War of the Roe'ses

December Happenings...so far

2011-12-05T09:47:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving

2011-12-05T09:42:00.001-08:00

We didn't take any pictures, but we had a nice dinner at my parents house. Then we went shopping at 8pm. It was a fun time.

San Francisco Trip

2011-12-05T09:41:00.001-08:00

Went to San Fran for Shabana's babyshower

Hiking Denny Creek

2011-12-05T09:39:00.001-08:00

Halloween

2011-12-05T09:37:00.001-08:00

Remlinger Farms

2011-12-05T09:35:00.001-08:00

Pumpkin Patch

2011-12-05T09:22:00.001-08:00

Mamie and Russ Visit

2011-12-05T09:09:00.000-08:00

Graffitti

2011-12-05T09:07:00.001-08:00

Can't really argue with this.

UW and Burke Museum

2011-10-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

Salmon Days

2011-10-12T11:07:00.000-07:00

We went to Salmon Days in Issaquah with Mimi. Emily was so excited to ride a school bus. Soon after we started to move she was then terrified.

She also got to ride this big horse.

First Day of School

2011-10-04T11:34:00.001-07:00

Camping at Mt. S. Helens and Exploring the Ape Caves

2011-10-04T11:32:00.000-07:00

Anacortes

2011-10-04T11:16:00.000-07:00

These little girls were teaching Irish Dancing. Emily is in the back in the yellow.

Biking

2011-10-04T10:30:00.000-07:00

Emily is really cruising on her bike, just don't remove the training wheels.

First Haircut

2011-10-04T10:28:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day in Birch Bay

2011-10-04T10:16:00.000-07:00

UW Spring Game

2011-10-04T10:14:00.001-07:00

Easter and Still Sick

2011-10-03T09:28:00.001-07:00

Sick and Sunbathing

2011-10-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

Dancing With The Stars

2011-10-03T09:24:00.000-07:00

Bath

2011-10-03T09:23:00.002-07:00

Snowshoe

2011-10-03T09:22:00.001-07:00

Shaving

2011-10-03T09:21:00.000-07:00

Papa's Birthday

2011-10-03T09:19:00.000-07:00

New Business

2011-10-03T09:18:00.000-07:00

Pee Pee

2011-03-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

Point Defiance Zoo

2011-03-07T12:56:00.000-08:00

Princess Emily

2011-03-07T12:54:00.001-08:00

Everything Disney princess, down to the blinking cowboy boots.

Here she is modelling her new swimsuit with the boots, while eating strawberries.

Adventures in Dogsitting

2011-03-07T12:50:00.000-08:00

Emily's Three!

2011-03-07T12:28:00.000-08:00

February Snow

2011-03-07T12:13:00.000-08:00

Big Girl Bed

2011-03-07T12:10:00.000-08:00

Emily got a new full size bed for her birthday. It is good to play under with her best friend.

Cougar Mountain

2011-03-07T12:06:00.000-08:00

We were fortunate to have a nice sunny day in February, we were quick to take advantage.

Mamie and Russ

2011-03-07T12:04:00.001-08:00

We went to visit Mamie and Russ. Emily loves it at their house.

Cat Proves to Be a Real Cat Burglar

2011-02-17T13:47:00.001-08:00

Ice Skating

2011-02-16T15:17:00.000-08:00

Emily and Brynn were pretty fearless with their walkers.

Walks

2011-02-16T15:09:00.000-08:00

Walking around in Renton

Love the looks.

Caspar Babypants

2011-02-16T15:07:00.000-08:00

L ast weekend we went to see Emily's favorite band, Caspar Babypants at Top Pot in Bellevue. It was packed, but still fun.

Cooking

2011-02-16T15:06:00.001-08:00

Emily loves to cook.

Shopping

2011-02-16T15:04:00.000-08:00

Emily loves to shop.

Oliver

2011-02-16T15:01:00.001-08:00

Oliver is cute as ever.

Snoqualmie Falls

2011-02-16T14:56:00.001-08:00

We played tourist for a day and went out to the falls. It was really rainy so they were putting on a show.

Lucy's Birthday

2011-02-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

Lucy turned 4 and had a princess birthday party. Cinderella came. It was fabulous.

Best Friends

2011-02-16T14:49:00.000-08:00

Emily and Jasmine are best friends. They sleep together almost every night.

Snow

2011-02-16T14:47:00.000-08:00

Mimi and Papa got some snow at their house after Christmas. We went sledding. There was a minor incident involving a 6 foot drop, but everyone was OK.

After Christmas

2011-02-16T14:45:00.000-08:00

Emily didn't know which toys to play with first, so she played with all of them at the same time.

Christmas

2011-02-16T14:42:00.001-08:00

Here are some gems from Christmas. I am really happy I got a new camera.

Dave's Christmas Party

2011-02-16T14:38:00.000-08:00

Once again we win the prize for least photogenic family.

Fire Station #12

2010-12-07T11:19:00.000-08:00

Renton Moms Group field trip to the fire station. It was really fun. Emily loved every second. She was mostly interested in the boys.

Downtown Seattle Carousel

2010-12-07T11:15:00.000-08:00

Sunday we rode the light rail downtown to ride the carousel. It was really fun.

Downtown Renton Tree Lighting and Santa

2010-12-07T11:12:00.000-08:00

We went to the tree lighting downtown. It was really fun. We ran into some friends from our Mom's group.

Emily and Brynn

Emily and Santa

Thanksgiving

2010-12-02T10:02:00.000-08:00

This year we trucked over to Spokane for Thanksgiving. Stayed in Gigi and Grandpa's new condo. Here are some of the pics, mostly taken my Emily.

Grandpa snoozing with Gracie.

Gigi and Emily reading.

Lindsey and Gigi cooking.

Lindsey

Reading

2010-12-02T10:00:00.001-08:00

Things we love: Reading and Jasmine. Jasmine has taken to sleeping with Emily on cold nights.

Tree Lighting at the Landing

2010-12-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

We went to the Landing for a tree lighting. We rode the train and saw the reindeer, but it was freezing so we didn't stick around for the tree.

Yahoo Baby!

2010-12-02T09:50:00.000-08:00

Mimi and Papa watched Emily to give us a night off. This is what happened.

Storytime at the Library

2010-12-02T09:49:00.000-08:00

A rare photo of Emily sitting still.

More from Yo Gabba Gabba

2010-12-02T09:46:00.000-08:00

Yo Gabba Gabba!!!

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Trick or Treat

2010-11-12T09:07:00.001-08:00

Emily went Trick or Treating with the neighborhood kids this year. Bryce was a Mummy, Nathaniel was a Train Conductor and Baby Warren was a Frog. Emily said some or all of these things at the doors:

Trick-or-treat!
Go Huskies!
Thank you!
Happy Halloween!

She got a lot of loot including two big bags of candy just for her from our neighbors. She has made a good impression on them apparently.

Ginny

2010-11-12T09:02:00.000-08:00

The forgotten cat had her tenth birthday. We made a big deal out if it. We sang Happy Birthday for 3 days.

Potty Training

2010-11-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

We've been trying this deal out for a while, its fun. Our best results come from Dave making a huge fire and then us letting her be naked. She makes it to the potty 90% of the time. The house is so hot she doesn't mind.

Woodland Park Zoo

2010-10-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

Our first family trip to the zoo was a hit. Emily liked all the animals but the bears.

Pumpkin Patches

2010-10-19T08:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some of our trips to the pumpkin patches. Emily and I went to Remlingers with RMG during the week and Dave came with us to one on the weekend. She wore the same outfit to both so there you go.

Clam Digging in Westport

2010-10-19T08:15:00.000-07:00

Here is what it looked like when we went clam digging. Very nice two of the days and monsoon rain and wind the last day of digging. We got our limits twice.

Emily Hits Pikes Place Market

2010-10-05T08:24:00.001-07:00

Old Friends Visit

2010-10-05T08:21:00.000-07:00

Alyssa, Marissa and Shabana visit for the weekend. Here we are at Umi, the best sushi in Seattle. We had a great weekend. Funny to think we all met in September 1994.

Mom's Birthday Getaway

2010-10-01T08:19:00.002-07:00

My mom, Julie aka Mimi had a big birthday this year. We celebrated at Val's lake house in Orgeon. Thanks Val!!! It was like a giant slumber party, but with better food and drink.

Birthday Girl

Val and Stephanie

Cool kites, Lincoln City

Depoe Bay

The whole crew

Mom made a friend

Depoe Bay, we saw about 20 whales.

Spouting Horn

One of the many wonderful meals.

Lincoln City

Seagull

Beach babes

Kyllos, enjoing the sun and kites

More kites

Mt Rainier

2010-10-01T08:19:00.001-07:00

Day trip to Mt. Rainier, it was foggy but a fun drive. This was the best picture I got and it is really bad.

Doing the Puyallup

2010-10-01T08:17:00.000-07:00

Mimi, Emily and I went to the Puyallup fair. We spent the whole day there, went on all the children's rides, it was fun. Here are some of our pictures. This was our third and last fair of the year if you're counting.

Go Huskies!

2010-09-04T10:24:00.001-07:00

Evergreen State Fair 2010

2010-09-03T13:37:00.000-07:00

Wednesday was Kids Fair Day. We drove up to Monroe with Mimi and Papa for some food and fun.

After lunch, Mimi and I got a phone call from Papa saying he was taking her on a ride, this is what we found when we got there. I asked her if she was scared and she said, "Yes, I scared." Then they went on with this other little boy.

After the ride, we went to the petting farm area.

I really like goats.

This cow was really cute and it had really pretty teeth.

More rides. Every time she got off one, she'd say, "I want to do it again."

She got really dizzy on this one, she couldn't walk straight and kept falling down. We were there for 6 hours, she did great. Her only complaint was that we wouldn't let her go on the Roller Coaster.

Neighborhood Block Party

2010-08-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

A few of the neighbors and us put together a little block party in early August. These are some of the pics of Emily.

Emily was all over Bryce, the pictures tell the story.

Cougar Mountain

2010-08-31T10:45:00.001-07:00

Cougar Mountain 3.2 miles and 2.5 hours with Emily and seven other little kids. It worked. Are we doing it again anytime soon? Probably not.

Roslyn

2010-08-31T10:43:00.000-07:00

One Sunday we were bored and wanted to get out of town so we packed up and headed to Roslyn. It was really fun. They had their farmer's market that day. We ate at this place, it was really good.

Warren's Birthday

2010-08-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots I took of Warren's first birthday at the park.

Devils Lake, Oregon Vacation

2010-08-31T07:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some great pics from our vacation at the end of July.

High speed inner tube ride.

Piper playing it cool.

Sally and Jasmine.

Emily and Jasmine running on the lawn.

Powerful swimmer.

Derek and Oliver.

Dave namesake.

Emily loves to help in the kitchen, here we are at Val and John's place. She's making some salad.

Emily and Derek discussing politics in the hot tub.

Emily and Papa did not climb the sand hill.

Climbing the sand hill at Pacific City. Jasmine swallowed a large amount of sand due to her short legs and the steep terrain.

Here is a strange coincidence, several years ago when Dave and I drove to San Francisco for Marissa and Sean's wedding, we also stopped at the same place. Here are the before and after shots.

Feeding the squirrels at Devil's Punch Bowl.

Chihuahua Playing Pool

2010-08-30T14:44:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since I posted anything, I have tons of pics to go through. This should keep you entertained while I crop pics.

Dentist

2010-07-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

Emily was the star at the dentist this AM. She got tons of attention and toys and even got to watch a movie. She is still getting her two year molars so that could be explaining some of this interesting behavior shes been exhibiting. She got to play with all the dental tools including squirting water and air. She was a little scared of the dentist, thanks to Finding Nemo, but they hugged it out and were fine by the end.

More Emily and Oliver

2010-07-21T12:17:00.000-07:00

Driving to Mimi and Papa's House

2010-07-21T12:09:00.000-07:00

Where have we been? We've been swimming. Emily's skills have improved to the point where she pushes us away in the pool and wants to do it herself. She swam the length of the pool six times the other day, it was quite amazing. I never can take any pictures of us in the pool because I am in there with her, but here are a few she took as we were driving to Mimi and Papa's to swim.

Dogs

2010-06-30T08:14:00.001-07:00

I think this should be my new job.

Art?

2010-06-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

Emily wanted to take a picture of her glue art this AM. As a result we've had a bath from gobs of glue in the hair and the camera is covered in glue. Sadly, the art now resides in the garbage.

Oliver at Home

2010-06-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

He's so cute and already growing.

Red Robin Balloon Man

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Emily took this one as we were driving.

Emily

Emily's purple alligator.

Oliver

2010-06-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Mimi and Papa got a new westie puppy named Oliver. Here we are meeting him at the breeders house.

Dave's Losing His Mind

2010-06-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

These are Emily's swim bottoms. I think he needs a vacation.

Fun With Blocks

2010-06-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Daddy

2010-06-17T12:56:00.001-07:00

Emily took this picture too.

Emily Photographer

2010-06-17T12:52:00.000-07:00

I have been letting Emily play with my camera. Frankly, not the best idea to give a two-year-old a digital camera to play with, but it keeps her busy and that is really all I am asking for.

Here are some funny shots.

Baby Joe

Kitty likes the camera, but Jasmine has learned to hide.

Cousin Chad

2010-06-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

We went for a visit to see Chad in his new town. Emily got to take her first ferry ride and play on the beach at Fort Warden State Park in Port Townsend. It was really nice to see Chad in his element of the boat yard and enjoying his surroundings.

Chillaxin

2010-06-17T12:45:00.000-07:00

Waiting for the rain to stop.

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2010-06-14T13:41:00.000-07:00

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Check out the last question....we're famous.

Emily's Diagnosis

2010-06-03T07:28:00.001-07:00

The dermatologist said she has telogen efflurium. Feel free to google it or wikipedia. Here is a good link I found. We determined that it was her double ear drum burst on her birthday that triggered it. She recommended asking the pediatrician about Rogaine and some other vitamins to boost hair re-growth.

Funny Bear

2010-06-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

I have no idea what this little guy is singing about but Emily sure enjoys it.

Balding

2010-05-27T14:09:00.000-07:00

Poor Emily has been losing her hair. Its getting really thin. We have a doctors appointment next week with the dermatologist so maybe she can figure out what is going on.

Light Rail

2010-05-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

We took the light rail downtown last weekend. Saw some sights, ran around, and had lunch.

Here is Emily walking to Pikes Place alone on the sidewalk. OK, she wasn't alone, but it looked like it.

Emily and her daddy.

Riding the train. She really liked to run around in the train.

Having a snack.

Looking at her reflection while we are in the tunnel.

New Bed

2010-05-27T14:00:00.000-07:00

We are in a big girl bed now, the mesh thing just keeps her from rolling out in the night. Sometimes Jasmine has a nap with her in the daytime.

Loving Jasmine.

Mothers Day

2010-05-17T21:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some of our photos. Please view my Flickr account for the full set. Many thanks to Mimi, we had a wonderful time.

Joy!

2010-05-06T12:43:00.001-07:00