Dancing Santa...

There's nothing better than a dancing Santa in the morning. This Santa may not make it through this season with all the abuse he has to take from Jadon and Elliot, but heck...if he distracts my kids long enough for me to get their breakfast ready, then he will have served a very productive and helpful life! By the way....I love Christmas and will love it even more being able to experience it with the twins.

One Year...

Today marks the first anniversary of the passing of my dad. It still does not make sense to me as to why I haven't seen him in such a long time. I have started to replace more sad days about his passing with happy days remembering his life, and for that I am glad. I will always feel fortunate that I got an opportunity to spend 26 great years with one of the earths finest. Thanks Dad...

Vacation!

We made it back from Auburn, WA and we loved being able to visit with family and meet all of the cousins(8 babies ranging from 4mos to 2.5 years). It sure is a different experience when you have two one year olds in tow, and I'm sure Aaron and I will now be more adept at vacationing now that this trip is under our belts. We actually loved the cold, rainy weather as a nice change of pace and are so thankful to Aaron's dad and step-mom, Don and Marsha, for opening our home to us for the week. We had a good time and have a few pictures to show for it. Two of our favorite people: Jonathan and Heather

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Aaron and Elliot sleeping peacefully (a rare occasion on the vacation)

Elliot and 4mo. old Cousin Jakob, Brad and Holly's(Aaron's step-sis) new bundle! He's a Doll!

The kids with their Great G'ma, Violetta - Aaron's 89 year old G'ma

A nice day taking a walk at Alki Beach waterfront in West Seattle


Paying a visit to Aaron's Gpa - one of the most special persons in Aaron's life

The front yard of my dad-n-law's property, which is a total of 5 acres....BEAUTIFUL!

Elliot and G'pa Arnold, Aaron's Dad

Bundled Munchkins!
A parents' dream: A sleeping baby on an airplane!

We're Here...The Arnold Clan

So we made it to Washington...barely. It was just our luck, after having not taken a vacation in close to two years, that all four of us get the stomach flu on the day before leaving. Aaron and I were in the depths of hell (aka our bathroom) contemplating whether or not we were even up to making the trek up here, but alas, we are here and are enjoying the very cold weather! This picture is of Don(Aaron's dad) and Marsha's(Aaron's step-mom) kids, the eight grandkids, and

G'ma 'Letta(Violetta, Aaron's G'ma). We have a week left here, so more posts to come!

A Boy and His Dog...

Referring to the previous post, as you can see the grass we recently put in is coming in handy when it comes to play with time for Aaron and Lucy. For anyone who knows Aaron, you know that he as a great love of dogs, especially Lucy and all the ones before Lucy in his lifetime. There have been MANY a time when Aaron starts going into a story of Deac, Rip, Sasha, Cassie, and many others. What is it with boys and their pooches?

Sheer Delight!

I never thought I would get so excited over grass...but behold...our backyard! We've been in our home now for 3 years and we've never had grass. Now that the kids are big enough to go outside and play, we thought we were due for a 'real' backyard. We absolutely LOVE it and can't wait until February when we will be having a sandbox, boulders, plants, and flowers put in. It's almost like an extra room to our house now. I guess since I lived in Washington State for a short time, I never realized how happy green can make me. We are definitely 'Going Green'!