All Aboard the Dino Train

I must say my sister out did herself this year with Kaitlyn's birthday party.  What a great Dinosaur Train party complete with Jurassic juice, a dino dig, DYO dino t-shirt and much more.  Plus the weather was a perfect sunny Seattle day.

Our Annual Summer Chelan Trip

Last week was our annual summer trip to Lake Chelan with the Moser family.  This year we also had the Pederson family join us for part of the trip.  There are many great things about Chelan but here's everyone's favorite from the 2011 trip:

Luke:  The beach and playing in the sand
Karena:  Being around family and soaking in the sun when it came out
Scott:  Taking Emily old school swimming
Emily:  The pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jen:  Seeing Emily cannonball into the pool and feeling the warmth of the sun
Chris:  Taking out both boats and heading down to Chelan to feed Albert the ducks
Sandy and Al:  Having us all together spending time with our sons and their wives and grandkids
Kaitlyn:  Her birthday celebration
Brandi:  Our Wednesday morning boating trip
Ryan:  Sitting lakeside, outside the condo, kicking back with some drinks

You will see Luke holding at least one car or truck in his hand at all times. He loves singing and to hear him sing B-I-N-G-O is priceless.

Kaitlyn turned three is Chelan.  She loved the pool and the park. She is a huge fan of sweets...like s'mores and cupcakes. 

After this trip we have renamed Emily the FISH.  She was in the water every chance she got.  She is quite the boating girl too.  One of her favorite things in the boat is riding in the front and telling Chris to go faster! 

Guess Who is Three?

Ms. Kaitlyn Ryan Pederson.  She turned three on July 19th.  We had the privilege to celebrate on her actual birthday in Lake Chelan!  We had some of her favorites for dinner....BBQ hot dogs and hamburgers, watermelon, Cheetos and of course cupcakes.  Happy Birthday Kaitlyn....can't believe it's been three years since I witnessed your entrance into the world.  You are such a joy and I love being your Aunt!  Love ya!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE B

A big happy birthday shout out to my sister.  Today is her special day.  Enjoy Brandi and happy birthday!

Boating fun

It was one of those days that wasn't planned yet everything fell into place.  Marty, Jamee and Max were able to stop by for a visit.  They were up from Portland celebrating Max's 2nd birthday.  On a spur of the moment we decided to take the boat out.  We were privileged to witness Max's first boating experience.  After a few laps around Lake Tapps we headed to Hop Jack's for lunch.  It was such a wonderful day and so good to see Marty, Jamee and Max.  Thanks for the great visit!

Celebration Day

Yesterday we celebrated Brandi's birthday (though her actual birthday is July 12th).  What a great day.  And I must say the whole day revolved around food!  How could that not be a great day?  The day started with a yummy brunch.  We proceeded to pickup Sonic burgers for lunch and then had a nacho bar for dinner.  And of course birthday cake, which when asked was Kaitlyn's favorite part of the day.  Hope you enjoyed your special day Brandi....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

My favorite girls

Fourth of July Part II

The second part of our holiday weekend was spent at the Hopkin's house with family and friends.  We had a great day with perfect weather.  Emily spent the entire day either in the pool or the hot tub.  Go red, white and blue!

Fourth of July Part I

Harstine Island

Thanks to Mandy and Vance for the invite to Harstine Island.  It was a great day complete with lots of play for the kids, relaxing, quad rides, rope swing, exploring the beach, s'mores, fireworks and much much more!

Happy 4th of July Weekend

Stay tune for more detail and pictures from our holiday weekend.

Vacation Bible Camp

I think this will be an annual thing for Taylor and Emily.  Calvary CC does a great job at hosting this vacation bible camp.  This years theme, Superhero.  Emily's favorite part is the music!

Weekend Recap

A recap of the weekend at our house:

• Friday night family movie night with blowup bed in the living room.  The film of Emily's choice, Barbie Mermaid Tale. 
• Saturday morning for Chris consisted of a motorcycle ride with Matt, Dan and Rob.
• For the Moser girls, we headed to the Buckley log show with friends.  Rides, parade and sugar treats completed the fun.
• Saturday night...a date night!  My parents came to our house to watch Emily and Kaitlyn while Brandi, Ryan, Chris and I went to dinner at Mama Stortini's.
• Sunday we took the boat out and soaked up some sun with Ryan and Kaitlyn.
• Sunday afternoon Emily and I planted my garden.  A huge thanks to my dad for all the supplies!

Scream and Shout

Schools out!  It's official, I now have a second grader! 

Chris took the afternoon off to surprise Emily as she got off the school bus.

Taylor, Navy and Emily at the bus stop.

The gang went to Mandy's for McD's, Popsicle's and play time.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Chris!  And to all the dads out there.  We hosted a dinner to celebrate. Check out some great Dads:

Catch Up

It feels like with our household bit of the flu, Chris traveling alot and the end of school coming things have been crazy busy.  Here's a brief bit about the last week or so.

• Our friend Charlotte celebrated her 3rd birthday with a PJ and pancake party.  So fun!

• As Emily's birthday gift, her friend Madlyn took us to the play "Miss Nelson is Missing".  Great book and great play.  I certainly wouldn't want Ms. Viola Swamp as a teacher.
• Another great book club meeting on Friday hosted by Micah.  Yummy food and we laughed and laughed.
• A garage sale weekend with Brandi and Mandy.  It was successful and we did sell our crib.  A bit sad but the person that purchased it was in labor so it was a funny story!  Here's Emily with her crib for the last time.

•  On Sunday a lunch and movie date with my sister.  We sat outside at Duke's and then watched 'Bridesmaids'.  Funny!
• Emily had her gymnastic show on Sunday.  I guess she rocked her moves!

Random



Kaitlyn loves Peaches.  When they first met Peaches was quick to run and hide.  Now they are good buddies.  I think it helps that Kaitlyn loves giving Peaches her treats!



I love my nephew, Luke.  I wish I got to spend more time with him.  I'm hoping this summer we can have some great play dates.  Luke, you are a dude!



Last week Emily's school hosted an end of the year lunch.  Mandy and I took Happy Meals to the kids at school and had lunch with them.  The only bummer was that it was pouring rain afterward so we didn't get to spend the recess with them.



How cool is this wagon?  My sister found this and it's even collapsible.  This will be perfect for our Spokane trip as well as the trips to the zoo and park.  Put some balloons and streamers and we are entering it the next town parade!

Memorial Day

This weekend was not a weekend to remember.  To be quite honest it was a horrible weekend from start to finish.  The flu bug hit the Moser house hard.  If you are weak in the stomach then you may not want to read this post.  The fun began on Friday night about 8:00pm with Emily throwing up.  The vomit continued along with diarrhea throughout the night into Saturday.  Just as we would clean up one mess, another followed.  Two loads of laundry before 3:00am. and we were running out of clean bedding/blankets.  Saturday she stopped vomiting but was pretty tired.  Fast forward to Sunday afternoon.  I was sitting in the Pantages Theater watching a ballet recital when the flu bug hit me suddenly.  I made it to the lobby before passing out and vomiting in public.  It's one of my finer moments.  Needless to say my friend was very concerned and since I did pass out and was unresponsive for a few seconds they called 911.  So off to the hospital I went.  I must say that is the worst sickness I have ever experienced.   I'm fine now, almost back to normal.  I never ever want to repeat this weekend again.

Special Time with KP

The Pederson family is in search for a new nanny.  If any leads please let me know.  But in the interim I've gotten to spend some special time with Kaitlyn helping out on some Mondays and Wednesdays.  This last Monday we invited my friend and her daughter to the Tacoma Children's Museum.  I think the girls had fun.

Zoo Trip

In anticipation of Chris leaving for his business trip yesterday and Emily being alittle sad about that I suggested a trip to the zoo.  That way Emily and I left before Chris, providing a distraction for her.  It was a fabulous zoo adventure! 

Happiness is...

sitting in the sun last night reading my book while Emily colored next to me on the blanket as our wind chimes jingled.

Field Trip

Wednesday was field trip day for Emily.  They went to the Puyallup Farm at the fairgrounds.  There were three classrooms that focused on a specific area of farming.  The first was fruits, vegetables and plants.  The second featured growing wheat from start to finish including making pasta noodles.  The last one and the favorite, live animals.

A Spoon Full of Sugar

For Emily's birthday Auntie B, Uncle Ryan and Kaitlyn bought Emily a ticket to see Mary Poppins at the Paramount.  Today was the day for the big event.  The performance was excellent and Emily really liked it.  Her favorite part was a number titled "A Step in Time" and the part where Bert walked up the wall and then upside down.  The play had some cool special effects.  Thanks to the Pederson's for a great memory!

A Luke Visit

Last night we got to hang out with the little Dude man, aka Luke.  It was so much fun and boy is he a busy little one.  How soon Chris and I forgot what it's like to have a 2 year around!  Karena told us he was so excited to come to 'Emie house' and that he wanted to brush his teeth with Emie.  How cute is that?

Bellingham Weekend

Chris and I spent last weekend in Bellingham for our 10 year wedding anniversary celebration.  We both went to WWU but ironically didn't know each other while at college.   We walked the WWU campus, checked out the student bookstore, shopped in Fairhaven, ate good food and just relaxed.  My friend Micah recommended an Italian restaurant called Giuseppe's Italian Restaurant.  According to Chris it was one of  his favorite meals ever!  One of my favorites from the weekend was homemade gelato from Sirena Gelato in Fairhaven.  A big shout out thanks to Auntie B, Uncle Ryan and Kaitlyn.  They took care of Emily while we were away. 

Music Concert

On Wednesday Emily had her first school music concert. 


Before the concert with her friends Brooke and Taylor

The program consisted the following songs:  Hello, Little Bird, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Follow the Rainbow.  They also did a really cool number that consisted of only sounds made with the students hands which recreated a rainstorm.  Very cool.  I was so proud of Emily.  I wasn't sure if this would be another incident like her preschool graduation (refusing to walk down the aisle in front of everyone).  But no she got up on stage and sang her heart out.




Emily's in the middle with the white sweater and red, pink and green skirt

I'm having technical difficulties with the video but hopefully I can post a video or two soon.  Stay tune!

This One's for you Jamee

This blog post is for my dear friend Jamee.  Kind of an inside joke.

Did you know that Nash hall is a dry dorm now?  Also, Parks Hall hasn't changed a bit.  We took a look at the list of professors at Parks Hall and there are still quite a few from our day.  Like Professor Warner...do you think he is still scaring the *hit out of his students?

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all!  This morning Emily's classroom has a Mother's Day event.  It was great.  The kids sang to us, read a poem and served us cookies and juice.  Plus they had worked really hard making little gifts and cards.  That is want it's about!