Day 84 Home
Here it is! My new phone! The kids got tired of watching me try to text using only 9 keys so Steve sneakily got me a new phone for Christmas. Nothing fancy but definitely an upgrade to my 5 year old tracfone!

Day 85 Home
The moon is trying to peek over Jackass Butte (yep.....that's the name of the little mountain we see from our East facing window!) We have great sunrises in the mornings over this little butte as well.

Day 86 Omak Eastside Complex
And it begins.....soccer has started in the Okanogan Valley! That means that several hundred children and their parents meet up at these fields throughout the week For us it feels like home away from home...not...

Day 87 Okanogan Middle School Cafeteria
Tonight was Dylan's Knowledge Bowl Banquet. Good food and a rousing match between parents and students. Parents win - yep, we're still smarter than middle schoolers! Whew....

Day 88 Home
Twas the night before Spring Break, and all through the house, the only creatures stirring were in the kitchen losing their money! Steve and some of his teaching friends have a somewhat regular poker night about every couple of weeks. None of their families have to worry about going broke, though, I think they bet nickels!

Day 89 Home
This year's batch of Easter Eggs! So pretty! I particularly like the little chicks on top.

Day 90 The Wilson's Backyard
The kids plan and implement an egg hunt for our wonderful neighbors every Easter. They started this our first Easter in our home. Their daughter had gone off to college and Dylan was saddened to think that the Easter Bunny didn't visit the Wilsons anymore. He and Lyndsi filled some plastic eggs with the candy they had gotten in their Easter baskets and hid the eggs in the Wilson's backyard.  The kids then knocked on the front door and gave Mike and Janet 2 baskets, telling them that they had seen the Easter Bunny in their backyard. Mike and Janet were great sports, found the eggs, and a tradition was born!
 

Day 91 Home
Best Spring Break weather ever!

Day 92 Home
Our lovely green toilet in our lovely green and gold bathroom started leaking. Lyndsi safely took up residence in the bathtub as she offered her assistance to Steve. And, yes, this IS our main bathroom!

Day 93 Home
Still leaking! Turns out there is a crack in the toilet and we now own a pretty white toilet in our green and gold bathroom. One step at a time!

Day 94 The American Girl Store in Lynwood
First stop on our Seattle road trip - Alderwood Mall and the American Girl Store! Lyndsi's Kirsten doll is getting an updo. The one and only time Lyndsi's doll will get such a thing!

Day 95 Pacific Science Center in Seattle
Steve in enthralled with the nanomagnet thingys....wish I could remember what they were called!

Day 96 Marination Ma Kai in Alki
Finally! We made it to Ma Kai on Alki Beach! Robyn was bartending so we, with Kim, my parents, Erin, and Kim's mom Betty came for dinner. Such a fun place with a beautiful view!

Day 97 Magnolia neighborhood coffeeshop in Seattle
It's a rainy Sunday and these Americanos hit the spot. Mom, Erin, Lyndsi and I came to check out the neighborhood and stopped to warm up in this open coffeeshop.

Day 98 Omak Dairy Queen
So glad we have kids who get good grades and comments on their report cards! And I'm so glad report cards come out 4 times a year. And I'm so glad the kids are in 2 different schools so their report cards come home on 2 different days, about a week apart from each other. I'm so glad because we have started a bit of a tradition that we get Blizzards from Dairy Queen on report card day - as long as the grades are good. That means we can get up to 8 Blizzards every school year! Yum! This time, Max was with us. His report card was good so he got a Blizzard, too! Dylan's looking smart for the camera!