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Saturday, July 25, 2009

10 Years together





It is hard to believe, but Austin and I just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We went to dinner (the Keg) and a movie (Harry Potter and the half-blood Prince), nothing to fancy as we will be going to Hawaii in November! Since I use the blog as a record of events I wanted to write some of our story down.
We meet at WSU at a Superbowl party in January of 97 and didn't start dating until the fall, September 97. I graduated from WSU in December of 97 and went back to walk with Austin when he graduated in May of 98. I moved to Oregon to start my Masters program at Lewis & Clark (6/98) and Austin followed to start his at Portland State (9/98). We dated for a year and 9 months and then became engaged in July of 98 and were married on July 24th 1999. Our first year of marriage we lived in an apartment in Tualitin Oregon. Austin finished up his Masters and I worked for the ESD as an Itinerant teacher of the Deaf. We moved back to Wa-Puyallup in the summer of 2000.
We bought our first house, Austin had a job with Rosewater that never happened instead he went to work for Barghausen and I worked for Puyallup. We had two dogs and too many changes in cars- Honda CRV to Jeep, VW Bug to Subaru to Chevy Truck, and then Jeep to Acura and Chevy to Dodge! Austin changed jobs to work at Parametrix, we moved to our current home and then the babies came! Kendall was born in 2003, Logan in 2005 and finally Avery in 2008. Lots of changes in jobs, cars and houses- all material things- some for the better and some not, but in the end family life is the greatest! Here's to 40 more years of changes and more importantly staying and growing together! Love ya hun!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Cheer Camp 09

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Cheer Camp 09

All week Kendall has been going to cheer camp down at Puyallup Parks and Rec, it was put on in collaboration with the Puyallup High School Cheerleaders. It was really a great experience for her. She loved meeting all the cheerleaders. Everyday they learned a new cheer, played games, learned jumps, learned a dance and even did a pyramid. She recieved a shirt, pom-poms, a bracelet and a certificate for participating. Today they put on a show for the families and it was too cute. Hope you enjoy! I have a feeling she will be asking to do this camp again next year!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

3rd wk in July 09

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3rd wk in July 09

Hard to believe so much of the summer is over already, but we are doing our best to enjoy the time off and beautiful weather! We spent this last week getting ready to head out on our first camping trip of the season! We tried to go bowling with the Cypher's but that didn't work out as they were full but we made the most of it by heading to the park. We had planned on going to Wild Waves too, but daddy was home later than he thought he would be and Wild Waves closes at 7pm on the weekdays so just didn't have the time. Well the big news of the week was my phone call from the pediatrician who shared with me that Avery is allergic to Peanuts, Eggs, Soy, dogs and cats!! Seriously!!!Apparrently part of God's plan for me is to be the spokesperson for food allergies as I now have two out of three kids with them and I get to pack at least 3 epi-pens and Benedryl with me all the time! Crazy! At Avery's one year well baby we decided to have some blood taken just to be on the safe side since the MMR shot is Egg based and Logan is allergic to eggs. Not the results I was hopping for, but at least I know where we go from here.
Then it was Friday and time to head to Mossyrock! We joined the Earle's, Cypher's and Marecle's for the trip. That came to a total of 8 adults, 12 kids and 6 dogs. It was a great time, of course with the occasional set back. We arrived to the only campspot covered in Peanuts! The previous people had been eating them around the fire pit and the shells and nuts were every where. Thankfully the playground and most of our friends were already set up that the kids just played while I cleaned up the nuts! Camp went up pretty quick the first time around and from then on out it was campfires, playgrounds, beach time, boating and spending some great time with friends. It is great to see all the kids personalities come out and they all really do get a long well. Kendall's favorite part was going tubing in the Earle's boat and Logan said "his favorite was playing with the yellow sword!"- Thanks Jaden! Of course there is always something that happens- the dogs destroyed the screen on the door when they unzipped there kennel while we were at the beach and then when we cleaning up Avery tumbled out of the trailor scaring me half to death! All in all it was a successful maiden voyage and we are even more excited now to head to Banks Lake next! Happy Summer and thanks to all for the wonderful camping memories and let's do it again soon!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

2nd week in July 09

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2nd week in July 09

Ok, so last week was suppose to be pretty mellow and of course it was anything but! Logan went to a mini-sport camp every morning and learned about basketball, baseball and soccer. He loved it! The girls and I spent the time he was gone working on the garage sale and running errands. During the week I received a phone call from a principal asking me if I would consider coming to work in a job share position? Sounded good, lots to think about and details to figure out so after thinking about it in the end I won't be a stay at home full time come September after all! Instead I will work a .4 which means two days a week in a DHH classroom grades 3-5! I am really excited about going back into both a classroom and DHH after being out the last two years with a different part-time position. Like every decision the kids will be affected a little. Kendall will go to the elementary I will be teaching at instead of her home school here in Puyallup, but since she had never started there and didn't really have any friends there, she is excited about going to school with me! I am excited about both kids being on the same calendar and no crazy half day Wednesdays that Puyallup does! Logan won't be affected as he will continue school at St. Nicholas Montessori and Avery will now get to go see Nikki two days a week. Maybe someday I will brave the full time stay at home mom thing? When the weekend came it was time to do the garage sale and while I have more stuff than I could have imagined I still have a lot of things as hardly anyone came to the sell! Ugh it was the most work for the least amount of money! At least I can donate everything to the church and know it will go to someone who can use it. While I worked on the garage sale with "money Marilyn" my mom cooked and watched the kids. Austin worked on getting the travel ready for the first campout. Logan and him headed to camping world to promptly spend any money I made a the sale. Austin, Kendall and Logan spent the night in the trailer for the first time. Avery and I stayed in the house. We are all so excited to have our first official camping trip this coming weekend in Mossyrock!

4th of July weekend 09

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4th of July weekend 09

ok, so in my quest to get this caught up I am getting closer! The fourth of July weekend was a great time! The kids had their last swim lesson on Thursday. Austin was able to take off Thursday and Friday so we watch them finish up swim lessons and then headed to Wild Waves. Wild Waves was a little disappointing as they are not currently heating the kiddie play area so the kids were frozen! We then headed to the wave pool to find it was broken so they kicked everyone out after about 15 minutes! The kids didn't really care they played for about an hour between the two and then had a snack. We headed home, loaded up and headed to the cabin in Packwood. The rest of the Fisher clan was there too. We spent the weekend at the pool, having campfires, fireworks and just enjoying some downtime.

Monday, July 6, 2009

swim 6/09

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swim 6/09

I have finally caught up to July-Yeah! The kids did a session of swim lessons at Fife pool the end of June, begining of July. Fife has a great program and the kids have a great time at it. Kendall is really improved since last summer, Logan still can be a little nervous, but I think he will get over it soon enough.

random pics 6/09

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random pics 6/09

Here are some random pictures to round out June!

Avery's first birthday party 09

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Avery's one

Well the end of June is marked with more emotion! I can't beleive my baby is one years old already! She will be the last as Austin is fixed and it still doesn't seem real sometimes. She is walking so well, climbing on everything, has 8 teeth, loves to eat, can sign- more, please and eat. She is able to say "Hi", "Bye", "up", "out", "da-da" and finally "mama"! She is by all means the most opinionated and peticular of the 3, I guess a nice way of saying it is she is a spit fire! She is the child you wonder what is wrong with the parents because the kid is screaming bloody murder for no apparent reason, yep that's Avery! Amazing how much you can love someone, even if they can push all your buttons.

Father's Day 09

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T-ball season 09

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T-ball season 09

The slideshow is an overview of the T-ball season. The girls grew so much over the season and by the end they were really starting to understand the game, more importantly they had a great time and made friends. Kendall will go to school next year with all but 3 of the girls and it was nice to meet everyone and there families. Austin even enjoyed coaching and may do it again next year with the same girls- depends on if Kendall can "play up" as she is one of the younger girls and SHLL likes the kids to play 2 years of T-ball, but I vote to move up to coach pitch!

k's dance recital 09

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3rd week in June

The third weekend in June was really busy! On Friday night we had Kendall's dance recital. Saturday was the potluck for the end of T-ball and Sunday was Father's day! Life is crazy, but wouldn't have it any other way!

End of year at St. Nick's 09

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2nd week in June 09

The second week in June was filled with a lot of emotion! I am officially "retired" from teaching as of June 12th 2009. Scared to death I might add. We said "Good-bye" to our long time day care provider, Nikki. With me going to be a stay at home mom Avery will not go to Nikki's except for if I decide to sub a day or two, here and there. The school year at St. Nicholas Montessorri came to an end on the 12th with the kids performing at the potluck. Kendall is going to first grade next year in the Puyallup School District and Logan will continue in preschool at St. Nick's. St. Nicholas has been a big part of our lives these last few years and it will be a big adjustment for Kendall to make all new friends but luckily she already has a couple of friends from T-ball that will be at her school.

Kayla's Graduation 09

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Kayla's Graduation

The beginning of June was spent with family down in the town of Raymond, WA. My cousin's daughter, Kayla has worked so hard these past few years and if finally graduating from high school. We are so proud of her! (despite her college choice :0)
She graduated at the top of her class- valevictorian and recieved enough scholarships to get her through the first year at UW with some renewable scholarships too! She currently is wanting to be a Pediatrician! It was a great time to see the family and share in Kayla's success! The kids had a ball playing outside and eating all the good food. CONGRATULATIONS KAYLA!!!!