We had a great Christmas this year! (Aside from EVERYONE getting sick.) Lillian got sick first, then Ryan, then me, then Chris. It was rough, so the whole break someone was sick sometime. We didn’t want that to stop us from having a good time and getting stuff done! Chris took just over a week … [Read more…]
This Thanksgiving was super special because…I HAVE A KITCHEN!!!! I have counter tops, and cabinets, and a sink, and a dishwasher, and a garbage disposal, and an oven and stove, and a microwave. I was so happy and so excited! Chris took off the week of Thanksgiving to get some work done on the house. … [Read more…]
This summer during the big chunk of our remodel the kids were stuck inside with not much to do. Chris was either at work or working on the house, and I was working on the house. To help entertain the kids we let them play video games or watch TV. Great parenting I know, but … [Read more…]
Chris’ Grandma and Grandpa Tanner were with us most of September (weekends). They flew home on October 2 and on October 3 we flew into Arizona to go on our annual Mexico trip with my family. We flew into Phoenix and my sister Beth picked us up. We went and got some dinner, (In n … [Read more…]
Chris’ Grandma and Grandpa Tanner were able to come and spend September in the PNW! For Christmas all the McBrides got together and gifted them plane tickets to Seattle! Grandma and Grandpa Tanner were going to split their trip with us, with Grandma’s sister Joan, and with some of their friends that live in Yakima. … [Read more…]
Kids started school! All my kids are in school ALL day! Woohoo! Ryan is in a first/second grade split class. Half the kids in his class are in first grade and half are in second. They split up for literacy and for math and they do combined science/social studies. Ryan goes to the second grade … [Read more…]
My parents came the end of May to deliver my dad’s old truck, and our new truck to us. Before they knew they were coming then, they already bought plane tickets and rented a house to come visit us in August. They were coming in August to come over Sea fair. We’ve done just a … [Read more…]
After being out of our house for about 2 months (hotel #1, hotel #2, rental house, back to hotel #1) we are back!!!! While we were gone we completely gutted our bathroom, we demoed the kids’ bedrooms, we put up a beam in between those bedrooms so we could combine them to turn them into … [Read more…]
Wallace Swamp Creek Park Pass: None Difficulty:1/5 Rating: 4/5 Another day, another outing with the kids! I wanted another SMALL hike I could do with the kids. Doing a little more research I found Wallace Swamp Creek Park. Its in Kenmore, which is a super cute little … [Read more…]
Saint Edward State Park: (Disclaimer we didn’t hike all the trails. Since I was wanting the kids to have fun, I let them pick how long we’d hike for, and we only did about half a mile, so my Ratings are on the small portion we did hike.) Pass: Discover Pass … [Read more…]
My sister Beth has come to visit a lot (4 times?). My sister-in-law is from Oregon, so when she was visiting her family one summer the kids and I went to visit her, my brother James, and Remmy. All of Chris’ siblings have been up (except for Andrew and Kerby), so we were only missing … [Read more…]
Some of my best friends from high school were wanting to get together and go on a girls trip. My friend Mary Anne had a free resort stay and she wanted some of us to go with her. It was really sweet of her! Sadly it was looking like I wasn’t going to be able … [Read more…]
Since we aren’t living in our home right now (due to the remodel) we decided we finally needed to get another car. Since I couldn’t just walk the kids to school anymore, and Chris was working on the house until late at night, it just wasn’t feasible to share the car anymore. We were trying … [Read more…]
Grandma Tanner’s Sister Joan, who lives in the PNW, was celebrating a birthday. Grandma Tanner and Nadine decided to make the flight up and celebrate it with her. We were excited that we were going to be able to see the Grandmas for a bit! They were coming right as our house remodel was really … [Read more…]
Last year my mom had a busy year and wasn’t able to come to Seattle much. (She finally made it in December.) But this year, we were all hoping she’d make it out more! My mom had some extra time off and the kids and I were getting antsy to do something fun. We talked … [Read more…]
