Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Katie's First Birthday, etc.

The successful finale to Katie's first birthday (shortly followed by a good face wash and bed time! It had been a busy day)


Katie's friends: Sarah, Connor, Brendan, Sam. We had a fun time playing!


Daddy and Katie at the park where we played for a while before heading to our home for a birthday BBQ.

On Katie's actual birthday, Mimi made strawberry cake. It was delicious!

"Super Katie"

Connor showing Katie how to do the stairs (she doesn't need help, but the thought is nice...) in their 4th of July outfits.

The view outside "Thomas the Train" (see some of the posts below)

Mimi and Katie enjoying the train ride on Thomas the Train

Papa and Mimi took our family to Snoqualmie (a whopping 10 minutes from our home) for "A Day out with Thomas". They hook Thomas onto the end of the train and make a carnival of it. Connor always enjoys a train ride, and we all enjoyed being together.

Our little blueberry bushes in the backyard. They're doing pretty good and holding their own (probably would do a little better if we were faithful at watering them!)

Pool! Well, North Bend's version of a pool ;) We had a great time in Mimi's backyard. Somehow I couldn't find the picture with Jeremy in the pool with the kids... wonder if that got deleted some how!?!

Katie can't walk yet, but she sure can bounce on the trampoline - and boy is she proud of herself!

Oh yeah, baby, July 4th in the northwest. We had a good time and thank the Lord for canopies, umbrellas, jackets, etc.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Family Picture

We never seem to get pictures of all of us (especially not the parents), so here's our attempt. Poor timing, though. We'd been sitting for about 30 minutes (eating) and so Katie was wanting to crawl and it was well past naptime. A for effort??




Our Home - front view

This is a side angle view the front of our house. As you can see below, Jeremy successfully removed yet another enormous tree. We like to be able to see out (and have people see our home). Slowly but surely we're taming the jungle!!