Outdoors

Amber on February 22nd, 2011

Right now it is snowing.  As soon as Jillian saw it, she asked me “can I go and catch snow on my tongue?”  How could I say no to that… She was starting to get cold and Wesley wanted to join in on the fun. Then they were both running and catching the snow. It [...]

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Joshua on January 30th, 2011

One of my favorite parts about being back in the Northwest, aside from being close to family, the mountains, the green, and pretty much everything, is the beach. In Austin we were a good 3 hours away from a real beach. Here I’d say we are less than 10 minutes.  Today we went to the [...]

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Joshua on November 3rd, 2010

I guess we had a pretty good Halloween this year. I say that because Wesley has told me no fewer than three times tonight how much fun he had yesterday. He’s also mentioned that it was “a great day”. And asked at least twice how much longer until next Halloween. Pumpkin Patch Our Halloween started [...]

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Amber on October 6th, 2010

Last week we went to The Padilla Bay Interpretive Center – it is a wonderful place for children to learn through play.  The center has 3 rooms to learn all about estuaries and the animals that live there.  In the main exhibit hall  there are lots photographs, maps and animals that explains estuary science and [...]

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