Lilypie Expecting a baby Ticker

Jan20

Weekend Away

We headed down south Saturday afternoon for a dinner/sing at Grandma R’s house. It was mostly family there, but also, Ed, Renee, Michelle(and Angelique), David S, and Renita were there. Grandma R. made a vegetarian smorgasbord that was really delicious. We spent the night and then went on to Tacoma All-Day-Meeting in the morning. We had a great time! The kids made new friends and re-established old ones. I love to see them make new friends…I guess because I remember my own struggles as a kid and young person going to all-day meetings and having so much trouble overcoming my shyness. I hope it’ll be easier for them. Maybe early exposure is the key. :)

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Peaceful car ride down. There’s something so beautiful about a car-full of sleeping kids. Peter and I were able to have some uninterrupted conversation!

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The musicians: P’s cousin - Katie, Jeremy(with Angelique) and Peter

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5 little boys and a heap of legos! (clockwise from bottom left: Darius, Alex, Ethan, Max, and Josiah)

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“Little Miss Darius” — courtesy of Uncle Sam

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Baby Violet gets cuter every time we see her.

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Josiah concurs.

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Enjoying the playground at Tacoma ADM. It was sunny but very cold — of course that didn’t stop the kids!

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Doesn’t he look cold?

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Josiah and Noah bonding over fruit roll-ups.

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Melita and Chloe.

Tags:                 — tlrule @ 11:04 pm
Jan02

Violet….er….New Year’s Day

My new adorable niece, Violet upon first arriving at the house.

Violet enjoying her Grandma R.

Violet enjoying the food.

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Violet enjoying the hilarious old family videos…sorry about the blurriness…I was rushing to capture the smile and messed it up…..oh well, it’s still cute.

Violet dreaming happy dreams.

And now for some other pics:

Cousin Alex and Chloe

Cousin Ethan, Josiah and Uncle Sam building some sort of motorcycle thingy.

Cousin Alex and Darius eating caramel corn.

Tags:                             — tlrule @ 12:23 pm