Somehow the whole summer and most of the fall has gone by without me doing an update. Does this surprise anyone? Probably not. Due to budget cuts, I was laid off from the Beaverton School District this summer and am staying home with the girls this year. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE being home with them. It's the best. I was approved through Unemployment to start my own business, so I have been working on that as well. If you or anyone you know needs college counseling/tutoring services, please visit my new website and contact me: www.theplacesuwillgo.com. I'm hoping that I will find some success in this endeavor so that I can continue to be home for the next few years. We will see.
The girls are growing up every day. Lucy turned 5 in October, which is so hard to believe. Sofie is in preschool this year and loving it. Emma is happy as a clam and into absolutely EVERYTHING. Hope everyone is well!
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| My good friend Jessica took this picture at a Harvest Party we went to - she's an awesome photographer (http://dreamybelle.blogspot.com/). |
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| Lucy's first day of school. |
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| Cracking crab with Mom. |
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| Sister movie night. |
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| Sofie first day of school. |
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| Lucy turns 5!!!!! Party at pump it up. |
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| This is the whole reason she wanted her party at Pump It Up ... a thrown, crown, and scepter. |
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| Emma has become Randy from "A Christmas Story." She loves her little hiding places - this one in the cupboard is her favorite. |
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| Sweet Syd is due in less than a month now. We can't wait to meet little Mia! |
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| Halloween was a hit - Lucy was a butterfly princess. |
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| Sofie was Cinderella. |
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| Emma was an elephant. It took three people to get her in her outfit because she was fighting so much, but once she was dressed and everyone was ooohhhing and ahhhing over her, she totally started showing off. |
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| More pictures that Jessica took at the Harvest Party. |
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| Three girls at the zoo. |
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| More of Sof's first day of school. |
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| Emma in the grocery store at the Children's Museum. |
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| Lucy's school trip to the pumpkin patch was on her 5th birthday. |
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| Pete took me to a Coug game in Pullman for my birthday! I hadn't been back in 10 years - it was awesome! |
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| Sof's school trip was to the apple orchard. |
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| Face painting at our family trip to the pumpkin patch. |
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| These are the kind of things Emma is doing these days - she thinks she is a big kid and there is no telling her differently. |
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| Another trip to the Children's Museum. |
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| We took the girls to see the Oregon Children's Theater production of Duck for President. They got to vote for president before the show ... let's just say if their votes counted, they would have cancel Pete and my vote. |
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| Playing in the fall leaves after school. |
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| Just a cute pic. |
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| And another one. |
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| A Sunday afternoon around here. |
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| Way back to the beginning of the summer. We did henna with the girls - a summer tradition started in Bulgaria. |
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| Forth of July in Oak Hills was awesome. |
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| A summer camp out in the back yard. |
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| Dressing up on a summer day. |
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| Go Cougs! |
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| All three girls were baptized in August. |
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| Lucy at princess ballet class this summer. |
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| After her first class she went and showed all the kids at the park ballet moves. |
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| Lucy and Sof both took gymnastics this summer. |
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| And they both loved swim lessons! |
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| A summer hike. |
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| Pidock Mansion. |
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| Playing on a hot day in the fountain. |
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| Berry picking. |
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| Emma after berry picking. |
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| Pete and I at the brew fest. |
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| Sweet Sof took a soccer camp this summer, too. |
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| Zach from Little People Big World was her coach. |
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| End of the summer trip to the beach! |
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| Annual trip to the Enchanted Forest. |
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| Clackamas County Fair. |
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| The butterfly exhibit is always a hit. |
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| Pony rides!!! |
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| A visit from Brady and Drew! |
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| Stamping with food. |
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| At the rose garden. |
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| Playing at home. |
WHEW!!!! That was quite a catch up!
