Year in Review May - July, 2008

July

July, 2008 was a super busy month!

Rachel went to girl scout camp - overnight for a week! We missed her, but she had a blast.

Alex went to Cougar Quest camp the same week that Rachel was gone.

We were surrounded by wild animals...

The kids with Tiny.












































A mother and baby in our yard!

Rachel donated her hair - we were really proud.

Before

After!

Our friends from California came to spend a week with us. We went horseback riding, hiking and kayaking - even though the weather was bad and rainy!

Sadly waving goodbye...

No sooner did our friends leave then we started packing for our amazing August trip to Peru!

See PeruAdventures here!

June


The highlight of June was a visit from Cousin Peter. He and the kids had fun playing Rock Band.

Rachel and Dad went to the Daddy-Daughter dance, and had a good time.

The kids had their very last Meydenbauer Piano recital in June. Alex started with a new teacher at Chopin Academy in September and Rachel also found a new teacher - Alex!

Rachel played "Jazzy Moves" and "The Pink Panther".

Alex played "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin and "Rondo Alla Turca" by Mozart.

May

The highlight of May was Grandma coming to see us. Alex and I took her to see David Lanz in the Seattle Ten Grands concert.

She had fun practicing archery in our backyard.

Good thing she didn't try to shoot this guy at Northwest Trek, though!

May ended with an SVGC concert. It was very nice.

Year in Review January - April, 2008

April



April was all about the opera. Rachel performed with the Snoqualmie Valley Girl's Choir in the Bellevue Opera production of Carmen. It was amazing. The girls dressed up as little street urchins and sang their hearts out in French! Rehearsals took place during the whole month of April, several nights per week. Since a few of us moms were driving to every rehearsal, the stage manager asked us to be extras (see me in the lefthand corner, there?)

















March



March was a busy month. We had fun baking a lamb cake for Easter.

More performances...

Alex played with a group for Easter Mass

Rachel sang "Colors of the Wind" for the Snoqualmie Valley Idol contest

The best part of March was going to Lake Tahoe to ski with our friends who now live in Scotts Valley, CA.

It was everyone's first time skiing in Tahoe and we all had a great time. The kids were all in ski lessons - well Alex did snowboarding - and the adults had fun skiing except me. I had fun relaxing and reading and cooking in peace and quiet!

Our rental house

We had a chance to see Carson City - the Capital of Nevada - and even dragged along our friends' kids.

We also were able to visit Sacramento - California's capital. Alex liked it so much, he said he planned to raise his family there.

Sacramento, CA

February is Birthday month!


This year the kids had sleepover birthdays at home. Same weekend - RMD on Friday night, APD on Saturday night. It was exhausting but fun.








Legaless in Memoriam

Rachel's favorite stick bug died in February. It was the first of her colony to pass away and she was really sad. She held a funeral and buried him in her garden.

January

Nothing much happens around here in January - unless you count rain.

Happy New Year!