Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Weekend In Snoqualmie


Originally we planned on going up on the boat this weekend but the crazy electrical storms prevented that. On Sunday we called up Baba and Zaide and headed over to the cabin. Instead of driving we thought it would be more fun to fly over so that we did. Here is Kip preflighting the airplane.


The windy airport!


Morning read with Uncle Kip and Zaide



We kept trying to make the girls kiss each other through the screen door. Hilarious!






The hike from hell: Mosquito city...way worse than I've ever seen!


The ol' timer trick. I set my camera on a tractor tire and then ran to take the shot. Normally when I do this all you see is Jilly's tail b/c she chases after me. We've gotten smarter in our old age and Kip now HOLDs her. What a novel concept!

It had been awhile since we'd taken Madeline flying so she was a little unsure at first. True to her ways though she fell asleep 5 min. later. After we got home she couldn't stop pointing at airplanes in the sky. It was pretty cute if I do say so myself.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Story Time, take 2

I was Tagged

a- available?
Nope.

b- best friend:
S.A., K.D.

c- cake or pie?
cake! Chocolate.

d- drink of choice
Water. Cold.

e- essential thing used everyday:
Soft Lips Cherry Chapstick

f- favorite color
Green

g- gummy bears or worms
Bears.

h- hometown
Seattle

i- indulgence
Bread and Chocolate. Not together,

j- January or February
Feb

k- kids and names
Maddie

l- life
is precious

m- marriage date
08.26.05

n- number of siblings
4- two sisters, two brothers

o- oranges or apples
apples, no red delicious. They're too grainy.

p- phobias
People touching my neck

q-quotes
Do at least one thing a day that scares you

r- reason to smile
My life.

s- season
Can't choose on that one. I'm enjoying summer right now.

t- tag three people
Laurie, Susan, Zaide

u- unknown fact about me
I'm not bitchy, just shy :-)

v- vegetables you do not like
Patty Pan Squash

w- worst habits
Hmmm...Me?

x- x-rays you have had
Teeth, skull

y- your favorite food
Mexican

z- Zodiac sign
Pisces's.

Playing at the lake

Spin/ Skip the first 1.20 of this

On 6.30.08 I went flying with another instructor from BEFA. He needed some videos of a spin for a seminar he was putting on. I got to go up. Here's a video of the spin. I'm not normally Miss Brave when it comes to this stuff and I don't especially like spins but for once I didn't get really airsick! At the end we did a loop and hammer head which was much to my surprise, SO FUN! Plus, I coudn't live down NOT doing it. I went up with him once before & Kip never let me live down my wussiness that I didn't do the loop.

Scrub a dub dub

Story Time by Madeline

Monday, June 30, 2008

Hot Weekend!


Messy Mac 'n' Cheese





Hannah & Madeline. Madeline was proud that for once she wasn't the short kid! (We didn't tell her that Hannah is only 8 months old!)

Hadley and Madeline...once again Maddie is the shorty.


Watch out Katy Perry!

Madeline kept trying to brush her hair with this scrub brush.

Not being crabby about the life jacket AT ALL


This is for you Kathi!





For my second birthday I would like a bucket please!


Going down!


Friday, June 27, 2008

Flip



I wanted a video camera so today I went to Best Buy & got myself this handy dandy little guy. It plugs straight into the computer to upload videos and is super easy...which I need!

Flip Video

Fun new toy for me. Hopefully sound for you!



Monday, June 23, 2008

M&H


These two just love to read! You have to go fast though...the authors these days just don't keep 'em interested for long :-)


Flip fast Zaide! We want to find out what happens to Hubert the Pudge!

Rock Band anyone? We should have dragged the piano over!

Love kisses. Smother her now so she doesn't grow up to be a bad hugger like her mom!

Zaide re-telling fisting jokes. Just kidding. But, just a word to the wise, you probably shouldn't tell Mimi those kinds of jokes b/c she does repeat them.


So hard to capture both of these two together. They are both always on the move!

Museum of Flight




Playing in the control tower...Now there's a job in aviation that wouldn't be half bad!


Ameila. Has anyone seen that AT&T commercial for the wireless internet? He's on a desert island and has found "the internet" with the Ameila plane behind him...am I a dork for finding that funny?


Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Bath time







Too cool for school







No more sippy cups




Just kidding. What a mess!

Best Buds