Great Wolf Vacation

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We spent the weekend at Great Wolf with some friends (Joe and Becky Ames) Becky was a bit sassy...but we had a great time anyway!! j/k :) The kids had a blast being in the warm water. We are looking forward to going back very soon.

Our Utah/Idaho Trip

Flashback

Another fun flashback!!! Clarissa is about 6 months old, and Joe is about 16 :) It is crazy how fast time goes, it was just 5 minutes ago that Clarissa was born and now 9 is right around the corner.

Lake Chelan

We finally made the trip to the east side of the Cascades this past weekend over to Lake Chelan! We found a new condominium right on the lake at an outstanding rate (thanks to Craigslist!)...and we stayed Friday through Sunday. It was a great escape from the overcast 50 degree weather and into sunny and dry 70's and 80's.

Joe struggled to assemble the fine kites...the kites eventually found their way up to the sky and the girls LOVED it! Sadly, this was a "first" for them.

Joe and Chase went out on the skateboard frequently at the park in front of the condo...

We went bowling with our good friends and neighbors (the Minniti's) who also made Lake Chelan a getaway on the same weekend. Again, this was another first for our kids. Carrin had a great line when we first walked into the bowling place (not having been before)...she said "look guys, it looks like Wii bowling!!"...

The girls did a lot of swimming, too, at the condo. They couldn't get enough of it.

When we left Sunday afternoon, we stopped at Leavenworth to see the quaint Bavarian themed town (village!) and had a late lunch there. That, too, was fun.

All in all, we had a great Spring Break weekend! Again, it was nice to get a nice preview of what summer will be like WHEN IT GETS WARM AGAIN!!

Alki Beach

I took the kids to Alki Beach yesterday....it was a bit cold, but we had fun anyway. We played in the water& built sandcastles. There were a few tears at the end because it was so cold, but the best part (for me) was the nap on the way home!

Superwoman

During our move from Ca. the movers broke the girls dresser. It has taken me 6 months to buy a new one and figure out how to get rid of the old one. So for the last few weeks I have been putting the drawers in the garbage. Yesterday was trash day and I only had the frame left ..... so with the help of this little hand saw I cut the frame of the dresser into little pieces !!! This is totally random, but I felt like superwoman...

Long board

Chase loves to watch Joe ride the long board....he has even more fun riding with him !!

Flashback Friday!!

Here is a fun flashback....one of our dating pictures. Those were the good ole days! I think this was taken the end of 1995!

Visit from the Tooth Fairy!!

Last night Carrin lost her first tooth! Clarissa wanted to feel how loose it was and Joe told Clarissa to pull it out so she pulled the tooth up and it popped out : ) Carrin was very excited to draw a picture for the tooth fairy, and put her tooth under her pillow. She woke up at 5 am to make sure that the took fairy had been there, thank goodness the tooth fairy remembered !!!