Overheard

On the way to church this morning, I heard a zing-zang sound from the backseat.
e: Steitler, why did you bring your light saber in the car?
S: For safety, Mom. (noted with a "duh" tone in his voice and not a glance toward me)

Tradition

Saturday

At the playgroundSteitler mesmerized by the kids at the Skate/BMX Park
At the beach


Bike riding on the Discovery Trail
Skate/BMX Park


Ben climbing up to check out a cave at the beach
The cave


Huge tree roots

#7

Happy Birthday wishes to Clovelly!

All Comes Around

It is official. We are settled into our new house. I can never feel at home until I can remember where the measuring cups are and how to open each kitchen cabinet from the correct side. No, they do NOT have handles. The kids like having their own playroom downstairs and no longer need to run upstairs every 5 minutes to make sure I am still here. Ben has been tinkering around in the garage even if it is exceptionally chilly outside. He is excited about finding the time after the holiday/peak season to arrange his tool bench. The only word that I can find to describe our Christmas is "quiet." While this is the first holiday we have celebrated together in 10 months, it was strange. Nice, but strange. Presents opened, gift wrap cleaned up, recycling taken out, lunch made, and cleaned up, toys put away and then what? Ben played Super Scrabble with me while the kids rode 40 miles on their new bikes and we talked about what else to do with our day. Usually, I feel like I need a week to recover from Christmas day but not this year. It wasn't boring, or incredibly lonely - just different. And quiet.

We hope you had a fabulous holiday and we hope to see you all soon!

Yikes

One of our tsunami evacuation route signs

Around Town

Lavendar FarmAt Williams Point



Sequim Lighthouse way in the background
Williams Point


Lunch with Ben
A new oil rig in dockLeaving the library

Biscuits and Syrup

can cure a case of holiday homesickness. A little.

Christmas - Part 2

Christmas Dinner
Using Mom's new binoculars

Christmas

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at church

Introductions

Maddie and her new betta fish - Hayley Holly Steitler and his new betta fish - Flame McCool

Random

This is actually a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Michaelangelo) mask/eye-cover-thing - I will let you guess what Maddie turned it into. Way in the far back - above the tree line -you can see the oil rigs that scoot down the Straight every day. We see at least 3 per day.

Christmas

This Fisher Price Nativity was a gift to my kids - but it is very possible that I like it more than they do. New bedslippers for chilly feet - an early Christmas gift from SC This set of Fisher Price Little People was given to me as an early Christmas present from SC

Our tree