The Williams Family

Our camping trip to Kanaskat.

2010-07-29T13:08:00.000-07:00

This park was great and a much needed family get away. We are already planning a trip back! I didn't take my camera to the river, but it was awesome. The girls had a blast swimming almost all day, and so did patch!

Sawyers first fish!

2010-07-29T13:07:00.001-07:00

It's been awhile... more to come!!

2010-07-29T12:02:00.000-07:00

Here's some pics from 4th of July weekend at my Sister's place.

Sawyer was so excited to go tubing... until she got on the tube :(

Joss taking a boat ride.

After my sisters, we went over to see Nana and Grandpa!

And then we came home and enjoyed some time in the sun!

Teacher Tuck-in

2010-06-25T15:19:00.000-07:00

Sawyer won a drawing at school where her Teacher comes over and reads a story before bed. Well, we decided to have her over in the afternoon. Sawyer showed Mrs. Howard everything! Her room, her play house, her jewelry box.... It was so sweet to watch!

Fathers Day

2010-06-25T14:58:00.000-07:00

For Father's Day we went Camping with some friends and Steve got to go riding, Sawyer too. I can't wait for the day we can all ride together. Here's some pics.

On a puddle seach...

Puddle #15

Sawyers first time on a bike.

She loved it!

Joss got to sit on there, but no rides yet.

And on the little Quad... how cute! With Patch leading.

There goes Stevo.

Terry and Steve before their 3 hour ride. Happy Fathers Day!

Finally... playing in the sun!

2010-06-12T22:33:00.000-07:00

The girls were so excited to bring the pool out! They played in it for close to 4 hours. I sure hope the sun sticks around.

And Sawyer is exhausted! Joss is going for a second wind.

Camping

2010-06-12T22:12:00.001-07:00

Went camping up by Mt. St. Helens. Yes, it was raining almost the entire time, but we still had a blast.

Cousins!!!

2010-05-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

Going to Colorado

2010-05-21T13:48:00.001-07:00

We finally took BOTH girls on an airplane to Colorado. We visited Granny Katie, Auntie Aspen and Uncle Jake. Had a wonderful time!

The plane ride there!

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Jake and Sawyer

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Granny Katie and Joss.

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Aunti Aspen and Sawyer.

A visit to Nana and Grandpa's

2010-05-21T13:22:00.000-07:00

Mothers Day

2010-05-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day is such a special day!! I was so good about taking pictures in the begining of the day, but after our walk we had Steve's parents over for a brunch and totally spaced taking pictures. When things get busy sometimes it's hard to stop and grab the camera. :( Thank you Mom, Sandy and Papa for a great morning!

Gaga and Sawyer on our walk. Sawyer has her binoculars and we saw a red-headed woodpecker. Oops.. they second pic is from another hike in the forest :) but Sawyer with her binoculars AGAIN!! She loves those things.

2010-05-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this picture! Sawyer with her great-grandma, Papa.

2010-05-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

Steve and Joss. She makes a good "crazy" face :)

Coming home

2010-05-01T08:28:00.000-07:00

After getting away for a couple hours, I came home to this. It cracked me up. I had to drop everything and grab the camera.

Bowling

2010-05-01T08:24:00.000-07:00

Steve and I took the girls bowling. Sawyer has only been once before. Joss didn't really participate, but had fun watching (and choking on an apple). Sawyer loved it!

Our New Addition!

2010-05-01T08:19:00.000-07:00

So here's our new porch Steve finished up a few days ago. I am always so surprised, excited and appreciative when he gets done with a project. This turned out awesome.
No more waiting in the rain at the front door. Thanks honey!!

My Crazy Husband...

2010-04-17T22:35:00.001-07:00

We really needed to have our HUGE tree pruned, but if you know Steve... he had to do it himself. Here he is pruning away. :0 Can you find him? I couldn't watch half the time, too scary.

Easter!

2010-04-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

Easter was a lot of fun this year! We did a total of 3 egg hunts... i know, CRAZY!

The Girls got to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap, and there was no crying :)

Here's us 4 during one of the egg hunts! Thanks for taking the picture Gaga!!

2010-04-02T16:09:00.001-07:00

We finally got together with the Wards!! Always great company. Here's a few pics.

2010-04-02T16:07:00.001-07:00

Gabby, Dante and Sawyer could really careless I was taking pictures. But Joss sure likes her picture taken these days. And she made a new friend!

2010-04-02T16:02:00.000-07:00

Here's Sawyer coloring her eggs! Joss was having fun playing with toys that Sawyer didn't care about just for a bit.

My Little Artist

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Look at these girls!! This sure brings back memories of My Sister and I.

Our first camping trip of the year!

2010-03-09T10:03:00.000-08:00

We finally took our new trailer out camping. We went down to Fort Stevens and had a blast! I'm looking forward to going a lot more. Our girls are getting to the age where we can do so much more! I LOVE it.

Here's Steve making pancakes in the morning. YUM!!

At the beach.

The girls being crazy!

Joss having a little snack.

This picture Steve took while riding ahead of the Girls and me. We finally did the bike trailer!!! The girls loved it!! We'll be doing this a lot more.

2010-03-09T09:41:00.000-08:00

Sawyer calls this "taking a Bubble Shower".

2010-02-26T13:56:00.000-08:00

Gaga helping Sawyer ride her bike.

2010-02-26T13:48:00.000-08:00

Good times at the childrens museum in Factoria!

2010-02-19T14:10:00.000-08:00

It's been really busy around here lately. So busy, I'm behind on blogging and taking pictures. Here's a picture of Gaga helping out Sawyer with her workbooks.

Joss dressing up

2010-01-27T12:09:00.000-08:00

Here's Joss... her first time playing dress up with her sister.

Sawyer first Haircut

2010-01-27T12:06:00.000-08:00

So many firsts for Sawyer as she is going into her 3rd year!! She had her first hair cut!

Gymnastics

2010-01-27T11:57:00.000-08:00

Sawyer has started doing gymnastics. She had her first class and loved it! I love the Facility and the Coach is wonderful. I think it's going to be great for her. Here's a few pictures from her first day.

2010-01-23T10:26:00.000-08:00

We finally had a few days of no rain!!! So we were sure to get outside and play. Steve finished up tons of pruning :) And the girls got to do lots of things... including taking a ride in their jeep.

Joss' new trick

2010-01-07T13:55:00.000-08:00

It might be hard to hear, or understand, her.. but now when we ask her how she is, she says "good". I love it!

Sawyer and Joss playing the keyboard

2010-01-07T09:55:00.001-08:00

One more party.

2010-01-07T07:53:00.001-08:00

We had a family birthday party for Sawyer. She had a great time and loved having everyone over!

Sawyer and Auntie

Sawyer with her cousins... and her cupcake! (And how's Auntie doing with Halie in the back?)

Colton crowning Miss Joss.

Uncle Don getting loves from Dylan and Sawyer

Sawyer cuddling up to Uncle Jesse

And Gaga with her newest Grand Baby

A day in the snow.

2010-01-03T22:56:00.001-08:00

We decided to go find some snow, since it doesn't look like we are getting any down here anytime soon. We did find the snow and played in it for about 20 minutes until we went into our friends house. Jon and Jenny live up on Snoqualmie Pass and having a warm place to hang out at worked great!!

Sawyer and Gabby hanging out with Jon and his new dog, Jackson.

It looks like Sawyer is being really nice to Joss, but I actually think she wanted to brush her with the dog brush she's holding.

Had to get this picture!!

On the way home.

My Girl is 3 !!!!

2010-01-03T22:20:00.000-08:00

Sawyer's birthday was December 29th. On her actual Birthday we went roller skating. It was so much fun! We invited a few good friends and had a blast.

Here's a couple of pictures of Sawyer when she first put on her skates. They actually stop the wheels, so it's not too bad.

Tishelle, Reese, Sawyer and Steve.

Here's the snack shop (aka Rosanna). Sawyer, Ellie, and Madilyn waiting to see what she has. Oh... and don't forget that cute little boy, Dante in the back there.

I didn't get a picture of my other nephew Dylan, because I was skating with him, but here's crazy Colton!!

Madilyn and Jody going around. I must say that little Madilyn was quite the skater.

Ellie and Dan... and she is soooo much happier in this picture then when she first got there!

Go Gaga!! And there's poor little Gabby that didn't skate because the music was a bit too loud for her :( But she did win a toy out of a machine, so I think she had fun.

Emily's mama, Tasha, had her hands full with 3 kiddos, and the youngest is 5 months. So Steve took Emily out.

And after the skating party we got to have the boys over.

Christmas

2010-01-03T21:36:00.000-08:00

So much has happened since the last time I posted anything. Of course Christmas, which was amazing!! I have so many pictures... Here's some random shots. (The rest will be in My Picasa Web albums.)

The girls in their new jeep, which Santa brought for them. Sawyer hasn't had too much practice, so I think Jossi will have to wait to ride as a passenger until she knows how to take her foot off the pedal to stop :)

Sawyer helping Gaga open a present. And there's Joss always checking to see what I'm doing :) She's such a sweetie pie!

Here's Sawyer with her new Tinkerbell and Joss opening her new Dora.

Sawyer and Nana.

My two girls playing around.

Sawyer was quite the helper this year, as far as helping others open their gifts :)

The Christmas Program

2009-12-21T21:14:00.000-08:00

Here's Sawyer's teacher, Mrs, Howard, and some classmates before going on stage.

And here's a short video of one of their songs! Sawyer is in the middle.. cream shirt with pink/brown skirt and hat, dancing around.

Zoo Lights

2009-12-21T20:54:00.000-08:00

We FINALLY made it to zoo lights. We went with our friends, Rosanna, Bob, Gabby and Dante. It wasn't raining, but it was COLD!!! We looked at a lot of the lights and went on the carousel. After that we called it a night and Sawyer was out within 5 minutes on the way home. Joss did great all bundled up!!

The Dental Visit.

2009-12-21T20:41:00.001-08:00

It was time for Sawyers big 3 year appointment and Joslyn's 1 year. Joss is still sitting in our laps at this point, but Sawyer got to sit in the "big" chair. She did pretty good. At one moment she told the gal, "that's enough".:) But then she picked out a new pink tooth brush and was happy as could be.

Joss and Hallie

2009-12-21T20:24:00.000-08:00

Here's the newest member of the family! Don, my Sister and the boys, got a new puppy for Christmas! Joss liked the dog, but Sawyer LOVED her. She wanted her to stay at our house.

Here's Joss.

2009-12-15T14:04:00.000-08:00

She's sooo close to walking. This was just a few weeks ago, but now she's getting really close. Always standing up, but just hasn't put one foot in front of the other.

The Gingerbread House

2009-12-15T10:20:00.000-08:00

Sawyer loves to do these little houses. We did one for Halloween, so she knew exactly what to do. She really impressed me how she decorated the walkway and door. It always amazes me how much she knows and what she can do.
Thanksfully, Steve did all the frosting. Now... if I could just convince her that we can't eat it :)

B shift Christmas Party

2009-12-15T10:03:00.000-08:00

Steve and I hosted the B-Shift Christmas party this year. It turned out great!
We got a lot of help from others... so thank you to all of you!!

Here's just a few pics of the kids. I will post the rest on My Picasa.

I had to post this one, it cracked me up. Emily and Kiera are such little ladies!

Sawyer was so excited about Santa. She could barely stand it.

Good times

2009-12-15T09:56:00.000-08:00

We had Rosanna and her two kiddos over, Gabby and Dante. Sawyer was so happy to see them all.
Here's Sawyer with her good friend, Gabby!

And Joss with her future boyfriend, Dante :)

Disney on Ice

2009-12-10T13:22:00.000-08:00

Nice flask Steve :)

Another Santa

2009-12-05T21:05:00.000-08:00

We've started a tradition of going to the tree lighting in Milton every year. This was our 3rd year. We had a great time!

Santa

2009-12-05T21:00:00.000-08:00

Today we met My Sister, Don, Gaga and the boys to visit Santa. Not sure which Sawyer was more excited to see, Santa or Dylan and Colton.

Here's Colton and Sawyer up to no good :)

2009-12-05T20:55:00.000-08:00

Here are the girls on Santa's lap. Joss just wasn't quite sure of this whole thing. Sawyer did great!!

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Here's Joss and Gaga.

Seattle Center

2009-11-30T20:29:00.001-08:00

Very last minute we packed up the girls and decided to go down to Seattle. I'm so glad we went. The girls both were great and we all had a fabulous time. Saw the Christmas tree and Macy's star. Had dinner and the best part was the Horse Carriage ride. It was a litte chilly, but not rainy. And at the end, Sawyer got to feed the horse a carrot.:)

Our Girls!

2009-11-17T08:44:00.000-08:00

It's so special watching Sawyer and Joss interact with each other!

Leaves, Leaves and MORE Leaves

2009-11-17T08:38:00.000-08:00

Once in awhile, when Sawyer is taking her nap, Joss gets some one-on-one time. This day she got to have some fun in the leaves. This time of year the leaves are insane around here!! Thankfully, the HUGE maple tree is just about leafless.

My little vacuumer.

2009-11-17T08:34:00.000-08:00

Well... like mother, like daughter :) For those of you that don't know, I LOVE to vacuum. I've taught my daughter well.

2009-11-02T06:48:00.001-08:00

Here's our costume from the party. We were characters from the movie "300". There were a lot of great costumes, but I have way too many pictures to post. I will put them all in my picasa album. Take a look! I will keep the crazy ones out. :)

2009-11-02T06:36:00.000-08:00

Halloween was great this year!! Steve and I had our "Adult" halloween party, which was a blast! Then Saturday we spent the morning at my Mom's place, then came home and had a wonderful family evening. Went trick or treating, which Sawyer loved!! Came home and went thru all the candy. All these times bring back so many of my own childhood memories. Steve and I are so lucky!!

2009-10-29T10:06:00.000-07:00

This was Sawyers special day at preschool. She played her harmonica for everyone. She's so outgoing!!

2009-10-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

A day at the pumpkin patch! Sawyer had sooo much fun. Jossi even enjoyed it! We picked out pumpkins, ate kettle corn and went thru 2 corn mazes!

2009-10-29T09:35:00.000-07:00

Here's Ellie, Gabby and Sawyer riding the camel in their costumes at Zoo Boo.

2009-10-21T21:22:00.000-07:00

Sawyer meeting Mrs. Howard for the first time and exploring her classroom.

2009-10-21T21:17:00.000-07:00

Every year my mom and I goto Salmon Days. This year Steve was able to go too. He stayed at the Eastside booth on crutches while we shopped our little hearts out. Here's a picture of Sawyer taking a ride on the ponies. And then they had a cartoon picture done. I should really post the end result, but all i have is them getting it done. It turned out awesome!

2009-10-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

Joslyn turns 1 !!!!!!!

2009-09-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

Joss is doing more and more every day. She is starting to get around... not officially crawling, but very close. I can't believe she will be one in just a month.

2009-09-03T15:00:00.000-07:00

The kids having lunch in the playhouse. Sawyer was not having fun at all! She sure enjoys her cousins.

2009-09-03T14:56:00.000-07:00

Sawyer and her Great-Grandma (Papa). Two styling ladies!

2009-09-03T14:53:00.000-07:00

Steve and I traveled all the way to Turkey to do this. And to think... we could have just gone to PDZ the whole time. She loved it! I can't wait until Joslyn can join Sawyer in all the fun.

2009-07-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

This was at the Annual Milton Parade. Sawyer got to be part of it this year because she is attending Mt. View Preschool in the fall. She LOVED the clowns and they adored her too. :)

2009-07-02T13:24:00.000-07:00

And here's Steve working on the playhouse. We hope to have it done by this week. Sawyer can't wait!!

2009-07-02T13:21:00.000-07:00

Here's Sawyer Belle. She has my slippers on and pushing her Owly on the swing.

2009-07-02T13:20:00.000-07:00

Here's our Bossi!!

2009-06-28T21:33:00.000-07:00

I thought this was so darn cute. Daddy is hiding. He pops out and Sawyer thinks it's the funniest thing ever. Of course she's laughing, so everyone is laughing.

New to blogging

2009-06-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

Well.. I decided to try this blogging thing. We will see how it goes. So far this summer has been really busy, but so much fun! We have done two camping trips, but still need to fine tune a few things with the sleeping situation. We are looking forward to many more camping trips and BBQ's throughout the summer. Sawyer and Jossi are two incredible little girls! Sawyer has become very independent and amazes me with some of the things she comes up with. And Jossi is almost 9 months! Can you believe it? I sure can't. She's FINALLY sleeping through the night and is, for the most part, down to 2 naps. She sure is getting her little personality. ;) Steve and I are doing great! Really enjoying our life together and our two girls!! Steve has just started building a playhouse for the girls. I will try to post some pictures as he progresses. He has one wall done and Sawyer is already excited.