Go Cougs!

Such a fun Apple Cup today with new friends!

Both kiddos had a blast playing and

G LOVED watching his Cougs make a big come back to win in overtime ;-)

Gotta love these sweet girls who can have fun while rooting for rival teams.

Happy Turkey Day!

Our Thanksgiving started early thanks to our littlest Turkey,

but we are so thankful for the fun family time with these three,

each doing something they love . . . 

    We pray you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and family!

G is for Grandparents . . .

This {short} week was "G" week in Alli's Kindergarten class

and what better way to celebrate the letter G than to have 

Grandparents' Day

 Alli was over the moon excited to have all five of her living grandparents/great grandpa

visit her class today for a presentation and craft time!

Alli's class sang the most precious Grandparent song to the tune of Take Me Out to the Ballgame

{These were a couple shots I took of them practicing before the grandparents arrived}

After singing a number of songs and doing the alphabet in sign language,

the grandparents got to help the kiddos make hand turkeys with ABAB patterned feathers.

Alli was so sad when it was time for her five special guests to leave, and shed a few tears.

Fortunately, Mommy {the class photographer of the day} was able to stick around long enough to get her smiling :-)

What a great opportunity for both Alli and her grandparents.

She loved showing them her classroom and I think they all enjoyed seeing her in action.

What a blessing it is for all of our kiddos to have 

all of their grandparents (AND a great grandpa!) living so close.  

Thank you Ducky Gramma & Papa

 Barbie Gramma & Barbie Pop Pop

and Great Pop!

You all made Alli's day!

Two years ago . . .

We learned that our surprise baby Wrinkle no longer had a heartbeat. 

G was in Minnesota for work so I was on my own.

The pain was something I thought would never go away.

I still often think about Wrinkle and wonder what life would be like if we had met him/her.

But I truly believe Wrinkle is the reason we have Lukey.

I believe God was preparing our hearts to welcome Luke into our family.

Neither G or I thought we wanted three children and were in shock two years ago.

We came around and fell in love after seeing Wrinkle on ultrasound,

But the fear was there and we cannot erase what was said or felt that first night. 

I would give nearly anything to go back and change my initial reaction to Wrinkle,

but I cannot.

  I can only be grateful for God's forgiveness and pray someday I forgive myself.

The instant I saw Luke, I knew everything happened the way as it should.

Luke completes our family in a way we cannot explain - and we all feel that way.

He is so loved and wanted.  I am so grateful for the gift of Luke.

And I am grateful that God sent us Wrinkle.

On Luke's first birthday, I once again saw the most beautiful rainbow

 and felt completely at peace, knowing our family is complete.

Today is still hard but also a day when I can reflect on love and forgiveness.

I am also looking forward to the day when I will meet Wrinkle.

A weekend away . . .

This weekend, G and I enjoyed a much needed vacation at The Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach. 

This was our third visit there and it was as amazing as the first two trips! 

 We enjoyed incredible food, amazing views of the ocean and fabulous massages. 

We read books, relaxed and completely enjoyed our uninterrupted conversations. 

We missed the munchkins but knew they were having a great time - the bigs had a fabulous time with Miss Kaitlyn and Lukers loved his time with Gramma and Papa. 

We returned home recharged and rejuvenated!

Halloween 2012 - Neverland Fisher Style :-)

This year, the kiddos shocked us by announcing that they wanted to be Peter Pan and Wendy Darling.

Thankfully, my sewing skills were good enough to make these costumes!

Fleece is such a forgiving fabric and perfect for our chilly, WA Halloweens ;-)

Although Eli wanted Lukey to be a "mini Peter Pan" we bought a lion costume and called him a "Lost Boy"

Alli and Eli loved their costumes ~ Luke, not so much ;-)

They had a blast at our church's Trunk or Treat the Saturday before Halloween.

Both A & E won a yummy cupcake at the cake walk, loved the fishing and the bean bag toss game.

Luke just enjoyed crawling around . . . he was worn out by the end and zonked in the car!

On Halloween, Daddy and Uncle Z took A & E trick or treating around the neighborhood.

Thankfully, the horrible rain let up for the 30 minutes they were out there,

it started back up within 5 minutes of them returning home!

After trick or treating, they decided it was just as much fun to hand out candy.

Lukey LOVED helping me hand out candy and even snagged himself a dum dum sucker.

He was definitely a fan!

Great Halloween and we now have loads of candy, which acts as a great incentive for eating dinner ;-)