Celebrating Every Moment: HV

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

First Day of School 2010

New clothes, new shoes and new glasses for 2nd and 5th grade. The kids were ready early and happy for school to start today. Hannah was a little nervous but we walked to school with her new friends and that made it more fun. We're looking forward to a great year!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010

Well, I seem to be posting quarterly rather than daily. It's been a busy season and living life has gotten in the way of blogging about it. That's probably a good thing. :) Here's a quick recap... H is still excited to go to school each day and is making new friends. V is in choir and was selected for the leadership club. In October we made the annual trip to the pumpkin patch where H struggled with the fresh apples because she had so many loose teeth. They took their cousin Olivia on her first trick-or-treating adventure. V (Veruca Salt costume) spread her loot out as soon as we were home while H (cheetah costume of course) organized her treats by type and size. They both ran their hearts out in the Jogathon and V danced on stage at our church's country music night. We haven't had a lot of snow at home but in November we made the most of what we've had and headed up to the mountains for sledding and bigger snowmen. Our Thanksgiving-in-Sunriver tradition thanks to Grandma and Grandpa continued and was fun as always. Though we wished for the whole family to be together, we were glad for Skype. In December we said goodbye to our "Papa" and were thankful for Christmas, celebrating the birth of Christ, who gives us the promise that we'll see him again in Heaven. The girls were more interested in our Christmas traditions and talking about what it all meant than making a wish list this year. But boy were they happy when presents showed up anyway! There was fun time spent with family and friends, and cherished time spent at home, just the four of us glad to be together with a roof over our heads and food on the table. The girls often ask to pray for those who don't. It always blesses my heart and makes me forget about their messy rooms and the pre-teen mood swing earlier that day that made me want to lock one of them in her messy room. :)

Anyhoo, we managed to bring the camera along for some things so here's a few pics from the past three months or so to get us back up to date. They're out of order, but hey, at least I'm finally posting them...

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Pucker Up

Remember wax lips? I loved these as a kid and I still think THEY. ARE. AWESOME! Thanks, Sue, for the waxy smiles—the kids love 'em.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

A New School Year

First Day of School.

H is a first grader this year and V is now in fourth grade.

They were both excited to go to school this morning.

As always, pictures by the front door…

But the following pictures show what they were doing before I convinced them to stand straight and smile (to compare their growth from year to year). It's pretty clear what they were particularly pleased with…

H is showing you her new blue tennis shoes. They SPARKLE!

V wanted a picture of her backpack. It only has one strap—which makes it much cooler.

End of Summer

It's been such a happy summer. Here's a few little peaks at the last bit of the girls' summer…

We hiked in to Marion Lake. It was H's first hike in and her strong little legs led the way the entire five miles. V had fun showing us all her favorite spots from her last hike in.

There was a weekend at the beach with the obligatory marine science center, sand castles, light house, and s'mores.

Summer would not have been complete without a "Surprise! It's banana split ice cream sundaes for dinner" night. A favorite tradition at our house.

I think we had chicken quesadillas for dessert.

Dessert is optional on ice cream dinner night, of course.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Charitable Contributions

…and the recipient of today's lemonade stand earnings goes to the Humane Society!

*Update: Oops, that was worded badly. Rest assured we're not donating the kids to the Humane Society, just the quarters.

Monday, August 10, 2009

1800's Children's Jobs

A couple weeks ago, we spent the day at Champoeg where they were demonstrating some of the jobs that children would have done back in the 1800's. It was the perfect day trip for our little history buff.

They washed clothes… (recognize the cute prairie girl standing next to them?)

Combed and spun wool…

Carved soap…

H was pretty shy up to this point and needed convincing to try things out. UNTIL we came to this lady's table who was working on sewing projects. H's eyes lit up.

Both girls made little corn-filled pillows (like a bean bag). H was so excited, and wanted to do it herself–"no help please." She was focused and whip-stitching like a pro.