march

sneaky little leprechaun! 

sugar on sugar on sugar. always a great idea. 

a little post hot-tubbing home church around the fire pit.

life. 

lady gaga has nothing on tessy.

next to bat: huck fielder smith.

we love sunny days at the park.

but we love sunny days in maui even better. 

i bought cookie dough, thinking our room had an oven.... it didnt. so craig compromised. one of my favorite memories is having craig bring us fresh, warm cookies to the pool. 

ready for dinner after a day in the sun. 

we got a table for the girls and a table for the boys. such a fun night at mamas. 

tagg had such a great time learning how to scuba.... next time it will be out in the ocean! i had fun looking at his instructor.

snorkeling!

we can never get enough torch guy.

slide time! basic.

our hawaiian monkey. 

nothing like a hawaiian morning. 

antics in the pool.

craig's cookies by the pool!

secret beach with flower crowns. 

cabana life. 

that particular sunset was unreal. 

literal hawaiian princess.

on their way up to the pool. or down to the beach. :)

breakfast time.

lovers in love. 

our favorite week of the year. 

sweet baby wes was born! we are so happy for tucker and lauren. he is beyond precious. 

sully started pitching. he loves it and looks so cute out there on the mound. 

sully is such a sporty spice. 

same day, different sport. 

date night with kaitlin.

tagg pitching too!

(intense!) bike ride with jamie and kelly. i look like a man. 

salt and straw with sully. 

birthday month. i mean february.

happy 11th birthday, tagg. we love you!

and one week later, same kitchen counter, my birthday. :)

and our semi-annual friend party at the fun center (we go once in the summer too). the weather was amazing, the go carts fast and the laser tag competitive. just how i like it. 

craig surprised me with this gorgeous flowers for valentines day. 

and i surprised myself with trying to make these shaker sugar cookies again. i love the idea of them but still havent perfected them...

tess is ready for spring. 

loved making these little football stadium cookies for the super bowl. 

and then the snow came. 

fire pit in the snow. so fun!

huck had the cyst above his eye removed. he was such a brave boy (even after fasting for 8 hours) and we were lucky to have momo come for a snuggle :)

big boy!

mooooore snow.

riding craig razr in the school parking lot. 

over the snow.

my little snow huckleberry. 

brady and jocelyn came for a visit. fun center time again. 

matching amazon coats. 

ski season. 

RBG, getting ready for our annual oscar party. 

bradley cooper, from a star is born, taking himself pretty seriously. 

dick cheney, the favourite, freddy mercury, spider-verse, bradley cooper, RBG, roma, free solo & mary poppins.

oscar statue cupcakes. 

fancy strawberries. 

brooke came to visit for my mom's bday. we shopped, ate treats and went to the salish spa. super fun. 

january

craig and i took the three older kids down to portland for the weekend. they loved the undivided attention (no huck!) and eating blue star donuts in the hotel pool.

ready for bed!

tagg's disneyland. literally. i have never seen him more excited. :)

our happy boy ready for his first day at nursey. he LOVES it. ahhhhhh he's so cute!

big one year old.

 hes so righteous.

my mom and i went to scottsdale for a couple days to see the sun. a really weird guy took this picture. 

we had such a great time climbing camelback. but this is my second time doing it and second time forgetting to bring water. lame. but the views were stunning. 

our hotel pool was super pretty. 

we had an epic spa day, shopped, ate lots of good food and drank pina coladas. so a great few days!

craig's been taking the boys up skiing about once a week this winter. i love the special bonding time (mcdonalds drive-thru on the way home every time!) they share while up on the mountain. 

so lamby's officially gone. we searched the greater seattle area to find him. nope. idk who was more depressed, tess or me and craig. 

i have tried my absolute darnedest to get her to use the replacement lamby. its a work in progress. 

no one loves huck more than huck.

the boys have been playing basketball and LOVE it. they have each scored several baskets and we love watching their games.short and inside! 

tagg's first basket! craig "yeah" gets me every single time.

GO SULLY! he made 6 baskets that game.

tagg celebrated his 11th birthday at the fun center with his first coed party! it was very fun.

i came in one morning to find tess had made her bed all by herself. she really is perfection. 

tagg went skiing with his best friends. i love they have each other.

racing back to get him home for a nap. just let me fall asleep, lady!