Saturday, September 15, 2012

Tiny Dancer

This morning, our wee girl had her first dance class of the 2012-2013 school year with her favorite dance teacher Miss Sarah. This year she is taking Ballet/Tap Level 1. She is really excited to start tap dancing! There are three other little girls in her class and a little boy this time. 

Miss Sarah & Sienna

Here she is last year on her first day of dance. She was in a Creative Movement class for little ones. 

Sienna (and Miss Sarah in the background with two other little ones)

Friday, September 14, 2012

Best Friends


P.S. Our little family of four + these two kitty best friends will be moving two weeks from today to our new apartment. We can't wait!!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Photography by Little Ones

This is what happens when you let a four year old take photos with your camera ::
(100+ random photos)










Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Five Years

Five years ago, we started talking every night while he worked in a fire tower. I was teaching summer school, but we would still stay up all night talking on the phone until the early hours of the next morning. Then, one day he flew from California to Washington to meet me. We went on little adventures together when he visited. Took ferry rides, went to the Space Needle, drove to Mt. Baker. 


 On a ferry ride ...

the Space Needle at night 

and Mt. Baker ...

He took two trips to Washington and during the second trip, I flew back to California with  him. We planned to marry secretly while I was there with him and later, have a wedding with all of our family and friends. He was going to be moving up to Washington with me the next month. So, on September 3rd we married and explored California together. Some of the places we visited during our adventure were Yosemite, June Lake, Burney Falls and Grover Hot Springs. At the end of our trip, I flew back to Washington and we waited for a month to see each other again.

Yosemite 

Burney Falls 

the Sundial Bridge

 The end of September, I flew back to help him move to Washington and along the way, we conceived. We spent the next year really getting to know each other and experiencing the beauty of pregnancy and birth. And now, five years later, we are a family of four. 

Our little family

We spent our anniversary with our little family, dreaming of our next adventures. Exchanging simple gifts ... roses from the garden and pottery for our home.