July 15, 2010

We went out to dinner tonight.  Emerson’s fries were too hot so she put them in her ketchup to cool them down.    Duh!

July 14, 2010

Hannah has been going to VBS at a church down the street.  She is absolutely loving it.  I am loving the fact that she comes home and wants to go directly to the Bible to find the verse they learned that day.

July 13, 2010

I thought Emerson was sleeping upstairs.  I was wrong. 

July 12, 2010

Two of my “heart” shaped rocks that we found at Damon Point.  Tom found the red one and gave it to me.  Awww….so sweet!

July 11, 2010

Emerson likes to think she is a big girl.  She wanted to push the cart while at the grocery store today.  I laugh because she’ll walk around on her tip toes trying to see over the top bar, when she could just peek out through the middle.  :)  There is no telling a 2 1/2 year old what to do.

July 10, 2010

We went to a BBQ at Jen’s mom’s house today.  It was fun to get together with her family.  Hannah had lots of fun with Grace and Rachelle as always and Emerson was up to her usual antics…picking flowers and being cute.  :)

July 9, 2010

The Pohl’s came into town today and one of the activities planned was an AquaSox game.  They just happened to be playing the Spokane Indians, so it was a must see baseball game.  Our AquaSox ended up beating Spokane, but the real excitement was Hannah getting a ball from the pitcher.  She was super excited and yet not really sure what it all meant.  I wonder if she thought she’d have to go down and play with them. :)

July 8, 2010

We spent the afternoon at my parents house trying to avoid our hot house and lack of shade back yard.  When we left at noon it was 85 degrees inside.  With Caryl, Ashlie and Parker visiting, we didn’t need extra bodies heating up our house and fighting over the small patch of shade just didn’t sound like fun.  We set up camp on my parents new deck and sat and played cards while the little ones played in the sprinkler.  I’m not sure who noticed our little friend sitting on the flag, but I’m glad they pointed him out.  It was the cutest little bird perched on the super small lawn flag.   Just checking us out, keeping us honest in our game playing.

July 6, 2010

Hot day = swimming pool for the girls.

July 5, 2010

When we headed down to the beach today there was a gentleman picking up garbage left behind from the 4th.  I couldn’t believe how much trash was just left behind.  He had already collected 2 bags and was on his way to finishing off a 3rd.  Sadly, he had only covered a small section of the beach.  We spent about 30 minutes helping him out.  Hannah said she felt good about helping out which made me smile.

July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July!  What better way to celebrate than with a blueberry pie.  Too bad it wasn’t very good. 

July 3, 2010

Hannah, you never cease to amaze me with your bike riding fashions.  I love the knee high socks with the cherry covered summer dress and pink Converse.  You know how to rock an outfit!  I love you.

July 2, 2010

Today was a play outside day.  Ms. Tiffany next door, brought out the sidewalk paint.  Someone forgot to tell Emerson that she was to paint the sidewalk, not herself.

July 1, 2010

Dear Pineapple,

We love you.

Sincerely,

The Walker Girls

June 30, 2010

The girls went to Anne’s birthday party today while at Grandmas.  Once again they had a face painting lady there.  Hannah got a beautiful Hawaiian flower on one cheek and a shooting star on the other.  Emerson had a cupcake which just made me want to eat her cheek.  After the party we went to Costco and they wanted to send Nana happy smiles.  :)  And, without my camera, this was my only option for a picture of the day.  :)  I’ll stop whining now.

June 29, 2010

I’ll often find Emerson sitting in front of the TV, watching and playing with her favorite toy of the moment.  Today it happens to be her Thomas trains.

June 28, 2010

Sad, sad day!  I sent my camera off to Canon to have them fix my baby.  I’m hoping that it’s not too costly of a fix and that it’ll be back in my hands soon.  I’ll miss you little camera!

June 27, 2010

We had a morning visitor today. When we woke up there were 4 bucks laying at the front of the house.  We threw over a couple leftover hamburger buns and this one came right over.  What a great way to end our wonderful vacation.

June 26, 2010

Today we made our Sandprints.  It was quite the challenge with Emmie, but we managed and I think they turned out pretty darn good.  We’ll have to do them again since Tom’s fingers all broke off and right before we left, Emmie’s pointer finger broke.  It was a fun beach craft.  Too bad we weren’t able to get them done while everyone else was with us.

June 25, 2010

We spent part of the afternoon today at the Arcade.  Emerson loved the little horses and Hannah and I had fun playing skee ball.  Despite all that fun, Tom and I both decided that it’s not someplace we need to go again. 

June 24, 2010

One of the items on the vacation to do list…Minute to Win It.  I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time.  Emerson had fun trying to play the Oreo game.  The object of the game…to get the Oreo from your forehead to your mouth using only your facial muscles.  Seriously so funny.

June 23, 2010

Sisters on vacation. 

June 22, 2010

A day at the beach, playing in the water, playing in the sand, and looking for treasures.  It was a great day.  Minus the sunburns.

June 21, 2010

Day one of vacation in Ocean Shores.  Bubbles..that was the excitement of the day.

June 20, 2010

Happy Father’s Day to an amazing man!

June 19, 2010

Our Costco shopping trip for vacation.  You can see the essentials...Oreos and Hershey's.

June 18, 2010

Hannah went to her very first birthday sleepover.  Emmie thought it was pretty cool having us all to herself. We asked her what she wanted for dinner and she came back from the kitchen with this...a bowl of marshmallows.

June 17, 2010

Hannah and Mr. Kusler on her last day of Kindergarten.  We're going to miss seeing him around the school next year. He's going back to Skyline full time next year.  He's promised us that he'll be back to check on his Hillcrest class. :)

June 16, 2010

Hannah and I worked on Mr. Kusler's end of year gift today. We gave him a framed picture from the beach and a gift certificate to his favorite bike shop.  I'm still having a hard time believing that Hannah is done with her first year of school.

June 15, 2010

Today I took the Caleb and Emmie for a walk with Kira (Mimi's mom) while the big kids were at school. I was thankful for the double stroller until I had to hike back up the gigantic hill. It sure makes a difference pushing two instead of one. By the time we got to the top of the hill I was wishing I was sleeping in the stroller too.

June 13, 2010

Someone lost her other tooth. Only this time she really lost it...she swallowed it in her sleep. I love how grown in the other teeth actually are. She held on to those teeth as long as possible.

June 12, 2010

Today was Caitlin's graduation party and most all of the family was there. Heather, Jeff and baby Ethan made an appearance at the party. One would never have guessed that it was their first outing. They are very relaxed parents. :) I love this picture of the generations and I am so happy that my camera cooperated long enough for me to get it.

June 11, 2010

Someone got a letter from the tooth fairy and 3 whole dollars!

June 10, 2010

Hannah lost her first tooth this morning...eating her waffles. She was SO excited!

June 9, 2010

According to the calendar it's June but you would never know by the weather. Around here they are calling it Jun-uary, since it's more like January weather.

June 8, 2010

Tonight we got to watch Caitlin graduate from high school. What an exciting night!

June 7, 2010

I have no idea what type of plant this is but I will forever and always think of Grammy Na when it blooms. When Grammy would stay at our house, while my parents were in Vegas for Dad's bowling tournaments, we would sit outside, drink lemonade and watch a little Hannah play. It was on her first stay here when Grammy pointed the baby bumblebees to us. Now every June we anxiously wait for the baby bumblebees to visit our pretty blue plant.

June 6, 2010

Emerson found a box full of Hannah's old princesses last weekend and she hasn't let them out of her site since. They've been to school, the grocery store, target and now they are joining us at dinner. We had an indoor picnic tonight and I laughed when I looked down to check in on Emerson. She lined them around her plate and was checking in with them as she ate. This girl makes me smile!

June 5, 2010

We set out on a letterboxing adventure this afternoon. Our clues took us to Flowing Lake in Snohomish. We searched and searched with no such luck. We did find where it was supposed to be but someone had removed the box. Big bummer for us!

June 4, 2010

We thought we'd try our hand at homemade pizzas. Ours didn't compare to the Pohl pizzas but they were alright. Hannah has decided that she wants to do this more often...she really enjoyed making her pizza just the way she likes it.

June 3, 2010

My camera has decided that it wants to be temperamental. This picture was the only one I got today and it was a test shot. I'm hoping I've figured out the problem and that it's done. I don't know what I'd do without my camera. I love my camera.

The bowl of popcorn...that's the current favorite snack here at our house.

June 2, 2010

She was home from school less than 20 minutes when I found her fast asleep on the couch, listening to her music. My little nap girl.

June 1, 2010

These shoes are Emmie's favorite right now. I made the mistake of trying to match the colors and was quickly told that I was wrong. She loves one pink and one yellow shoe. :)

May 31, 2010

Ethan Donald Schweinfurth was born early this morning to my beautiful cousin Heather and her husband Jeff. Welcome to the family baby Ethan!

May 30, 2010

The girls did such a good job keeping themselves busy while we painted that we thought we would reward them with a movie. For reasons unknown, both of my girls LOVE Shrek, so Shrek the Final Chapter was an easy choice. For our family of four it was $42.50 for a 3-D matinee and that didn't include the two large sodas and the large popcorn...that was an additional $18. Thank goodness they were all refillable.

May 29, 2010

Today was paint day at our house. Finally getting around to making this house a home.

May 28, 2010

One wet and soggy group of kindergartners. Hannah's field trip to Kayak Point was lots of fun, just really, really wet.

May 27, 2010

Doesn't matter where we're going or what we're doing, if it's naptime, someone will fall asleep. She didn't even make it through the check out lane.

May 26, 2010

It was a three pair of rainboots kind of day. Oh my rain. It's almost June for Pete's sake.

May 24, 2010

In honor of the series finale of LOST, we had PW's Grilled Chicken Pineapple Quesadillas. They were SO delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about them. The LOST finale...eh, it was alright, the quesadillas were better.