Funny Faces!

Emerson's signature funny-face

Squishy-face

Goofy girls! xoxo

Field Trip!!

Avery had her first real field trip yesterday. We went to Fairbank Farm for a tour and pumpkins!

Proudly displaying her pumpkin!

Cute pink pigs!

Sisters comparing their pumpkins!

The Girls xoxo

(Em didn't want to stop for a pic... Avery, on the other hand, will always grab on to Mommy for a pic!) I love my girls!!xoxoxo

Harvest!

We have been so crazy busy around here! Last weekend was the Harvest Carnival at our school, Multiple Intelligences Academy! We had such a wonderful time! The girls had their faces painted and loved it! The little ladybug and bumblebee stayed on their faces for about 3 days! I wouldn't dare try to wipe it off! :)

Such cute little bugs!

Emerson

My precious Emerson Paige. Avery has been in school 2 days now and I have had the privilage of spending quality one-on-one time with Em. I say privilage and I really mean that. Yes, we spend most everyday together, but the quality time we share really is a privilage to me. Emerson is so full of this colorful, loving, happy, giggly energy constantly! The days where she is sad and grumpy are so few and far between. This girl brings so much joy into our lives, including Avery's! They really are the best of friends! Emerson Paige We LOVE you!!

1st Day of School 2010-2011

Yesterday was Avery's first day of school. She is a Pre-Kindergartener this year. Avery was so excited and happy to be back at school. We absolutely LOVE our school and hope to be there for a long time! Here are a few more from yesterday:

Mukilteo Beach!

Today the girls and I headed out to the Mukilteo beach. There was a very low tide, so low that you could see many things that you can't see on a normal day! I guess it only happens once a year or so! We had so much fun combing the beach and exploring! Emerson LOVED the starfish. Avery not so much, but she had a great time exploring as well!

Emmy-loo and one of many starfish!

Mukilteo Ferry...sun came out more as the morning went on... beautiful!

Beautiful Mukilteo Lighthouse... It holds a special place in my heart!

More starfish...

Yummmm... Mussels!

And more starfish... this guy was underwater and the water was so crystal clear!

We're so lucky to live here in "Mukilteo by the sea"!!!

More Wedding Weekend pics!

On our way home from our big wedding weekend, we stopped at Smallwoods Farm and Fruitstand in Peshastin, WA. Avery's been coming here since she was a year old. This was the first time for Em (not the first time she's been here, but the first time she's been big enough to really enjoy the place!) now that she's a little bigger. They loved it!

Bug on the Chicken!

Emerson was so serious about trying to get this tractor (prop) started!

Beautiful colors everywhere!

Wedding Day!

I was able to catch a few shots Sunday morning getting ready for the wedding. I didn't get any of Aunty's flower girls (my girls) :( cause I thought I'd be polite and put my camera away when the photographer arrived! ;)

Drying her hair, not too nervous (so she said!)

Hair dried and getting the first "Wedding Day jitters" of the day! So being the responsible sister and Matron of Honor that I was, I calmed her jitters with a Bloody Mary! Did the trick!

Katie's soon-to-be Mother-in-Law!

Ok, I was a little annoyed by this: the photographer left to go shoot the guys before getting a shot of my mom putting her pearls on Katie! Glad I got this one!! (I'm never gonna be polite again after this!) :)

Congratulations Katie and Brett! We were so happy to be apart of your big day! We love you lots!!

Wow!

We are home from Eastern WA and my sister's wedding. It was wonderful! So many memories and good times! Here's a few from the day before the wedding!

Aunty Katie enjoying her pedicure...

Grammy and Em waiting for their pedi...

Avery and Grammy having a pedi...

Soccer Camp!

Avery is just about finished with her 1st session of soccer camp! She's been interested in soccer for about a year so we decided to sign her up for an intro. to soccer. We had so much fun watching and cheering her on! I found myself excitedly cheering for her on the sidelines-wasn't the quietest mommy there, but I couldn't help it! We are so proud of her! (Bug, I promise I won't be an (overly) obnoxious soccer mom!)

They had the kids kick the ball against the wall and stop it with one foot, then return it to the wall. She got pretty good at that!

But she just couldn't help but stop the ball with her hands too. So cute! The class was a mix of

3 & 4 year olds, and none of them could resist the instict to grab the ball with their hands!

Great dribbling, Bug! Love this action shot!

Avery did this camp with her friend Allyson. Lots of social breaks for these two!

Avery would run over to Em and I once in a while and tell us she was so tired! Always had time for a quick hug for her little sister!

Avery is a lot like her mommy :) in that contact sports are not a favorite! For the most part she likes the camp, but she'd rather not run into and bump into the other kids. Pretty funny! (Remember me at softball, Amy?) Hahaha! There's a lot of me in Avery that's for sure! Emerson, on the other hand, couldn't just stay on the sidelines towards the end of the hour. Avery would tell me she was done kicking the ball and Em said, "I kick it Mommy!" Pretty cute.

And here's Em, finally on the floor, off the sidelines and ready to play!

These girls bring so much joy to our life everyday! Every day is a new experience, a new challenge, and new joy! Good job, Bug! You were a great sport and tried your best each day! That's all that matters! xoxo

Camping trip #2!!

Yep, we did it again! Our second camping trip began at Lake Wenatchee State Park. It was beautiful and the girls and Aunty Katie and I played at the lake for hours! We ended up not being able to stay the night there though, it was packed! We packed up and headed to Tumwater for our first (and only) night. We got camp set up, girls put to bed and at 3 am we were awaken by thunder and lightning! When the sun came up and the girls woke it was gorgeous out! They played by the river all afternoon!

Girls digging and making sand castles on beautiful Lake Wenatchee

My always-happy sweet Em!

Daddy and his girls on the beautiful Wenatchee River at the Tumwater campground!

Bug floating on the Wenatchee <3

Two beautiful girls! xoxo

Aunty Katie in the rain!
We ended up packing up and heading home one day early. Not much for the girls to do in the rain and Avery was no longer entertained by the time we played the 6th game of Go-Fish! Another memerable trip though!

I know 2 little girls...

...who are going to miss their Aunty after she leaves!

My sister has been living with us for the past 5 months and we have gotten pretty used to it! Katie gets married this Sunday then she'll be leaving to begin her "married life" on Aug. 12 back in PA! The girls are going to be confused and missing her for quite a while, but hopefully Brett and Katie will be living in WA in about 6 months or so!

Camping!!

Yes, we did it! We took our first camping trip with the girls! If you haven't done this yet with your little ones I highly recommend it! All four of us had a BLAST! It was so fun to be together as a family and experience something new with the girls outside of our normal everyday life!



Avery couldn't wait to roast marshmallows and make S'mores! But don't be fooled, this kid eats nothing and even though she looks like she likes her treat-she didn't eat it!

Em didn't go for the S'more. She's a girl after my own heart and just went straight for the chocolate! That's my girl! <3
Yep, we even took Lady! She took a few swims in the Columbia River. It was awfully hot, we had great weather, but she loved it too! Em's been very interested in going potty like big sister lately. She tries her hardest at least once a day to go potty like a big girl, but here it turned funny! (But pretty cute!)


We took the beautiful North Cascades Highway home. We stopped and had a picnic lunch and I snapped this (terribly out of focus, funky) shot of the girls. I LOVE IT! This is them to a tee! Silly girls! We had a great time and are already planning our next camping adventure!