Saturday, March 14, 2009

Christmas 2008

Christmas was the usual fun with lots of laughs with friends and family.


Max was kind enough to paint Siena's nails for her on Christmas Eve.

Grandpa Adams visited us for Christmas this year making it an extra special Christmas.


Sydney was so excited on Christmas, she had to do a jig!





Brett and Phuong enjoyed receiving matching pajamas for Christmas. Even Henry their dog was in on the fun!

New Home?

In the fall, Cory lost his job when WAMU became the largest bank failure in US history.


We then moved into our new home...(just kidding!)

Halloween 2008

Siena was Ariel the Mermaid and Sydney was Tinkerbell for Halloween. However, Tinkerbell was not interested in wearing her wings, so Ariel was a "flying" mermaid.





Pumpkin carving at Grandma and Grandpa's house.


On our way to a Halloween Party wearing our fun sunglasses!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Victoria

We went to Victoria with our friends Shane and Julie to all run in a half marathon and enjoy a couple of days of R&R.


Here we are, shortly after the run, enjoying a couple of pints at a local pub.

Enjoying some wine in the hotel room while playing cards.


We even felt well enough after the run to walk to the gym the next morning to work out.

Unfortunately, Shane hurt his feet badly enough in the run to ultimately need a wheel chair later the following day. Being the good friends we are, we found enormous enjoyment in making fun of him!

Especially when Cory had not yet figured out how to push the wheel chair successfully over the curb and ended up dumping Shane on the ground!



We discovered our new favorite breakfast spot. The Blue Fox Cafe! We can hardly wait to return next year. Best breakfast food ANYWHERE!



What is worse than a couple with matching BRIGHT ORANGE shirts?



TWO couples with matching bright orange shirts!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Salt Lake City

We drove (yes, I said DROVE) to SLC in September. 14 hours in the car with a bad back and 2 toddlers and we all survived! We had not been back to SLC in a number of years so it was fun to visit with friends and family we had not seen in a long time. It was a great trip!

The girls were amazing little travelers. We stopped a couple of times along the way to run off some energy and perform some exercises.

We did learn that Sydney does not like having a fly or any kind of bug inside the car. And I mean REALLY does not like it!


We managed to see a number of friends and family in SLC.



Cory's college friend Scott and family.

Cory's college friend Steve and family.

Cory's college friend Teressa and friend Roger.

Cory's college friend Xan and family

Cory's family

Shelby's family

Shelby's uncle Lee and his cool bike!


Cousin's Lexi and Bri with Siena and Sydney (talk about trouble!)


Great Grandpa Stewart chasing his dog around the yard.


Siena with Grandpa Stewart and Great-Grandpa Stewart

Cory was sure to get a couple rounds of golf in. Here he is with his uncle Tim and Poobah (his grandfather.)

We were fortunate to be able to stay with Cory's aunt Martha and uncle Tim the entire TEN DAYS we were in SLC. I can't believe they were able to put up with us for so long! Honestly, "Resort Hadden" was better than any place we could have possibly stayed. Especially since the girls had;
their own playroom,

their own indoor trampoline,


and a great "catty" (as they called it) who let them feed her and only occationally tried to bite them!


The girls also got a chance to swim in Teressa's pool. Sydney is amazingly comfortable in the water. No life jacket for her!

Cute picture of Siena and Teressa

Siena spent the entire 14 hour drive back to Seattle watching movies on the portable DVD player. She loved it!


Although it did eventually tire her out!

Evergreen State Fair

Siena got to go to the Evergreen State Fair with her friends, Emily and Zoe. She really enjoyed the rides and spent all her time on them!

Ross Lake

In August we went to Ross Lake for the first time. Our good friends, Julie and Shane invited us to join them and we had a blast!

These are the cabins we stayed in on the Lake.


Cory did a lot of fishing in the sun,


and in the rain!



At least he had some success!

And so did Shane and Julie!



We also managed to get in a little hiking.