Weekly Recap resurrected

This week, we.....

 ....went swimming!

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....started our rocks and minerals unit in science.

.....went shopping at the toy store. Asher had a gift certificate burning a hole in his pocket.

.....took a field trip to the store to learn about budgeting. The boys had $80 (pretend) to spend and they had a list of things they had to "buy" and still stay under budget. They both did an awesome job!

....watched the Seahawks advance in the finals! Go hawks! 

Aria got really into it, clapping her hands and everything.

Happy birthday, Aria!

Our little Aria Joli turned one on December 10th. I can't believe it's been a whole year since I was snuggling this sweet new baby!



The time has just flown by.



Aria is such a sweet little girl. She has been the easiest, sweetest, snuggliest baby. She loves to give hugs and kisses, she loves music and dancing, she loves her brothers and sister, she loves pretty much any food, she loves baby dolls.

Aria says three words: "Ma" which means "more", "ah-ma" which means amen (at the end of a prayer), and "Da" is what she calls Ben.

She is a tiny little thing. At her one year checkup, she weighed in at only 16 lbs (3rd percentile) and was only 28 inches tall (17th percentile).

Here are a few pictures of presents and cake:









The balls were her favorite. She loves to carry them around and she is getting good at throwing them!























Aria is the only one of all the kids who just dug right in to their first birthday cake.
















Just chillin' and shovin' cake in my mouth...




Happy first birthday, baby girl!

December Highlights

December was full and busy, but it was lots of fun!

Amazing gingerbread creations in Seattle...

Sitting on Santa's lap at the church Christmas party. (Ellie wouldn't go anywhere near him.)

Christmas lights!

Ben and I went to Deck the Hall Ball, which was a big concert with several bands featured. We were able to see five of them: Young the Giant, Cage the Elephant, Weezer, and Imagine Dragons. It was so much fun!

Gingerbread house decorating!

Science projects

Aria turned 1!!

And of course, Christmas!

Aria also took her first steps this month!

Happy New Year!!

Our friends throw a fun New Year's Eve party every year that we like to go to, and it always includes some sparkly photo booth fun!

Me and my good friend Aubrey, the hostess:

Hope you all have a fabulous 2015!!