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!

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!

Playing catch-up...Summer 2009 Edition

The massive undertaking that is catching up the blog will begin with Summer 2009- though these pics are in absolutely NO chronological order... and I'm too lazy to fix it... so here you go, Cyberfriends. :)

WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER By, The Jonesies

We rooted for Daddy (in the rain) in his first ever Triathlon!

We celebrated the Fourth of July...

We learned who DOMINATES at two-square...

We celebrated a very BIG fifth birthday...

....like three times....

We went to cheer camp...

...and for lots of park-dates with our friends...

We did LOTS of goofy stuff around the house- and LOTS of swimming in our new pool (though I don't have pics of that, unfortunately...)

We played T-Ball (though we prefer COACH pitch...)

We endured the worst heat wave in WA history by taking an impromptu trip to the beach!

(yes, we wear hair fancies when we wear bathing suits...)

We went fun places with our cousins...

...especially grandma's house...

We went to gymnastics camp...

We participated in a play...

We graduated from preschool...

...and lots more! But there's a taste... Now, on to FALL!