Saturday, March 28, 2015

Meeting Lilo

Geoff and Robin were heartbroken when they lost their sweet Abbey girl.
It didn't take them long to realize that they needed another.
They signed up to get another through the same breeder they got Abbey from.
Once the babies were born, they got to go and do some meet and greets....


And they finally decided on this one....

Meet Lilo Nelson....

We decided we just couldn't wait to meet her.
So...the girls and I headed down to Duvall for a night to meet Lilo and do some pre-Spring Break shopping in Redmond. 
They were INSTANTANEOUSLY in LOVE!!!!





What's not to love about a puppy?
But....they still love their Charlie!
(They even thought about him while we were shopping the next day!)

We loved getting to meet Lilo....


Welcome to the family sweet girl....




Saturday, March 21, 2015

Elementary Choir Festival

Avery participated in Skyline's morning choir again this year.
They rehearsed songs for the San Juan Music Educators Elementary Choir Festival.
It was just as cool as last year.
There were even more students this year and they performed at 
Squalicum High School in Bellingham.
Grandma and Grandpa were in town to see the show this year!

Aidan was there representing Mt. Baker!






My camera had some issues with focusing....


It was amazing to see and hear all of those kids working and singing together after just one day!
So glad Avery had the opportunity to participate!

After the performance, we all needed some lunch!  We celebrated at New York Pizza!
Way to go Avery!!!




Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Miscellaneous March

February ended with a HORRIBLE case of Shingles for Mark. :(
Ugh...if you can....get the shot.  They were awful!
I'll spare everyone the pictures.  Poor Mark.

That didn't really slow us down though.
We still managed to stay super busy.

Annalise came home from school with her library selections.
 

Where does this kid get her love of cats from??
 

We had a quick day visit from Guac, Carisa and their girls Emera and Skyla.
We went to Bellingham for some lunch and a little trip to the touch tanks.
It was great to see them.


Mark went to his yearly Tech Ed conference in Wenatchee and the girls and I went to see Mary Poppins at Ferndale High School.  Avery's friend Jocelyn came along with us.
It was such a great show!!! They did an amazing job!!  We all really enjoyed it.
(Even though we were up WAY past our bedtime!)



We had a super quick, one night visit from Geoff and Robin, too!
Literally...think they were here in time for dinner and then gone first thing in the morning.
We've been talking about going to the Steak House at Silver Reef for a very long time.
So....we got a babysitter and just the four of us went to a super yummy and fancy grown-up dinner!
Then it was to the casino to see how lucky we were feeling.
I was actually the only one who won anything.
And the game.....
You can't see it, but it was something like "Kitty Riches".
Maybe Annalise is on to something with her cat thing?!


 We have another Girl Scout in the family.
Annalise decided to try out Girl Scouts with some of her friends from school.
She's liking it....mostly because now she is a Girl Scout like Avery.
Aren't they cute little Daisies???


On St. Patrick's Day, Annalise really wanted something GREEN for breakfast.
She got some really green eggs. 


Avery got some good snuggles with Charlie.

The first half of March flew by.
Crazy to think we're just about to Spring Break.
Then....before you know it....Summer!  Yah!