Arcie's hat

Arcie told me she wanted and red and pink hat. I was going to make her a snail hat, but the hat wanted to be more Dr Suess like. Arcie really likes it, hooray!
oh, and just becuase Parker is so cute

Katie is SIX

Happy Birthday Katie
They are musketeer girls- don't mess with the dress dude

Parker Joie is one year old!

Rest in peace sweet Crickett

Crickett passed away the end of September, she was such a good dog, we are thankful for the time we had with her, and can not express how much I miss her, she was so good to me and the girls, she taught the kids so much. She was a good good dog.
She is showing off her haircut in the picture, about a week before she died.

stylin

Arcie girl

Katie's Vanity

We found a vanity on craigslist for Katie from the nicest family

duckies

Katie's First Day of Kindergarten

Katie started school at Brownsville Elementary

elves in the backyard

The girls made themselves elves with leaves in headbands
Katie got a yellow navy t that she thinks looks like daddy's PT uniform
Arcie is showing off our ummmm simple playfort we made with scraps
Goldie is my silkie hen who rules the rooste
Katie is lovin on a pullet
Arcie running in front of where I cut out some brush and bushes and trees and cleared an area
Parker looks up to her big sissies

Japan

Did you know that when you are in Japan, and sign onto our blog all the instructions on the blog are in Japanese?

playing dress up with puppy

"but mom, he likes it, he is playing princess puppy"

Boat Party

It was nice to reconnect with some of the families off the boat today

Katie's school picnic

Katie is starting kindergarten next week, her school hosted a picnic to meet the teachers and see the building and meet the PTSA. I was very grateful that the girls got to explore the school with me and on their own time. We had a nice time, Katie can do both the firepole and the monkey bars. Katie is very excited about school starting.

girls night in

popcorn, girlie romantic comedies, painting nails, and doing hair, we had a nice girls night in

Wisconsin pics

the pictures of the girls Aunt Krystal took
and the other pic is from Katie's backyard, the kids playing, great company, talking birth, with cloth diapers blowing in the breeze over the amazing WI farmland- it was such a lovely day!

cousins putting on the ritz

uncle Jesse took a video of the girls putting on a show with their cousins

girls

pictures Auntie Krystal took of the girls in Wisconsin

I miss Wisconsin

Whidbey Island Ferry