Fun at Auntie K's

Auntie K moved into her new townhome.  We had a dinner night at her place.  She is still getting settled.  We are experimenting with doing Friday Pizza nights with her.

 There are card games...

  Bubble gum from the bubble gum machine...

 

 And jumping from her stairs.

 Now jumping together...

 

 

 oops...left little brother behind...

 

 

 Fun nights for ALL...

pics with jesse January 26th

With the new camera...Mike has been wanting to learn to play with it.  His friend Jesse is a "professional"  so we got a lot of information and tips from him on which camera to choose and how to do certain effects.  Mike has been wanting to go downtown and take pictures of all the Seahawks colors.  So he and Jesse set out on an adventure.  They didn't make it very far.  When the met at the park and ride, Jesse discovered a problem with his car.  Of course, Mike knew what to do and had him up and running in no time...

They didn't quite make it over to Seattle, but they took some crazy pictures of them fixing his car.  Those crazy kids!  ;)

This is from the Bellevue Marriott.

Here's a little delayed effect...

I like how these lights are like sunbursts!

There's our 12th Man sign.  Go Hawks!

Another day, they will have to go out and play to get more photography lessons.  :)

Visitors from Idaho and Uncle Jay

Our dear friends, Ben and Keila Wyndham came to visit this weekend.  Unfortunately, it was because Ben's brother had passed away and they were holding his services that weekend.  Uncle Jay was 41 and has 3 boys, the oldest is currently serving a mission and 2 teenage sons.  

We went to his memorial services and were amazed at the many lives that he touched.  

Playing in the bathroom...hmmmm...

This is the boys dream...to have their buddies, Trev and Lincoln, come and sleep in their room.  They are all passed out.  I think the Wyndhams arrived about 1 a.m.

Playing with the camera January 2014

We finally go our new camera.  We splurged and got a Canon EOS 70D DSLR with a couple of lenses.  This was a birthday present and then Christmas present...Mike has spent countless hours comparing, reading, watching youtube videos in trying to determine which is the right camera for us.  Thanks to him, he did all the research and finally decided to get this one.  These are just a few shots we initially took with the camera playing around with it.  This is my STAR that I love and hangs on our shop when our Christmas wreaths are not there.  I love it!  I think it looks perfect!

 Our house from across the street.  We were waiting for the school bus.  Last Fall, I requested the Transportation office if they could move Decker's bus stop to in front of our house.  It was always a nervous endeaver to walk down the street with Cody who is two and Decker who is five.  Mink Rd is a busy street in the mornings and I always had to make sure I had a firm grip on both of them.  They were gracious and added the bus stop for Decker.  Our neighbor behind our house also uses it now.  Next year, Annie's girls will be going to Cottage Lake and hopefully we'll keep the bus stop busy for another year.  It is so nice to walk out the front door and catch the bus.  ;)

 Here it comes...

 Decker is a happy boy and does love to ride the bus. His drivers are both really nice too.

 Had to play with my jewelry...and no, this isn't an announcement that we're having a girl....  ;)

 Roses that Mike bought for me.  I was in Alaska doing a buyback and while I was gone, an Origami Owl shipment came.  Mike had the heart locket on the silver chain dangled around the vase with these roses in it.  I got home at 4 a.m. and there it sat on the counter waiting for me.  He had even gotten the little chocolate covered strawberry charm and put it in heart locket.  He said I had to have one because I am sweet and a red head!  So sweet!  I'll post that picture at the end of this post.  I had taken a picture with my cell phone and posted on facebook.

 Random picture of Decker's studious face...

 Cody dipping and munching on some cookies in milk.

 Mike was home this morning and took the boys to the bus stop.

 He had the work truck with him for a pick up...

 And here comes the bus.

And Cody, left watching Decker go...

 Here's the picture I took of the flowers when I got home from Alaska.  I do have the sweetest husband!
LOVE!

Meet the Reptile Man February 2014

At Decker's school, they had the Reptile man come for an assembly and then an evening activity.  So we went for the night.  The Reptile man let us hold his alligator and a snake....can I just say, "EWWWW"  and creepy!  

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