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!

december

huck with his little tree.

house all decorated and were ready for december!

tess helped me decorate our (first flocked!) tree. she only broke a few ornaments in the process...

tree farm.

our favorite spot at molbaks.

this guy was just walking around molbaks saying "hi" to kids. i mean creepy but also cute.?

someone wanted to come with me. nope. 

meeting up with emily and megan in nyc. 

and eating lots of treats. and food in general. 

just call us leo. 

shoe shopping games in bergdorf. so classy. 

the rockettes were fabulous. 

love the 3d situation. 

a little secret burger joint after the show. 

squatting in other lobbies. 

waking up at the craaaaack of dawn for the kelly and ryan show. only to find out that they werent filming that day. so we took advantage of being awake and went to see the tree without the crowds.  

cronuts.

exploring soho by myself. and having strangers take pictures. ha.

found the perfect sidewalk tree stand. so ny. 

late night at grand central station. 

that was an amazing weekend. 

back at home with tess and her cute santa booties. 

she looooved mrs claus at enchant. 

enchant at safeco was pretty but very busy. 

our favorite live nativity. 

huck inserted himself into tess' festive photoshoot. 

sully wanted to give the local firefighters some christmas cookies. they were so gracious and let the boys take a tour. 

a nut job at target. 

a fancy night out with the thompsons. 

tess princess harper smith. look at that morning hair!

cousins visiting santa at the mall. 

and then snowflake lane. 

huck and santa were the same size. santa lost some nose paint because huck woudlnt stop making out with him. 

gingerbread houses at megans. 

making everyone wear matching pajamas. 

a naughty little elf who knows he's being naughty. 

call american idol. 

ice skating at redmond town center. 

braces off and feeling fine. 

bowling with santa this year was sooo fun. 

our favorite tradition of the season, the christmas carol downtown. 

shake shack with the girls. 

ready to host christmas eve. 

mary, doing a finger sweep on baby jesus and tagg, thinking my fur stool was a good sheep costume. cool nativity. 

we wouldnt have been smiling if we knew how baaaad mary poppins was going to be.

my christmas cookies all ready for santa!

the opening!

nice driving. scary.