A Taste of Spring

For the past few days, we have been enjoying blue skies and the warmth of the sun.  Temperatures have been close to 60 degrees and the sky has been cloud free!!  Jenna and Miranda have enjoyed playing outside with their friends without being all bundled up.  This morning we went to the Edmonds Marina Beach.  The girls enjoyed walking on the beach and throwing rocks into the water, watching the ferries, playing on the playground and rolling in the grass.  When we arrived home, Jenna and Miranda played outside with their friends for a few more hours!  It is now 8:30pm and the girls are fast asleep.  I guess they had a great day of fun! And tomorrow is supposed to be even nicer than today- we can't wait!!

The Past 2 Months

Once again, the days have turned into weeks and the weeks into months and I am finally getting around to posting new pictures and videos. Enjoy the look back at what we have been up to!

Just a cute picture of Miranda showing her big eyes!
Sisterly love at Jenna's Christmas Party at school
Jenna and Miranda in the "Teddy Bear Suite" in a downtown Seattle hotel.  Every year at Christmas they decorate a suite at this hotel in a Teddy Bear theme and you can go through it.  It was really pretty!
Jenna and Miranda On Christmas Eve, getting ready for Santa...

Santa brought this new baby doll for Miranda and she hasn't stopped playing with it since then!  She loves it because it sucks on a bottle and a pacifier and cries and coos like a real baby.  And when the baby falls asleep her chest even moves up and down!
Chef Jenna ready to cook!!!
Here is a look at some of the Christmas decorations we had around the house...


New Year's Eve was spent in Seattle waiting for the fireworks display from the Space Needle at midnight.  We found an outdoor ice rink and Jenna loved ice skating.  They had these little walkers that she could skate with, which made it easier for her and she felt more confident.

Here is a video from the Space Needle fireworks.  Sorry the video is sideways!

In January we spent a long weekend in the Cascade Mountains of Eastern Washington.  It is hard to believe how much snow there was just 2 hours away from us.  This picture show how high the snow is piled on the side of the road, where you would normally see the guardrail!

This is a view of Mount Rainier from the summit at Mission Ridge ski resort.
Here is a view of the Columbia River, also from the summit at Mission Ridge.
This picture shows Mount St. Helens in the distance.
Here is all that is left from a B-24 Liberator Bomber that crashed in 1944 at what is now the Mission Ridge Ski Resort.
Here are a few videos of Jenna during Ski School.  She did a great 

On January 28th we had a rare Snow Day!!!  We received about 5 inches of snow and we had a great time playing!