Sun Swing Snooze

Cessy Loves the Rain

These pictures of Cecily were taken in September when rain was still a bit of a novelty. She was so excited to see rain, so that she could wear her rain coat.

So Blue!

It was about 15 minutes before my book club was due to come over. The house was picked up. Cecily was quietly coloring with her new markers up at the table behind me. Rosemary was nursing. I took a sigh of relief. What a nice peaceful moment.



After Rosemary finished nursing. I stood up and looked at Cecily. I immediately had to cover my mouth. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or scream. It really did shock me when I saw a little child that was the cross between a brave heart warrior or a smurf.


I immediately put her in the bath. After I definitely took a few pictures. (Don't do this again, BUT smile for the camera... I know... but who can pass a moment up like that?)Once Cecily was in the bath Rosemary thought that she should join Cecily. So I told Rosemary that we would have to wait until Cecily wasn't so blue. Cecily then started singing the song from Madame Blueberry, a Veggie Tales movie. I asked her to sing her song for me in this video below.

Happy Birthday Rosemary!

Rosemary is a whole year old now! Unbelievable! She is such a lively, sweet baby. I think that I will have to get her a tee shirt that says 'here comes trouble' because she does wreak havoc around here at times (and she does it in such a stealth manor). On one hand she is wonderfully laid back, until you do somethings she disapproves of... watch out this little girl has a temper! I have had to come into the nursery during church because some unsuspecting toddler took a toy away from her. Boy was she mad! The poor nursery workers thought that maybe she was hungry, perhaps tired? No... just really mad. Her grandpa attributes this to the glint of red in her hair, others the sparkle in her eye, still others attribute it all to her mother ( I fain ignorance!) All in all, she has the cutest laugh, she loves to blow kisses, bark at doggies, wave bye-bye, and is continually surprising us with her growing vocabulary. And yes she is walking!

Rosmary's BFF Brynn

It is always fun to be pregnancy buddies. I got to be pregnancy buddies with my friend Alise (we met at Olympic College quite a few years a go!) Brynn and Rosemary are just a few weeks a part. We enjoyed a nice visit from Greg, and Alise, and also another mutual friend Marty. The girls had fun poking each other in the eye and mouth, and sharing sippy cups! Cessy enjoyed herding the babies around. The grown ups had a great visit too, and the boys even snuck out to play some b-ball. We just can 't believe that the girls are a year old already!

The Fun Run

Well, we hosted the Second Annual Penrose State Park Fun Run/Walk-- a Fundraiser for the youth ministry. Our goal was to raise $1000 and that is exactly the amount we raised. This year already went a lot better than last year, and we learned several things that we want to do better for next year. Despite the rain in the morning we had a really good turn out. It was a lot of work, but worth it! All the runners and walkers seemed to have a good time. Hopefully things will continue to improve next year! Thanks to all of you who prayed or participated or both!

(We didn't get very good pictures.. but I will try to upload some later)

Cedar Cove Days

Oh the phenomenon that is Cedar Cove! Cedar Cove is a fictional place based off of the town Port Orchard in the Cedar Cove Series by Debbie Macomber. These books are a fun read, and are full of fun characters and entertaining stories. Since the series had attracted so many fans, Port Orchard decided to host Cedar Cove days. While I was pregnant with Rosemary I read most of the series (very entertaining and easy when sick with pregnancy). I also got my mother in law hooked on them too. So we went down to the Port Orchard waterfront for the fair and opening ceremonies. It was a fun day spent together. The best part was the opening music, the girls loved dancing to the Navy Band.
I do have to say that I wished the opening ceremonies was a bit more exciting. I was expecting it to be more about Cedar Cove and the fans than about Port Orchard. Oh well! We still had fun. I think that next year they should make a video that summed up all the thanks, and history of Port Orchard and get it all out of the way in 10 minutes, and then have more fun, and prizes and hoopla. But, I guess that all probably happened at the Cedar Cove parade, and the bus tour of Cedar Cove and the tea with Debbie...etc. But I didn't got to any of that.
It really took the town and painted it in a new light. It is aparently a much more interesting place to visit when it is filled with story and drama, rather than that little bump in the road you pass going to some place else.