sunday in seattle

My little sister, Sharon, who is pretty much one of the greatest people I know, is up in our neck of the woods for Christmas. My bro-in-law’s family lives on nearby Whidbey Island, so for the last few years, coming up to the Pacific Northwest has been a two-for for the Cook family. We got [...]

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just ducky

The Smiths were visiting on our last family day, and treated the Williams family to a longstanding, Seattle tourist tradition . . . a ride on The Duck! This tour brings you to some of the major attractions of the city, and then paddles its way into Lake Union. Josh and I did the tour [...]

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fall creations

Fall in our neck of the woods is inspiring. When its not POURING, it is absolutely a beautiful place to be. Its crisp, colorful, and makes a lot of people around here really happy (since so much of the year is gray).
Now that time is more precious than ever, I am realizing how much I [...]

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i heart halloween

I tried to have very low expectations for our first Halloween with two. Abby has been testing us quite a bit this week, wanting things her way or no way. And the little guy has been going through a growth spurt . . . very fussy and very hungry. We had a slightly disappointing beginning [...]

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so full

That’s how we feel after this week. Our tummies and our hearts are full. Josh’s dad from Florida, and  brother and sister-in-love from California, have come to visit us on this GORGEOUS Autumn week. The changing leaves are ushering in a new season, the weather is cooling, and our family is drawing close. Our cups [...]

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berry fun (take 2)

The other day, Abby and I attempted to pick some fresh blackberries from our neighborhood. We failed. But, we redeemed our berry trip with Josh, who turned out to be a berry picking fool!

The kids were elated .

Josh did most of the work, but Abby got in on the action.

We had a little [...]

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the big game

We posted Abby’s first Mariners experience, and wanted to make sure that our boy got to go to his first game with just mom and dad as well. At the last minute on Saturday, my good friend, Lesa, needed to give away some tickets. Since we took Abby around 2 months old, and since we [...]

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berry fun

Its that time again. All of that ugly, prickly brush that is around our neighborhood is finally giving us yummy blackberries to pick and eat. I took Abby and Zack out today for a little jaunt across the cul-de-sac to fill up a bowl of the berry goodness. Of course, it didn’t go as I [...]

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island fun

We spent last Saturday on the coast of Whidbey Island with our church’s youth group. Abby LOVES these kids, and they LOVE her, so it was a blast. To make the day even better, she actually took her nap . . . in a pack-n-play . . . in someone else’s house. For our little [...]

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family day

We have SO MANY wonderful parks in our area, and Abby is LOVING them more and more. We spent a couple hours at North Creek Park in Bothell yesterday. There are some challenges to parenting an independent toddler, but most of the time, its SO MUCH FUN!
Abby needed a little help with some of the [...]

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