Me:"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Zach: "I want to be Cole's friend."

One Brave Nana

Nana took Evie and Emma to Portland on the train. They came back later that day with three of their cousins. They had a giggle-filled 4 days together. What a sweet Nana my kids have. She is much braver than I.

Crazy September

Happy birthday Solomon, Jed and Evie!

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Working hard at school.

You can go ahead and faint, Candace, because I am finally adding to this blog you started for us! September was crazy for many reasons: vacation in Arizona, starting school, celebrating Solomon and Jed's 9th birthday and Evie's 5th! Now it's already October and I'm ready to slow down.

(Candace, once you peel yourself off the floor, maybe you can give me some technical advice on how to arrange pictures?)

Zach works hard, too.

Spoken like a true Northwesterner

Evie was outside playing basketball in Arizona.

As she was getting ready to make a shot, the sun came out from behind a cloud.

In complete dismay she said, "Oh maaaaaan! The sun came out AGAIN!!!!"

Jeremy's Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Jeremy's 30-something birthday

at a fun AZ joint called Oreganos.

We had pizza for dinner and pizza cookies for dessert.

A fun time was had by all!

Zach and the baby pool

Goggle Party

We have been having a blast here with the Staples in Arizona.

The boys' feet are so dry and cut up from all the time spent in the pool that they have started wearing socks and sandals while swimming. We have spent a majority of our waking hours in there. Before we arrived I told Candace that Solomon and Jedi's swimming resembled drowning rats. They have improved to the point of swimming the whole length without taking a breath.

Evie is doing amazing, too. She has progressed from a white knuckled death grip on daddy to actually swimming solo.

Zach...he enjoys staying on the pool steps and going down the slide. Not much swimming progress, but he does have a dark tan.

Homeschooling-wise, it's going to be hard to convince the kids that Arizona isn't surrounded by water.