Baby Maiya Lou

This past Sunday we went down to see our dear friend Hilary who just had a baby girl a few days before named Maiya. Here we are with our other wonderful friend Julie holding Serena. You can see that my face is pudging out some from being 5 months pregnant. Can you see a belly in these shots???

Our little family...

Here is our little family in our Easter best! I was hoping to get more of a belly shot for everyone, rather than the wide angle shot! :) And Lena is actually looking at the camera!

Pretty flowers....

Angelina and Grandpa picking flowers (dandelions) together! She startedplucking the petals off and was talking up a storm.

Happy Easter!

Here are some adorable pics of the twins "hunting" for Easter eggs yesterday! They had a great time finding the eggs all over the yard and putting them in their buckets. You can see Angelina laughing and having a wonderful time! They just love to be outside!

More snow in April....

After our great sunny, but cold day on Sunday, we woke up to about 2 inches of snow Monday morning. We have had a ridiculous amount of snow this winter. I hope we are done for now, I'm ready for some sunshine and for spring to get here!

 

Helping Grandma Clean House....

Give these two a washcloth each and they are happily wiping and cleaning every surface in the house. Such great helpers! Angelina is playing peek-a-boo in the last one!

 

My adorable niece and nephew

Anthony enjoying the sun and fresh air!
Angelina playing outside, jumping and climbing on everything
Here they are trying to escape their prison that is the backyard! :)
Angelina having such a ball with her Aunt Kristin. We went over to play with them on Sunday afternoon. We had a break in the rainy weather, so we bundled them up and headed to the backyard to play and run around. They loved it!

 

March Snowfall

Here are some pics from our last large snowfall back in March. With this storm we got about 10 inches at our house. The middle one is our adorable Lena admiring the beautiful white blanket outside.

 

Omop

Yesterday I bought the new Omop by the Method Cleaning Company. I used it this morning on all of my floor surfaces and absolutely loved it. Check it out at www.methodhome.com or visit your local Target store.

I already use many of the Method cleaning products because they are safe for the environment, were never tested on animals and smell great! Many of you know that I am very environmentally sound and do every little bit that I can to help save our lovely planet earth. Heck, I was even the Environmental Activities Coordinator my sophomore year in college for my dorm. Go Foss!!

Here are a few reasons why I am turning to eco-friendly cleaning products:

1. I am pregnant and our little bundle of joy will be arriving in September and I want to use cleaning products that are safe around a baby.

2. We have a cat that likes to inspect every thing I do, cleaning wise, she is right there with me and I want her to be safe as well.

3. While I do appreciate the lovely smell of bleach and the satisfaction in knowing something is clean, I like the fresh, sweet smells of my many Method products.

Like I said, check it out at www.methodhome.com or visit Target to check out their wide selection of products!

It's been a while...

I'm sorry it's been so long since I've blogged. Almost a month it looks like. Well, in that last snow storm, we ended up with 10 inches at our house and another snow day home from school. That totals 4 for this year, seems like a record!

As most of you know, I am pregnant, so I'm pretty exhausted at the end of the day after dealing with 23 kids, the thought of blogging is beyond me. Right now I am on a break between conferences, which is a nice relief, allows me time to relax and regroup a little.

I found out that interviews for the virtual academy in WA are happening in May and June, so they have my resume and cover letter, now we just hope and pray that they call and I get the job. It would be a dream for next year with the baby and all.

All in all, life is good at the Sutton household. Lena just celebrated her first birthday on Saturday, no big party or hoopla, but we did sing to her! :)

I'll try and post pics soon! Much love!

Is it February?

We woke up this morning to a trace amount of snow and it continued to dump all day long. It didn't really start to stick until this afternoon and we have about 3 inches at our house right now and the snow is still coming. It is beautiful, but a real pain to drive in!

 

How sweet...

Anthony and Uncle Scott, total buddies!
Angelina riding a bouncy horse on a playground near our church last weekend. She had a great time! Isn't she cute???
Here is a beautiful picture of Mt. Pilchuck. We can see this about a mile from house. Gorgeous!

 

Crocus Plants

Last week, I decided to take some pictures of our beautiful crocus bulbs that are blooming. Well, the bottom shot was taken about 20 minutes ago during our snow storm. We probably have 3 inches out there and it is still coming down hard. I hope they survive!

 

Out for a walk

Back in January we took the twins for a walk on the Centennial Trail in Snohomish. Everyone had really bad colds, including me, so I thought the fresh air would be good. They had a great time!

 

Lena

I had a request from lovely Kay-See to put pics of Lena up on the blog. Here are a few that we have saved over the few months that we've had her. Isn't she just adorable?!!?!?!

 

Congratulations Leah and Gabe!!

Our very dear friends, Leah and Gabe, got engaged on New Year's Eve!! Hooray!! Here they are at our wedding after catching the bouquet and garter! We love you guys!!!

 

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!! It is so hard to believe it is 2007 already, where did 2006 go? We had a wonderful 2006, with many blessings including buying our first home, getting our first adorable pet Lena and getting married this past July. I'm sure you all remember the heat, it was 93 in the church and it is on record as the hottest day of the summer. But, we thank all of you for sticking it out with minimal complaints!!

We are not really going to be making any resolutions this year, just the standard:

1. Get healthier
2. Exercise more
3. Pay off bills


As many of you know, Scott is preparing to take the next portion of his testing for a new position within his company. This Thursday comes the physical test, he is competing against only about 5 other people for 1 position, so fingers crossed everything goes well. As for me, I've decided to apply for a teaching position for the Washington Virtual Academy. (You can check it out for yourself at www.wava.org) I see it is a wonderful opportunity for me to still continue as a teacher and working with kids while being able to be home when we do plan to start our own little family.

So, here's hoping that 2007 brings you wealth, health and happiness!!