Saturday, June 5, 2010

Catching up- Winter 2009/2010 edition...

The Annual Jones family Christmas Tree retrieval... (this year much less adventurous- just went to the local tree farm...)


... a super-cute Pre-K program... Can you spot the trio?

Miss Maggie celebrated her SECOND birthday in Princess (ELLA!) style...







...which included a really cute Living Nativity with her little friends...




Christmas Eve meant dinner at Grandma's!




...and after-dinner stories...




and gifts- Jammies and snuggly things to sleep with (girls had handmade dolls, Charlie had a handmade puppy, Henry got a sock monkey)

Christmas morning- full of ANTICIPATION!


(and STILL wearing our bows!)
(Charlie can't wait to get into the GOLDEN Santa presents... :)


...or any of the rest of it, for that matter!)






Monkey see, monkey do!


Friday, June 4, 2010

Catching up- Fall 2009 Edition...

A few things we did last fall ... (lame, I know, but had to catch it up... :)

We started school... Trio in Pre-K, Annie in 2nd grade. Two schools, two districts, three classrooms. So exciting!




Annie and Hattie on their first day of school- (and Annie's first time on the bus!!)

Silly, cheesy brothers...

We had a fun-filled visit from Aunt Sheri and Uncle Mark!!

...which included a totally FANTASTIC trip to the Puyallup Fair!

In October we took our annual trip to Leavenworth for "Autumn Leaf Festival"...



...and what would Fall be without a trip to the pumpkin patch...

...with our friends!

...lots of them... sheesh, what are you people, Mormon or something? :)



Mom got crazy with the costumes again... Annie's Cleopatra, Charlie is a skeleton, Henry's a vampire, Sophie is a ballerina witch and Miss Maggie... well, she's Bo-Peep, of course..
In November, our sweet Annie celebrated a very important birthday- turning 8 and getting baptized! She celebrated with Sophie and Hattie with a yummy dinner at Rainforest Cafe and a fantastic shopping trip at the mall- followed by her first sleepover at our house. Fun Fun!




(I'll post baptism pics when I find them... hmmm...) Annie was baptized during Thanksgiving weekend. She shared her special day with her friend Adriana. Both girls were baptized and confirmed by their dads- and many friends and some family members were in attendance. It was very special!

We finished the fall with a bang- the trio played an exceptional season of soccer under the careful tutelage of Rachael Redding, our coach of choice... :)


And our "California Girls" performed a jazz number in their dance studio's recital.(that's Soph on the end...)

...and we're just getting started! So many more things to update!