2011 Halloween

Here are the photos from this year’s Halloween. We made fun decorations, attended the ward Trunk-or-Treat activity, hit Fright Night at Wild Waves, and took the kids trick-or-treating around a nearby community. As always, they had a great time and brought home loads of candy.  

4th of July at the Ocean

We were invited to the Washington coast for the 4th of July to stay at Jeremy's Uncle's place. Jeremy's Grandparents, Dad and friends came too with some other kids. They had a great time playing on the beach while the adults enjoyed relaxing in the sun and sitting around campfires.

The kids found a jellyfish on the beach. Jeremy knows which ones sting and which ones are safe to handle. This one is a harmless Moon Jelly.

Isy...what more can we say....

All the kids lined up looking at the neighbor's fireworks. The kids were a pretty culturally diverse mix, we laughed at the line up of immigrants at the fence. 

Andre throwing a ball for the dog.

  

The entire beach skyline was filled with fireworks. We lit a fire on the beach and watched the fireworks and fired off some of our own. It was a perfect way to spend the 4th!

We brought our SCUBA gear to the ocean to attempt a dive on the coast. Here is Immer getting ready to descend into an unfamiliar dive site. Unfortunately the visibility didn't cooperate and we couldn't see a thing. I had to hold onto Jeremy the entire time to keep from getting separated. Exciting, but we won't be diving here again!

Leavenworth

We took a spontaneous weekend trip to see an eccentric little town in the cascades called Leavenworth. The scenery is amazing! We shopped, ate, explored, rode a trolly and the kids inner-tubed down the river with Jer.

We were so busy taking pictures that we didn't noticed the little girls drinking from the dog fountain. Oops!

During the trip, Jeremy found out about a local garden called the Ohme gardens. It was a surprising deviation from our plans and resulted in some wonderful family photos with a breath-taking backround. This is one of the most amazing public gardens that we've ever seen.

April Birthdays!

ANDRE'S 10th BIRTHDAY!
Our only son just turned 10! Andre is very special, Jer and I are so blessed for having a boy like him. On his birthday he opened some presents and went to school. A few days later he invited a couple of his friends for a sleep over. We had cup cakes and the boys played until late that night.

Nuestro unico varon acaba de cumplir 10! Andre es muy especial, Jer y yo hemos sido muy bendecidos al tener un nino como el. El dia de su cumpleanos, el abrio unos regalos y fue a la escuela. Unos dias despues invitamos a un par the amiguitos para quedarse la noche. Comimos pastelitos y los chicos jugaron hasta muy tarde esa noche.

One of his presents was a pellet gun... he loves it!

He likes shooting so I made target-cup-cakes for his party :o)

ISABELLE'S 4th BIRTHDAY!

On her birthday she had a doctor's appointment for her 4-year-old check up. She wasn't happy when we found out that she needed 4 shots, two in each little arm. After the doctor she helped me to make cup cakes for her party.

El dia de su cumpleanos ella tuvo una cita con el doctor para su chequeo de 4 anios. Ella no estaba contenta cuando nos dijeron que necesitaba recibir 4 vacunas, dos en cada bracito. Despues del doctor ella me ayudo a hacer pastelitos para su fiesta.

Princess-crown-cup-cakes!

Her sisters gave this monkey to Isy.
She likes Dora the Explorer!
She had a great birthday thanks to all our friends that came to celebrate with us!