Happy Mother's Day

It was an absolutely gorgeous day in Seattle on Mother's Day.  We had to take the boat out!  Although the water was a bit rough it was still a perfect day of just relaxing on Lake Washington & Lake Union.  Exactly how I wanted to spend this day:  warm, floating and with my family.













Beauty & The Beast

Hayley auditioned for and got a small part in a high school production of Beauty and the Beast.  She's been in rehearsals since the beginning of January and the show just wrapped on the 28th of April.  The kids put on ten amazing shows over a two week period and, I believe, they even had three or four sold out shows!  This is Hayley's 6th or 7th show that she's been lucky enough to be involved with at the high school since she's been in third grade.  She's looking forward to being an 'official' high school cast member in the fall!  Can't believe high school is almost here!

Hayley putting on her silver make-up.  One of her roles was to play a mantlepiece.

The girls had to paint their own costumes.  I know they don't look great up close, but on stage they really did resemble marble.

She had one hectic wardrobe change when all of the characters turned 'Human Again'.  She had a team of friends helping her with a very quick make-up removal and costume change.

After the show posing with BFF and ballerina, Savannah, and cousins Ashlie, Cody, & Dylan.

Posing with one of her BFF's, Hailey and the character Gaston.

Posing with Babbette and LeFeu.

Posing with Beatrice and Hailey.

Posing with Belle and the Beast.

Posing with our beloved director, Mrs. Pam Cressey!

Braces Off!

After two years and five months (and so many visits to the orthodontist that I can't even count them!) the day finally arrived for Hayley to get her braces off!  To say that she was excited was a little bit of an understatement!

One last photo of Hayley just before her appointment with her braces on.

Dr. Kashner (love him!) just finished removing her braces.

One pretty, happy girl with pretty, straight teeth!

I had taken this photo the night before her appointment.  Last picture of both kids with metal mouths!

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

After checking the weather forecast for the week of the kids' Spring Break we decided to head up to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival on the Monday.  It was a beautiful day for the drive and to check out all of gorgeous scenery.  Unfortunately, I didn't check the website prior to driving up so I didn't realize that most of the tulips weren't in bloom yet (we were about a week and a half early), but all of the daffodil fields were in bloom.  We were told to head to a couple of local farms that are geared for tourists because they force some of their tulips earlier, so we still got to see plenty of beauties and we had a great day.  We hadn't been since Luke was one!

Luke wanted a photo in front of his favorite color.  These were 'Emporor' tulips.



I loved the way these guys were peeking through this fence.