First days - 5th, Kinder, Pre-K

to be very honest leaving the kid's schools was in the top five of hardest parts of moving.  especially the boys - they had an incredible group of friends, established positive sports teams, and a school that we all loved.  really their life could not have been better, filled with support, community and simply good people surrounding them.  it was a HUGE leap of faith to believe that they were going to be okay leaving and starting over.  here are the first day of school pictures from our apartment complex.  a very different first day of school, but i could not be more proud of how brave all four kids were and how they have dove in 100% to build a life here.  kids are extremely resilient and our prayer is that it will build character and confidence not ruin there life.

keagan had been really sick for a a full week but said he was okay to go to school.  you can see in his eyes he felt horrible. . well when i took him in the next day we found out he had pneumonia! 

our shining star kindergartner!

ummmmmmmm. .....who taught her this. . this kid?!?!?!?!?!?

she is crazy and loves every minute of going to school!!!!

last week of summer 2013

we headed back to spokane as fast as we could to spend the last week of summer at the lake and with grammy and grampy.  the only problem was all the kids got really sick. .. but as it turns out if you have to be sick the lake is the place to do it.  it was a great week and much needed time back home.

view from our deck at the lake

tons of fishing off the point

armstrongs came to visit again. . . emery and grace were in heaven

my co-pilot to spokane

a day at the buths

trailer park cake - of course

friends at the lake

tube rides for the girls this summer -

always swimming! she is so brave - emery became a great swimmer this summer

fit in a few cupcake - cookie dates

more fishing

keagan was the sickest. . we didn't know at the time that he had pneumonia

emery's first fish

learning to cast

sisters

so sad to leave

loved having Mel last weekend

gig harbor

i am really trying to catch up on the blog to get to the present.  we spent 5 days with the jones in gig harbor.  it was a blast and just what we needed in the midst of an emotional hard move.

lots of beach adventures

candy store at pikes street market

sweet savannah 

we spent one full day in indianola - we had the beach to ourselves - the weather was perfect, adults drank gin and tonics, dogs ran around, and the kids had a blast playing

best rope swing ever

the girls spent hours in the chicken coop with all the chickens

lots of love for avery and savannah

shadows on the beach

skim boarding

amazing live sand dollars

little beach bum

first portland adventures

soooooooo. . . . . we live in portland. . .  week one we decided to go for it!
#bigcitylivin

dad and keagan date to timbers game

public transportation - the max 

voodoo donuts

the zoo with the humes

more zoo

heading to voodoo donuts

caught a good moment at the bookstore

best book store ever - Powells

korean bbq

little big burger

not my favorite adventure. . thankful for AAA

lots of time at papa and grandmas - girls loved it when grandma shared her makeup