First day of first grade!

This week Nathan started his first day of first grade! I really can't believe that he is in school full time now! I had a moment of panic the day before school...... wondering if he was ready for this! Did I prepare him enough would he be able to go through all of the motions! What if he didn't have any friends to sit by at lunch.....and it went on and on! Sam of course reassured me that he would be fine and Nathan making friends is the very last thing that I should ever worry about! Once I calmed down and started acting rational I realized that Sam was right and I have prepared him as much as I could. I got up early that morning and made Nathan his favorite.....pancakes and eggs and strawberries. He ate but not that well cause his tummy hurt he had a ball of nerves! Sam and I got him ready and drove him to school he was so excited! It was so nice having Sam there with us and being able to share the experience together! We reminisced allot about how big he has gotten and remembered little things from when he was a little one! When we went to get him at the bus stop at the end of the day we got a surprise call from the school principle that Nathans bus was really full and she picked a couple kids and drove them home personally I was a little taken back at first but the principle arrived right behind the school bus Nathan in tow with all the proper safety gear and was as nice as could be! So Nathan had quite the experience all in all!

3 Year wedding anniversary

Today is my 3 year wedding anniversary with the love of my life!

As I woke up today knowing that my husband was going to be hard at work and I probably wouldn't see too much of him today I wasn't sad cause I know that I am going to be with him forever! He is my best friend and the one that owns my whole heart. He is the person that taught me what love feels like and what it is supposed to look like. I feel safe with him and I know he will always protect me and take care of our family....he is an amazing man!

I thank god all the time for giving me this wonderful gift........my husband, marriage......my family.

This is the weekend we got engaged! We were in Portland. This was a great weekend!

Engagement portraits

August 6th 2006 One of the best days of my life

The day that I also became a Mimi mommy......now just a mommy! Nathan still to this day refers to the wedding day as the day mommy married us! I am so blessed!

Little Mount SI

As a family outing we invited Sam's brother and 2 of his sisters out along with my sis to hike little Si. It was about 85 degrees that day which is way to hot for a hike! We had allot of fun although we didn't finish as a group since some of us were way faster than others (; The view was spectacular and no small reward.

oldies but goodies

One of my very best friends Jamie was in visiting the states. She lives in Switzerland and has not been back to visit since I was married in 2006. We were able to get together a couple of times while she was here....I don't know why we didn't get a bunch of pictures together I guess we were having to much fun catching up! I took my little sis and my son over to her moms house on Lake Morton and we had a lazy day at the lake and we also got together wit another of my very best friends Cassie. We had a nice lunch together and even better conversation! I am so glad to be back in Washington but I really wish everyone that I loved lived close.

Good friendships are so hard to find and I feel so blessed that I have such strong friendships that have persevered so many years!

Happy 4th of July

I am finally starting to catch up on all of my posts! This is exciting for me cause I feel like I have been behind more often than not......oh well we do what we can!

For the 4th this year all I really wanted was to see a spectacular firework show! We were extended many invitations but we ended up going with Bob and Lorna to the Chase family fun at Gas Works park. We caught a metro to downtown which is interesting on a dull day so you could just imagine.....we got a really great spot at the park and hung for hours waiting for it to get dark. We had allot of time on our hands so I took some pics of course! The firework show was awesome! The best that I have seen yet! The best part was catching a bus home and getting home at 2 am exhausted!!! We may rethink the whole bus thing next year! But the show was definitely worth it all!

See ya later Colorado!!!

So as you all know last June we picked our whole family up and moved to Colorado. We felt it was a calling for us that we really didn't understand but we followed it and off we went! Our family both as a whole and individually has learned so much in the last year being in Colorado and really away from so many of our loved ones! We made the decision to move back to Washington in April and things moved pretty quickly once we knew we had finished our purpose there and it was time to leave.




A family picture before we started the big trip. My little sister Tori came with us her and I drove in the Honda and Sam and Nathan drove in the big U Haul that was also towing a trailer with the jeep on it. We left on Nathans birthday Sunday June 21st and arrived in Washington on Tuesday June 23rd.
Nathan on the phone with Grandpa....he is giving him birthday wishes!!!

my view for most of the way! It was much better once we were out of Wyoming cause at least beauty surrounded the truck!

U Haul should use this as their new marketing ad!

6 years old!

Before the big move we stayed the night at my Dad and D's house and they celebrated Nathans 6 year old birthday with a nummy ice cream cake and some presents! It was the day before his actual birthday but it was really nice cause we were gonna be on the road the whole next day which wouldn't leave to much time for birthday celebration): Nathan had a blast and loved the cake and presents OF COURSE!!!!

Summer Fun!

Nathan and Logan having some fun before we left! We miss Logan and his family already!