Twins 1st Birthday...

Kenzie and Kayla

Kayla

Kenzie

Kendra, Kayla, Papa, and Kenzie

Abuela and Kenzie

Kayla and Sandi

Kendra got a doll house from Auntie Jo since she won't be here for Kendra's birthday in Dec.

Get ready...

Set....

GO!

She won't know it's me if I look the other way, right?

Excuse me...?!

Even the dogs joined the party!

And....the after party...

Up up and away...

Last xmas, dad bought mom, Jo, and I a helicopter tour of downtown and we finally cashed in!

Amazing to see the city I've lived in for almost 20 years from this new and very cool perspective.

South end of Lake Washington, looking north.

Seattle from the north east.

Husky stadium under construction.

UW campus.

Lake Union.

Seattle from the northwest.

Space Needle. Notice they're painting evergreens on the top.

Seattle's newest attraction, the Seattle Great Wheel.

Seattle from the south, with Safeco and Century Link fields in the foreground.

October here and gone...

There was a free Fall Fest./Halloween Fest. thing at a local funeral home (PR stunt?) that we went to with the girls and the Naps (pictured below). Free tractor rides, free hot dog, free hot cider, free pumpkins and treats for the kids, free face painting, free petting zoo and bouncy house. Pretty fun little shindig. 

Our good friends Derrick and Kate Nap, and Zoe and Isaiah.

Kendra loves to get in the crib with the girls. 

Daddies girl.

Kayla fell in while fishing for the toys at the bottom.

 Kayla.

 Kendra, Kenzie and Kayla.

Since it was raining outside, we took the girls to the mall to Trick-or-treat with Zoe. What a zoo...                         

We jammed Kayla and Kenzie in Kendra's front seat so that both the big girls could ride for the long walk back to the house. One loaded chariot...

All for now. Much love from us.

B, S, K1, K2, and K3.

Recent projects...

Other than trying to keep the circus running somewhat smoothly, I did have some time for a couple projects. It needed to be done! There is sometimes a need for change/improvement/ what ever you want to call it. :)

We had an old gold frame (about 3x4 ft. and solid wood) from Brian's grandma which I just couldn't seem to get rid of...then I figured out why; it was a treasure waiting to be found! I spray painted it matte black and the pictures just don't do it justice. It will hang downstairs with a mirror in it, after the remodel (yes, remodel. More on that in the Spring of 2013).

I love my kitchen but I really wanted more space....some how...not sure how I was going to do it. Then I saw it, the perfect piece of furniture for the perfect addition to the kitchen! A partially pre-assembled white and oak island from Ikea. I painted it black and dad moved the legs by the stools in a few inches. Voila! 

We love it.

Ah yes...the best project of all...and not yet complete...and not sure when it will be complete at the rate we're going... In any effort to get Kendra to use the potty frequently, I installed this chart right in front of the potty. One sticker for every potty and another if her diaper is dry, and if we get 5 in one day she gets a treat! Good deal, right?! "Kendra, do you need to go potty?" (for the 5th time that morning...). "Nope. I will tomorrow, mommy." (tomorrow is inclusive of anything later be it in a day or next week).

Winthrop bikers...

Bikers dream = North Cascades Highway.

Couple weekends ago, mom, dad, Joanne, Ben (Jo's friend from Australia), and us took a long weekend for a bike trip to Winthrop. Dad, Joanne, Ben and Brian rode their bikes while mom and I drove the support vehicle. Such a beautiful drive and such a cute town!

Diablo Lake

The girls trying to narrow down lunch choices at the Old School House Brewery. GOOD food.

While mom and the girls and I wandered town for the day Friday, the four bikers took a couple side trips.

This is sunset from Sun Mountain. There were and still are wild fires just on the other side of the mountains, hence the smoke and gorgeous shot. 

Even Kendra got a quick ride on Auntie Jo's bike around the parking lot at 8 mph. :)

No road trip is complete with out a stop (or two or 5) for coffee/milkshakes.

And to give the little ones a chance to stretch and roll around.

BFF's...

These two are SOO cute to watch. They gravitate towards each other and there are big hugs all around when they get together.  Kendra is now starting to ask to sit by Zoe at meeting. Are we there already?!

This was taken at Milltown convention this year.

As was this...

Kendra and Zoe had a play date today at Emily and Jonathan Long's house this morning, along with Elias. I heard that the five of them had a blast!  When I dropped Kendra off, Zoe was the first one out the door to say hi and gave her a huge hug. 

Melts my heart.

Off to the races...

The latest development...not only are the twins crawling at full speed but they are pulling up on everything. Kayla is already trying to move her feet so she can walk along things but we haven't gotten that far yet. Thank goodness... I can only take so much at one time! :) 

(Kayla, Kenzie, Kendra)

They're getting so big...!

Oh, and GO HUSKIES! :)

(Kayla, Kendra, Kenzie)