Dinner and a movie...

The Mistkawi family invited us over for dinner, then we walked over to the Franus' for a movie in their backyard! All the kids snuggled in their blankets under the stars for the movie! What a great night!!!

Beatrix, Peyton & Maya at dinner.


Beatrix & Peyton snuggling in!


Rex, Liv, Austin, Beatrix & Peyton...all ready for the movie to start!

Dinner party...

Some families from Peyton's school came over for dinner one night...the kids are all such good friends!

Rex & Austin


Peyton, Beatrix & Laval (they go to school together!)


Rex, Peyton, Beatrix, Laval & Austin.

A day at the Zoo...with Kim & Francine!

Kim came to town for a long weekend, so we met up at the zoo with Francine and her boys. The kids had such a good time!

Henry, Austin, Liam, Peyton, & James (in age order...)


Kim, Francine, & me

St. Agatha Auction

Peyton's school had their annual auction...A Disco Night in Heaven!
What a great time!


Jen & me...


Jen, Mike, Hannah & Ryan

Late Easter night...quiet time...

After a long day of fun, we finally got home and the kids cuddled up with their new homemade blankets from Nene! Thanks Nene, we missed you guys!

Easter afternoon at Nana's & Papa Duncan's

Austin & Peyton getting ready for the Easter egg hunt...rain or shine!!!



All the grandkids lining up in age order...Austin, Owen, Emma, Peyton, Ryan, Jane, Zach, Conor, Anna & Jacob. We were missing a few grandkids that morning...


And the hunt...begins!!!
(Luckily for us, it wasn't raining at that exact moment!!!)

Easter morning at Aunt Tanya's...

Nene & Papa were out of town for Easter, so we spent the morning at Aunt Tanya's.
Had a fantastic brunch, then the kids had a little Easter egg hunt in the house...

Austin, Peyton & Devin waiting patiently while the eggs are hidden!

Austin & Peyton checking out their loot after the hunt...

Easter morning at our house...

Just a few pictures at our house before leaving for all the days festivities!!!

Easter egg dyeing....

Devin came over to help dye Easter eggs on Saturday!

Train to Seattle...

Peyton & I took the train to Seattle for the weekend to see our friends Kim, Pete & Henry. It was the first time either of us had been on a train...it was a fun experience!

Waiting for the train...


We spent Saturday at the Seattle zoo...


On our way home after a great few days!

Spring Break!

During spring break, we had Jane and Adam spend the night!
Good times....

St. Patrick's Day festivities

Peyton's school had a St. Patrick's Day Festival. Peyton and her cousins, Ryan & Adam, were the Grand Marshals!!! After the parade, there was food, games, crafts and face painting! We were very lucky that it only rained a little bit on us during the parade!

Ryan, Adam & Peyton with the police escorts!


All the kids got to check out the police motorcycles!

Winter Videos...

FEBRUARY 2009 - skiing at Meadows

JANUARY 2009 - Sunriver Trip

Peyton skiing at Mt. Bachelor (Uncle Michael is in the red jacket, skiing with her!)

Austin sledding...he didn't want any help getting the sled "ready"...then he'd jump on it to get going!!!

Austin & Uncle Dave "racing" on sleds!

Austin sledding... and getting a little help from Jane.