Monday, February 13, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
These Days
These days you'll find Leah leading her toys on adventures through her play kitchen and wearing cute new underwear.
These days you'll find Lainy loving school, doing experiments at home, and learning to swim on Saturday mornings.
These days you'll find Brad smiling like he hasn't a care in the world, applying for graduation from medical school (unbelievable), and secretly searching for affordable homes to rent in Boston.
These days you'll find me busily taking care of three little girls (mine plus Addie) and enjoying having a husband at home again.
If you were here Saturday, you would have found us cheering for Lainy at swimming lessons, eating brunch at Salty's, and rock climbing (in February!).
These days life is beautiful.
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| Measuring the rain collected in our rain cup (it was full after one week) |
These days you'll find me busily taking care of three little girls (mine plus Addie) and enjoying having a husband at home again.
If you were here Saturday, you would have found us cheering for Lainy at swimming lessons, eating brunch at Salty's, and rock climbing (in February!).
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Snow in Seattle!
This was the view from our balcony Sunday morning.
We showed up to church, like normal, to a practically empty chapel. The bishopric decided to cancel church after Sacrament meeting, so we came home and played in the snow!
Lainy had fun rolling a head for our snowman (over green grass!).
Leah pretty much just ate snow.
Brad and I sported our matching hats - a Christmas gift from my parents.
And we built this guy! I personally like the sticks poking out of his knees. The girls thought it was a nice touch.
We named him Jack Frost.
Sadly, we woke up the next morning to find that Jack had been torn apart (likely by some rowdy fans headed to the UW vs WSU basketball game). Poor Jack. He had character!
This snow batch melted away by Monday afternoon but the weatherman promised more snow would be coming Tuesday night.
We were slightly amused when ALL of the school districts and universities canceled school in mere anticipation of a snow storm, before a single flake had fallen. We come from Idaho where it has to be snowing, and blowing, and below 0 in order to get out of school. I was hoping for snow partly so the superintendent wouldn't look ridiculous if it never came.
The snow did come. Quite a bit actually. And the whole of Seattle shut down for the rest of the week. Barely a car ventured onto the roads, though I did see quite a few people outside enjoying the snow on foot.
We had ourselves a nice vacation alternating between going sledding, eating yummy food, watching movies, and driving around in our nice 4-wheel-drive Subaru on the uncharacteristically empty Seattle streets.
Thank you for gracing us with a few inches, snow!
Thank you Lainy's principal and Brad's president for cancelling school for the whole week! Though it was quite unnecessary in my opinion, we sure enjoyed ourselves!
Thank you, darling girls, for these pictures of your rosy cheeks and red noses! It did my heart good to see you discover something I grew up enjoying.
And thank you Bradley, for fashioning this sled out of a cardboard box and a garbage bag.
The snow is now completely gone. The local newscasters have dubbed the storm Snowpocolypse and are calling it the worst storm in 30 years. I'm glad we were here for the ride!
This snow batch melted away by Monday afternoon but the weatherman promised more snow would be coming Tuesday night.
We were slightly amused when ALL of the school districts and universities canceled school in mere anticipation of a snow storm, before a single flake had fallen. We come from Idaho where it has to be snowing, and blowing, and below 0 in order to get out of school. I was hoping for snow partly so the superintendent wouldn't look ridiculous if it never came.
The snow did come. Quite a bit actually. And the whole of Seattle shut down for the rest of the week. Barely a car ventured onto the roads, though I did see quite a few people outside enjoying the snow on foot.
We had ourselves a nice vacation alternating between going sledding, eating yummy food, watching movies, and driving around in our nice 4-wheel-drive Subaru on the uncharacteristically empty Seattle streets.
Thank you Lainy's principal and Brad's president for cancelling school for the whole week! Though it was quite unnecessary in my opinion, we sure enjoyed ourselves!
Thank you, darling girls, for these pictures of your rosy cheeks and red noses! It did my heart good to see you discover something I grew up enjoying.
The snow is now completely gone. The local newscasters have dubbed the storm Snowpocolypse and are calling it the worst storm in 30 years. I'm glad we were here for the ride!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
To Leah on Her Birthday
Dear Leah,
You are two years old today!
It will never stop surprising and alarming me how this...
Can turn into this...
...in such a short time. Do you remember doing that? I can barely.
I have noticed, this year, that you are a lot like your momma. It started with your big brown eyes and a preference for fruit and bread. Now I have noticed, my dear, that you (like your momma) would prefer to stay home and play with your sister than go out and be socially captivating on your own. But there is strength behind your shy smiles. And stubbornness too. And a bit of a mischievous streak that your sister never dreamed of.
Oh, it is fun to discover you!
I love your sweet voice, especially when you ask for "mo more" (one more). I love that you sing songs when you think no one is listening. And that you are so good at playing. I love putting you to bed, mostly because you never, ever protest. You just cuddle up and tell me which lullaby to sing you. You can be terribly endearing when you want to be!
I hope it is okay that I still call you my baby girl. I hope you don't find it bothersome that I ask you nearly every day to stop growing. I just want you to slow down for a little bit. I don't feel like I've gotten enough of you yet.
But it is your birthday and I hope it's a wonderful one! I hope you know how much Daddy and I love you. I hope that today, of all days, you know how special we think you are.
Love,
Mommy
You are two years old today!
It will never stop surprising and alarming me how this...
I have noticed, this year, that you are a lot like your momma. It started with your big brown eyes and a preference for fruit and bread. Now I have noticed, my dear, that you (like your momma) would prefer to stay home and play with your sister than go out and be socially captivating on your own. But there is strength behind your shy smiles. And stubbornness too. And a bit of a mischievous streak that your sister never dreamed of.
Oh, it is fun to discover you!
I love your sweet voice, especially when you ask for "mo more" (one more). I love that you sing songs when you think no one is listening. And that you are so good at playing. I love putting you to bed, mostly because you never, ever protest. You just cuddle up and tell me which lullaby to sing you. You can be terribly endearing when you want to be!
I hope it is okay that I still call you my baby girl. I hope you don't find it bothersome that I ask you nearly every day to stop growing. I just want you to slow down for a little bit. I don't feel like I've gotten enough of you yet.
But it is your birthday and I hope it's a wonderful one! I hope you know how much Daddy and I love you. I hope that today, of all days, you know how special we think you are.
Love,
Mommy
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