIG stump! Our Honda Pilot looks tiny! (As does Marty!)

And finally Mt. St. Helens!

Catching Up! June and July 2011

At our cousin's winery in Oregon with the rhododendrons blooming.

Bekah with her cousin Nathaniel at his high school graduation party!

Out for a family hike! There's a train coming down the trail!

Camping and hiking at Mt. Rainier - end of June 2011

Bekah loves snow!!


Fourth of July - at our downtown park. Yummy kettle corn!

The Olympic Peninsula in early July for adventures...
They made it on a 5-mile round trip hike!

Stood at the base of the world's largest Sitka Spruce.

Wandered around and played at Second Beach (La Push).

And read their maps any chance we gave them!