Family Fun Night

We went to a Family Fun Night/Dance at Mountain View (all four of us, in one car, on a night Brock was on call...) We weren't there more than 20/30 minutes when Brock's pager went off and we had to go. I told him he had to be the one to break the news to Maddi, who was on the "dance floor" in the gym, dancing her heart away. She of course was devastated and bawled her eyes out all the way to the car...then all the way to the hospital where we dropped Brock off...and then all the way to Chuck E. Cheese.

I stopped in front and asked if she still wanted to cry...she said, "no".

I figured it was a Friday night, Maddi got jipped, Brody needed to exert some energy, and it didn't make sense for us to go all the way home just to have to come back and get Brock, so this was our best option. The kids had a blast and Mommy wanted to go home and sanitize everyone!

Brody hanging out in the Mt. View library

Maddi's cupcake from the Cupcake Walk

@ Chuck E. Cheese...notice cup of tokens in hand (he had it down!)

can't resist that face...!!

Fun Saturday in February

In early February, we went to the Seattle Boat Show for the first time and thought we would go just for fun, without any serious thoughts to purchase anything. After spending a couple of hours looking at party barges (which we were initially interested in) and other types of boats, we came across the Malibu Wakesetter. I think we instantly fell in love, but for the most part dismissed the idea for the fact that they cost way more than we ever imagined spending.

We left the boat show with brochures, only to spend the next 3-4 weekends heading back up to Seattle "shopping" for the perfect boat. We went back and forth between a party barge and a wake boarding boat, considering all price ranges. Read upcoming posts to see what was eventually purchased...

Captain Brody

Lunch was a hotdog from behind Century Link Stadium =)

After the boat show, we headed down to Federal Way to celebrate my Halmoni's birthday at The Palace...a delicious Korean BBQ restaurant. We were so lucky to be able to celebrate with almost the entire gang.

Brody & Aunt Jen

Andy, Lewis, and Maddi

We LOVE Big Halmoni

Halmoni and the youngest of the bunch

Brody LOVES singing "Happy to You" and helping people blow out candles

My Dad and Mom with Halmoni, Maddi & Brody

The youngest grandkids/great-grandkids

Youngest Son and family (minus Douglas, who was away at WSU)

Middle Son and family

Oldest Daughter-in-Law and granddaughter

Keith and Jen

Randazzos

We love the matriarch of our family and wish her many, many, many more years of sassin' everyone around

Daddy Daughter Dance

Brock and Maddi went to the Capital High School "Daddy Daughter Dance" for the third year in a row (they still have six years to go =) They went to dinner at the Japanese Steakhouse beforehand with Katie and her Daddy, Derek and some of their friends. Then they made their way to the dance where they of course did some dancing and enjoyed some entertainment, and had some dessert.

Mommy and Brody had a quiet night at home cleaning and organizing the downstairs. Mommy looks forward to the year when they get to go have a Mommy/Son date, maybe to the movies??

mmm...dessert!

Brotherly Love

Is this what brothers do to show their sisters they love them??

Snow Days!

BOY...I knew I was really behind on blogging, but writing this post REALLY helps me realize how behind I am.

Well, that week we got back from Maeve's birthday party, we got hit really bad with a snow storm where we didn't have school for an entire week and of course lost power for the majority of it too. Luckily, we had our generator (which was just wired into the house in the fall), so my parents (who lost power too) were able to come shack up with us. The generator ran non-stop for about 4 days and was able to keep us warm, let us cook and clean, watch DVDs, shower, and even do laundry. We were actually pretty spoiled and should not have complained much at all.

The first day of the snow storm was fun because we still had power and it was still safe to play outside in the snow! Brock was able to come home early and play/go sledding with the kiddos.

it snowed!

frosty lake

no school!

sledding down Wildwood Lane

the aftermath on the lake

the aftermath at the Kipfers'