Happy Place

For Veteran's Day last week, Sydney's school had an awesome program on Tuesday where they invited local veteran's sangs them songs, read them poems and gave them all flowers. Then since there wasn't school on Wednesday we went to the Veteran's Day parade downtown. It was raining and I was SO HAPPY! This is my happy place... rain and cold. It was so fun to pull out all our rain gear again and go out despite the weather. I'm excited for winter and all the fun that brings. The kids had a ton of fun and it didn't matter that it was cold and wet. I still miss Alaska quite a bit and this felt like a little peace of Alaska here in Oregon. We are so thankful for our family here and this community where the kids can learn and have good friends. We are also grateful for those who provide our safety by serving this country as well.

First Friends

I have started watching a friend's two little girls a few times a month for her while she works. Abby is in heaven! She has so much fun playing with Hailey (who she calls Kailey). They are in nursery together now so they get to see each other pretty regularly and its so sweet how Abby is willing to share with her and play with her rather than just by her. This is a picture of their cupcake party they set up all by themselves last week. They had fun pretending to pour drinks and put sprinkles on their cupcakes and share them .The pictures were taken by Wynn too!