Strawberry Festival

Ready to catch the shuttle to the festival.

Trying to generate energy to light the bulb. 

Lunch time! Yummy foot-long corn dogs.

Strawberry shortcake!!

Summer: Day 1

We started the first day of the girls' summer break by going out to breakfast at Lil Jon. They LOVE the French toast there!

We've also been attempting to make plans for the summer days and went to our local farmer's market. We got strawberries, raspberries, Rainier cherries, pears, cauliflower, Walla Walla sweet onion, and ordered an eighth of a Yakima-raised, grass-fed, 2-year-old cow that we'll get in September. Phew!!

The girls have ten new books from the library to read - including Magic Schoolbus ones. They really love those books and TV episodes on Netflix. 

Next is some meal planning! Or maybe that's just me - we'll see.

Summer's here!

Last day of 1st grade was yesterday!

Spring Football at UW

The Husky in front of the HUB.

At the Spring football fun:

Trying to throw the football in the hole.

Running a 40-yard dash with the players (they did it like 5 times).

Then into Husky Stadium to get ready to watch practice.

Another husky statue down at the stadium. 

The columns in the Sylvan Theater.

Drumheller Fountain

The largest book in the world (on Bhutan) in the Suzzallo library. 

The Suzzallo study room

The outside of the Suzzallo library

With George Washington

Paccar Hall (where this momma's MBA program is)

Love!

Cherry Blossoms!

I took the girls to see the spring blooms at UW a couple weeks ago and wanted to share the pictures...

Silly seven-year-old sisters!

7th Birthday celebration - part 1

Cake time!

Blow out the candles!

First Day of First Grade

Ready to walk to school!

Time to find the classroom!

We Love Meema

In Loving Memory of Meema (my Grandma, the girls' Great Grandma).

All of her great grandkids in July 2013

With our family, Christmas 2011.

Happy Easter!

Grandma Sue sent new dresses for Easter again this year. Thanks Grandma Sue!!

Trick or Treat 2012

It was actually kind of a treat for me to not have to create highly unique costumes this year! In keeping with their birthday themes, Kimberly was Tinkerbell and Rebekah was Cinderella. And they had their pumpkins carved to match. Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Patch!

We went to get our pumpkins on a drizzly Pacific Northwest day. We also got to go on a hayride around the farm and got some kettle corn. Yum! Pictures of our pumpkins will come later...

Ready for their tractor-pulled hay ride!

First Day of Kindergarten

The girls were READY for school to start this morning. They are in separate, but adjacent classrooms. Rebekah charged into her room and Kimberly wanted her "hug and a smooch" from Mom & Dad before following the other kids and teacher into her classroom.

Birthday Cakes

We've got a tradition going where each girl gets to pick what cake she wants and the other bakes it for her. Then they get to decorate their own cake and everyone's happy. This year Kimberly wanted a chocolate Tinkerbell cake, so we went with a chocolate cake with green buttercream frosting (and pink frosting between layers). Rebekah wanted a pink Cinderella cake, so we made a strawberry cake with pink buttercream frosting. Yum!