well it has been 3 years since we have seen jayd and his wife tauni. in that time they have had baby coen, are raising 17 year old kayla and are pregnant with their 2nd baby while we have had two kids ourselves. taking 4 kids a teenager and 4 adults actually all over the city surprisingly worked out pretty well. it was so fun to see them and get to know tauni, kayla and coen a bit better. it is too bad that we don’t live closer to one another because we would have a lot of fun together. they were only here for two days but we were able to see places that we have not yet ventured out to see like freemont and the university district. the university of washington has the most beautiful campus. our visit to freemont was the only time we remembered our camera so here are some of the pictures.
i just thought this was pretty. we were standing on a bridge that we soon realized was a draw bridge when we took these pictures.
the mcferson clan
no, jackson is not wearing a crop top.
lily and jackson loooooved kayla. lily couldn’t get enough of her and cried at the thought of her leaving. “why does she have to go?”
isn’t this the cutest picture? look below to see what they are sitting on.
in freemont they have this troll sitting under the end of a bridge. the kids loved it. the ground is covered in sand so everyone was filthy when we decided to leave.
this is the bridge that the troll lives under.
thanks for visiting us, we had a blast!
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…or is it just me? no, i’m pretty sure hell just froze over. i have no idea when the last time was that I was able fill up for under $60.
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so, i want to pose a (not so) hypothetical question. you pull into your driveway to discover that you have new next door neighbors of middle eastern decent (not that that matters or anything) and you happen to glance over and see something interesting. check it out:
do you see it there? let me give you a better look:
NOW do you see it? so, here’s the question: “what would you do?†do you think there’s cause for concern? i can’t imagine that the suburbs of renton, washington would be a huge target for al qaeda. then again, what’s that old saying? better safe than sorry, i believe. jana says that it’s probably no big deal, it’s just some weird giant vase from the vietnam war era or something. i’m still undecided. so, i pose this question to you all. what would you do? sound off in the comments and let me know. for the time being… oops… gotta go. i’m on hold with homeland security and it’s starting to ring. talk to you later.
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so, i was listening to the radio the other day (well, a podcast of a radio show) and a guy called in and talked about how he got in a fight with his father. he then made the mistake of explaining how his father “attackted” him.
[audio:Attacked.mp3]
check and mate.
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well let me start by saying that a couple of sundays ago steven left church during sacrament because asher was sick and lily, jack and i stayed until church was over. unfortunately for me, i have never seen jack as crazy as he was in sacrament. at one point, i had to hold him in my lap and pin his arms down because he wanted to run around and be loud. well needless to say, i couldn’t wait to get him to nursery. i then dropped lily off and headed to my classes. after church i went to pick up jack and one of the moms stopped me in the hall and said, “i have to tell you that you have a very special little man.” i said thank you and she continued (she has an 18month daughter) “my daughter has been having such a hard time in nursery and he was so sweet to her today. when she was crying, he would go up and hug her and tell her how pretty her dress was. i really think he made her feel special and i have to say that today was the best day she has had in nursery. i can’t believe how mature he is.”
isn’t is amazing how different your children can be from one minute to the next? durning the sacrament, i wanted to (well i won’t say what i wanted to do) but after hearing this, i was so proud of how sweet he was to this little girl in nursery. thanks for being such a good boy when i am not around, it almost makes up for how crazy you can be when you are with me (as he is crying upstairs because i won’t put one of lily’s dress up dresses on him. i normally would but he is about to take a bath.) i love you jackson.
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1. they are always happy to see you.
2. their is nothing like a baby cuddle (even if they are wiping their noses on you.)
3. an ice cream scoop is their favorite toy.
4. they don’t ask why or when or how or where.
5. when i say “iiii am goooing to get you!” they run towards you not away from you.
6 – 10. smiles, laughter, toothless gums, cribs & unconditional love.
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every year IKEA puts on a week celebration at the park called renton river days. wednesday was the kids day and we went to check it out. i didn’t have a camera so i couldn’t take pictures of their face painting until we got home. even though they are fading away, they were still so excited about them. they went in a bounce house shaped like a merry-go-round, got their faces painted, went in a fire truck and through a firemans obstacle course and just walked around. it was really busy there but we had fun. thank you IKEA!
jackson was supposed to be a lion.
lily wanted an octopus.
asher just was there for the ride.
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