Maia’s Blog

wow! almost a year….gotta get myself back on track. time to play some catch up!

Think this will be our first White Christmas since returning to the Puget Sound…they are forecasting more snow today! I talked to a woman yesterday who lives in Duvall (north east of Seattle) who said she measured 22″ at her house! We only have a lowly 9″ – but we’ll take it.

The weather in November was so “warm” that we thought it would be a mild winter – little did we know what Mother Nature had in store for us…

Our backyard

Neighborhood from our front porch

Igloo!

Took some great pictures of the kids jumping (you know how my family loves the jumping photos) that I just had to share…not bad, eh?

And Lexi is a pro… rock star pose is great!

Cole….sharing his (early) birthday present with Ate Lexi and having a blast.

And some alone time with his new toy….

We love Roach Gymnastics…Lexi goes to gymnastics there once a week. And we have been to numerous birthday parties there in the past few months. It is our new favorite party place and has taken over for “Pump it Up”. Here are some shots of the entire family enjoying our time:

Our 2 Monkeys-

Craig, determined to get over the bar- (note: this resulted in some nice blisters)

No bar for me, I am a little more tame swinging on the rope-

And other random, fun pics-

Cole’s “lovey” is a cloth diaper instead of a blankie (this makes it easier on mom & dad when he loses it or forgets it…because we have multiple and can always buy more!)

The look on his face……if this is not love, what is?

i know! and really i have been waiting for you to come back so we could talk about it because it just wasn’t the same for andre….(i made sure i did the hokey pokey and turned myself around – no racing though)

that is so freaking awesome… just had a flashback to 4th grade…

Our neighborhood went crazy this year with the Halloween decorations. Here are just a few of the houses:

And our house:

Lexi in her Halloween school outfit (they could not wear costumes but Halloween themed clothes instead of their uniforms….)

And the token picture with the kids in their Halloween costumes (Cole, the astronaut, is MIA)