A few extras

Here are a few more pictures.  I haven't gotten the outside of the house because it's been TOO DARN COLD!  But now it's not. Now it's too wet.
I have gotten some pictures of the kids.

A last hurrah before we moved.

Dessa found a barbie hair twin.

The girls have been sewing like crazy.

More sewing

This is Ella's Graydian doll, and her Graydian doll clothing store.

We are here!

We have not dropped off the face of the planet, just off the face of the internet.  We just got connected.  Here are some pictures of our temporary palace.  We call it the Cat Palace because there are pieces of cat artwork everywhere.

Sun room

edge of kitchen, dining area, sun room

I love this kitchen!

The kids spent the first day on  the stairs.

Ella's room

upstairs and Dessa's pile

Bob....and basement

Spring!

The girls got to pick their own dresses this year.

We made dresses!  Ella did all her own sewing.

Some Christmas Fun

Some of the girls' creations

This is why I don't worry about my girls struggling with their identity as girls.  Notice the lego guys.

because every once in a while there has to be proof that Mom was there

Eck advent party

advent

Christmas and Grandma Bunky's

Ella and I off to the the church party

The super awesome snow fort made from Grandpa Mike's great snow pile

looking lovely

Unfortunately, as per tradition, we only got pictures from one of the grandparents' houses.  Bummer.

Ode to the hot glue gun

Taking candy from strangers is exhausting!

The rest of summer

We had lots of time with both Grandmas this summer, much to our delight.

Ella turned 8, right on schedule.

A sample of the projects the girls have been working on this summer.   These are made by "needle felting."

Lily's dinosaur

Ella's blue jay

Here are a few pictures of our camping trip on Salmon Lake in Montana.  We were so fortunate to go with BOTH sets of grandparents!

AND Uncle Mike

Dessa would only swim right next to Uncle Mike.  So Mike figured he'd share some of the splash with Grandma.

Grandma got her share

A casting lesson with Grandpa

We spread our arms around the largest tamarack in the Northwest then unwrapped to see the circumference.