4th of July

This summer Uncle Trev came to visit us and stayed for the 4th of July!  We had such a great time with him and all the Stevens Family as well over the holiday.  We spent alot of time at the parks, went to the DuPont festival, and watched the fireworks being shot off over the Puget Sound from Chris and Linda's backyard.

All the cousin babies had on their adorable 4th of July gear so of course we had to get a group shot! The  Fantastic Four all together! :)

Car Museum

This was a random trip to the car museum.  It was a great time for Dave.  It was an opportunity to take pictures for me.  It was semi boring for the girls. lol.  The other day we were headed to the Children's Museum and Lizzie asked me, "Are we going to the museum with all the cars?"  Me: "No, not this time!"  Lizzie: "Good. That place is boring!"  

Easter

The older girls were so excited for Easter this year and just reveled in the excitement of egg hunts, coloring eggs, finding hidden baskets, and of course lots and lots of candy!!  Penny slept through the egg hunt part and was mostly unaware of the day's events, but she sure did look cute!  Wish she hadn't napped through the pictures part!  It was fun having our friends join us for the festivities!  

 One of my favorite aspects of this year's Easter celebration was celebrating for a whole week!  It's a tradition started a couple years ago and we discuss the life of Christ and the events that occurred during the week of Easter. The picture above was a lesson and dinner centered around learning about the Passover.  Hopefully the true meaning of Easter sticks with these girls!

Catch up for 2014

I am so behind in my blogging and it's time to catch up!  The year 2014 has been too amazing to let it slip by without note!  And THAT is precisely the trouble.  It has been completely FILLED to the brim with activities, family time, vacations, and church work that there is absolutely no time left to blog!!  One of the fun family vacays was DISNEYLAND!!  The girls were pumped about it for months beforehand....we really had the greatest time there. We did 4 days in the Disney Resort. The BEST part though was visiting family there!  Liz and Julie still talk all the time about visiting Dane and Grant and how much fun they had.  We always love seeing Steph and Blake!