Snow days

A few weeks ago we had about 9 inches of snow at home. We had a blast spending time together and enjoying the snow.














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Maddie's turn

This past week we had another student of the month. This time it is Maddie's turn. She was student of the month for excellent behavior.


While we are on the topic of Maddie and her amazing ness. Here is a pic of her during a ballet class that we got to watch.


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Student of the Month

Bailey got the student of the month award for improvement. She has been working really hard, doing her homework, vision therapy, and trying her best. I am really proud of her for working hard.


Man I love this kid!
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Christmas Vacation

We have had the best time this vacation. We got to see a ton of family and friends, we went on mini vacations and also managed to relax. I truly sad to be going back to work tomorrow. Here are a few pics from our amazing 2 weeks off. We got to spend a few nights at the beach house and the beach was gorgeous.


Maddie even played in the water. She has a swimsuit on under that sweatshirt.


Jason had a little fun writing in the sand.


We went to shore acres to see the lights.


My cousin Robin came to Christmas this year and her husband Erik is a magician. The kids were blown away. So were the adults.


Maddie got a new bike from Santa.


My cousin also own a photo booth.
They set the booth up and everyone had a blast.











The 11 grand kids





All of the girls.


Bailey enjoyed the photo booth the most. We have at least 50 more like this in different poses.


We came home and celebrated Christmas with the Castro side. We had friends over for New Years and took an additional trip to Seaside. We spent a lot of quality time together and I am truly sad to say it is over.
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Half Marathon

Well, I did it. I trained for a long time and I ran my first half marathon. I remember when I didn't think I could run the 3 miles that it took to run the lake in town. I was amazed by all the people running in the race-young, old, speed walkers,sprinters, stroller pushers, and pregnant ladies. It was inspiring. I still can't believe I ran 13.1 miles without walking.


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November

Once again I am falling behind. November was a very fun family filled month. We celebrated my Dad's 70th birthday. We started by watching Zach win his playoff game.



A group shot with the birthday boy.



Then the cousins lined up oldest to youngest. Aren't they adorable.



The next day the party continued. He is such an amazing man. I am truly blessed to call him Dad.



We took a quick family photo. Aren't we cute.



The next day we went to the zoo with the Sanderson family.



This guy really liked Bailey. He came right up to say hello.







Now that soccer is over we have moved onto new activities. Bailey is swimming and Maddie is starting ballet.



Then we had a VERY special visitor spend the night, Olivia.



Look how big and adorable she is.



To top the month off we went to the American Girl store. Nana Lyn bought them these adorable matching outfits.


We started the birthday celebrations early for Bailey and had a special dessert for her.



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October

I have really been falling behind. Here is a quick review of October.
Andrea came to town and I got to see her adorable little ones (Andrea as well). It was a very short visit, but I always love seeing her.


Little Alice is getting so big. We had a quick visit to the local pumpkin patch. And all of these cute kiddos came home happy.


Jason and I ran the Astoria 10k. It was good, but much foggier this year.


I went to Yakima for a conference, and Jason and the girls came over to visit aunt Julie. We went to the pumpkin patch and had a lot of fun visiting with Julie.





We brought the pumpkins home and carved some pretty cute pumpkins.








Bailey was drawn as the mystery seller for her school fundraiser. She won $100!


Last but not least these cute girls have enough candy to last them months.


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