See C..........

Chaucer is 5 months old now !

see C sit

see C drool

see C eat

both feet at once

see C gnaw

on his thumb

see C suck

on his fingers

These are the things" C" better known as "the boss" does best at 5 months

seattle saturday

We went into Seattle city center Saturday

and happened upon a round dance

the kids loved it

they talked about our great friends the Dial's who we miss terribly

then Emme tried to imitate the dancing

SHE IS TOO CUTE !

***Note from the Author***

Jaxson ripped the back of his pants at the beginning of the trip so we went looking for pants, unfortunately we weren't near shopping so we walked about 20 blocks just to find a store......which was fine and a great walk

then....Angelo remembered that he had only payed for 2 hour parking, not all day

so we RAN yes RAN two adults, 4 kids, one stroller

YIKES

It was fun though, next time we will do more by the time we got back to the car we were all worn out so instead of re parking we just headed back home

Stranded at the Drive-In

We went to the Drive-In movie on

Friday night

We had a great time

* the kids had a great time

Angelo and I.......well it was okay

The thing is our battery ran out mid way through the second feature

it turned out to be kinda good because anyone who has seen the most recent Indiana Jones probably wishes they had seen it without the sound

That movie got much better once we didn't have to listen to the ridiculous dialogue

( not my favorite movie)

The Drive-in guys came and used the little jump thing to jump our car and by 2 am we were back home, home sweet home

FUN NIGHT

**note from the author**

the kids who also went to bed at 2 am choose not to sleep in

so at 7 am we were up, yikes

A Day at the Children's Museum

We had a great day,

THANK YOU for the invite e r y n

The airplane was a big hit in our family

scared........if these were your pilots MAYBE

now introducing

liam stayed out of the pictures..typical

this is the only one I got of him

he had a great time !

Emme as you can imagine

LOVED THE SPOTLIGHT

Jaxson spent a very long time looking through the microscope

can you say great Birthday Present idea

The kids did great, we had fun, a day well spent !

a BIG helper

Chaucer LoVEs To Eat

and Jaxson ENJoY's FeeDing him

.....and I LOvE the EXtrA Help !

Craigs List Find

The best part about this couch aside from the fact it fits the entire family is that it was

100 % FREE

Betty Davis Eyes.........I think Not

he's got Spencer Kimball ears

NORTH WEST OR BUST

Jaxson with tears streaming down his face , you can just barley hear the words he utters in between sobs

" Daaaaaaaaaaaad, she is going to make grocery bags out of my shirts"

Dad ( who probably agrees with the heart broken child that, making grocery bags from shirts is ridiculous) calmly says " Jaxson aren't those shirts too small for you?"

Jaxson replies through his tears " yes, but can't we just give them to DI, I really don't want her to make grocery bags out of my shirts"

I am so stunned at my sons reaction that I, for awhile listen in awe, then I burst out in

really LOUD Laughter

( you can imagine how THAT helped the situation)

Here in the Greater Seattle area when you buy groceries the question isn't " paper or plastic" it is " do you NEED a bag today ? " Yup I always feel guilty for saying yes

then the grocer trys to shove as much food into one bag as possible to prevent you from having too many bags.

I am sure some of you are feeling totally irritated, & it isn't even happening to you. I really have a different view on the subject. I am happy to be lightly shoved into the ECO-friendly movement. No matter what your politics I am sure that if you think about it for a minute you too will agree that the amount of plastic bags we use is on the silly side. For what, just to get food to the house. I am sure that one day we will all look back on the plastic bag thing and wonder WHAT WERE WE THINKING !

So..........I made the bags

thank you Martha..... this truly is a "Good Thing"

and now my answer will be

" no thank you, I brought my own"

*** If you don't think I am CRAZY and you want to make your own click here for instructions

On this note
Another "different" thing we have here is our garbage service. Our recycle bin is FREE yup 100% free then you just pay for your general garbage can. Here is the catch they have lots of different sizes ( I didn't know there were different sizes in garbage cans) The thing is it is really expensive to get the big size you know the one size fits all that you get in Utah ( among other places I am sure) so we opted for a small family size remember when you see this WE DON'T have the smallest available. You can see the recycle bin next to the mini garbage bin for a reference the recycle bin is "normal" garbage bin size.

Isn't it cute & if you get all the recyclables you can it is just right for our family

WELCOME TO THE NORTH WEST

Missing You

Grandma

we know you are missing us.......we are missing you too!!!!

here are some pictures from our day yesterday

we love our new home

we wish you were closer

It poured all day yesterday so .................

Jaxson & Emme played in the rain for a bit

while.......

Liam flashed his GRILL

and...........

Chaucer thought about crawling

then............

Emme wore her pink high tops and took her baby for a ride

and.............

Jaxson talked about how excited he was to see

KUNG FU PANDA on Friday

next.............

Emme tried to give Chaucer a bottle

he wouldn't take it ( no change there)

finally.......

we tried to get a picture

#1 GREAT & what is #2 hiding?

and tried again

#2 wore his grill #4 wasn't looking and #3 was doing the squint smile

third time....maybe not

Well #3's eyes are closed and #1 is not looking at the camera

but that is as good as it gets today folks

there is always tomorrow!

LOVING YOU & MISSING YOU from the

EMERALD CITY

a good way to spend a weekend

We spent our Saturday at the American Cancer Society's Relay for life

my life has been more than touched by cancer

CANCER has been a part of my life since my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 15 years old

my mother went to have a routine baseline mammogram and came back many hours later

CHANGED

our lives were going one direction and then the word

CANCER

altered my families path

my mother spent the next year

FIGHTING

hard

i spent the next year

CONFUSED

&

SCARED

I am at a loss for the words to describe that period in my life so, for now I am going to leave it at that

my mother is a SURVIVOR

in every sense of the word

she is stronger for it

she is braver for it

she is kinder because of it

she is a SURVIVOR

Angelo's Company

had a tent up to raise money for the American Cancer Society

his boss had made these fun marshmellow's shooters

the kids had a blast

Emeline had fun with the duck pond

then the walk

Until we stepped onto the track we were just at a High School Track

the moment we stepped on the track

we could feel that this place had been transformed

the track became a memorial, I believe that when people gather for a cause

the land becomes consecrated to that cause.

The track was lit with luminaries

these are ours

My mothers neighbor

Connie Wiliamson

just passed from breast cancer that ravaged her body

from her brain to her liver

she was a fighter, she fought hard

we remember her

My aunt

BONNIE DAVIS

she is a survivor of Breast Cancer

she fought hard and the cancer lost

My mothers cousins wife

Past this last week from leukaemia

My mother

THANK YOU for SURVIVING

thank you for fighting

you are a SURVIVOR

the track was beautiful when all the luminaries were lit

We are honored to have been a part of this wonderful event