First Day of PreK-4

First Day!

It was Raining the First Day of School...

I Love this Mural in the Elementary School...

Fancy Back-Pack!

Gabriella the Pink Princess

In Front of the Elementary Office

Putting Stuff Away at Her Locker

Emily (her BFF) and Gabriella

At Their Locker

Lots of Fun Things to Play With!

Gabriella and Emily

Making Snowmen

Gabriella, Emily, and Jack

He was in her class last year.

I Keep Trying to Take Pictures!

But She Just Wants to Play...

No Separation Anxiety with her!

I love the first day of school and Gabriella was excited too! Her teacher is Ms. Sharlene, who happens to be a friend of ours and she's great. The PreK-4 kids have access to three different classrooms and now have "specials." Which means they have a separate PE and Art teacher. We're all looking forward to an awesome year!

View of Our Future Home

View from the Top Deck

Travis and I bit the bullet and bought a house. It's not quite ready for us to live in but we're able to rent out the top and bottom, which will give us time to pay it off and completely remodel it and create our home away from home... The process will be nuts and stressful but I'm looking forward to kicking back on my deck with a cold beer and look-out over the view...

4th of July!

We celebrated fourth of July at Beth's cabin in Tahuya. We had fun camping but left two days early... camping with two kids is not so great but we tried! Maybe in a couple of years. :)

Gabby Caught Her First Fish!

Josh and Travis took the girls fishing and they both caught a fish. Gabby had a blast and is now a huge fan.

Gabriella's 4th Birthday

Gabby opened her presents from us that morning...

Leapfrog Tag reader

Isabelle and Mama

Me and my BFF (Beth)

Happy Girl!

Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes

They were a hit!

Blowing-out her Birthday Candles

Kids Eating

Gabby Giving Harper Some Love

Kids Getting Candy from the Pinata

Disney Princess Pinata

Look at All the Pressies!

Opening-up Pressies

All the Guests

Gabriella, Emerson, Rease, Harper

Wyatt, Stuart, Wesley, and Langston

Disney Princess Cake

Disney Princess Balloon

I Paid Good Money for this so

Wanted to get a Picture

Birthday Girl, Gabriella

Four Years-Old

As last year, we had Gabriella's birthday party at her Grammy and Papa's house (Travis's parents). It was a Disney princess theme and the kids had a good time. We had a barbecue and my parents were there, plus her aunt and uncles (Toby, Debbie, Tahnee, and Geoff). My BFF Beth and her husband, Josh were there- along with their daughter, Harper.

Gabby's First Hair Cut

Sprouts Kid's Salon in Bend, OR

Back of her Head

A Little Stringy...

Gabby Telling the Hair-Dresser 

She Wants long Hair (Like Rapunzel)

Getting it Cut

Front View

More Cutting

Getting a Side Braid

Spraying Sparkles!

All Done!

Strike a Pose

Back View... Less Stringy

Very Nice!

While we were on our trip, we decided to finally get Gabby's hair-cut. It was quite uneventful because she didn't get much taken off but still a cool milestone to blog about.

Bend, Oregon Trip

Gabriella Thinking...

Elk Lake

Hannah and Gabriella

Gorgeous Mountain View!

Halle, Hannah, and Isabelle

As with every summer, it is not complete until we go to Bend, OR and do some tax free shopping. This year, we stayed with our good friends, Tom and Tami, and all the girls had a blast together. They're moving to Xiamen, China next year so we look forward to visiting them again soon!