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Monday, October 21, 2013

Samaritan's part 3

If you are tired of reading about Samaritan's Ministries, you can skip this post. :) I've mentioned before that members send other members their 'premiums' instead of sending them in to the agency. You are also supposed to write a note of encouragement to go along with your check. We have been receiving checks this month to reimburse us for Kaarin's abscess incident (yes, it was back in April, & I was not so timely in turning in my receipts!! In my defense, I was waiting to have all the visits done with the surgeon--including surgery, if we ended up doing that--before submitting my receipts. You don't have to wait until every visit is complete, you can get a form to add-on receipts to a previous incident, I just did it this way instead) so I thought I would share a few of the notes that have come with the checks. :) Sorry about the first one being sideways, I can't figure out how to rotate it (I think I needed to rotate it before uploading it...) -- but it is always fun to have a bit of a challenge, don't you think? :) Getting the mail has been so much fun this week!

Also, I want to remind you all that SMI DOES count as insurance under the new Obamacare Law, so if you are searching for something, I encourage you to check it out! Again, feel free to ask me any questions!







Lopez Island

We were blessed to be able to make several trips to Lopez Island this summer, here are just a few photos. We had glorious weather & were able to spend time with good friends!



Checking out the sand with Matthias

Showing Sophie a beach treasure

A full boat!

Snake hunting with John

A fun group!

Almost all the kids...

Grandma & Grandpa joined us for a few days, Kellen & Grandpa went out to Big Rock

Agate Beach



Haircut by the Lopez Barber:)


Kellen & his good friend, Drew - they are trying to smoosh bees...

Heading out to check the crab pots

More campfire fun!

I learned how to do fun editing things on my camera. ;)

Summer Recap

A few highlights from summer...


Reading a book to Bear :)

This boy turned into a fish!!!!!!

We went to the pool a lot!

Lots of progress was made

Someone got all tired out at the pool :)

Backyard cookouts!

Playing on our playground

Fun at Lake Steilacoom!

Everyone had fun...:)

VBS! (Kaarin went too, but she was sick this night)

Golf! Kaarin & Annika took their first lessons!

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Sequim Girls' Weekend

My mom, sister & I went away for a girls' weekend to Sequim. We rented a friend's house & had a PERFECT weekend!!! The weather was perfect, the company was fun, & we just had a great time!! We couldn't have asked for more!!











First day of school!

School officially started the end of Aug. for Kellen & Annika, & mid-September for Kaarin! They were all so excited!! 


Annika - Kindergarten

Kellen - 1st grade

Kaarin - Pre-K