Taking an afternoon stroll

After work we rushed out of the house to catch the last rays of sun down on the water by Des Moines Creek Trail. 

Paul and Madeleine walking back down the hill.

A few minutes on the beach

An action shot of Paul taking pictures of the sunset

A lot has happened since my last post.....

My last post was about Madeleine having play time at our local park in Queenanne.  I was currently expecting baby number two and had absolutely no energy...hint hint this is why its been almost a year since my last post.

On Father's day of last year my husband and I welcomed Cora Lois Shackelford into the world at 12:10am.  Cora is named for my Great Grandmother Cora Elizabeth Puderbaugh and my best friend, Lois Gauvin.

While I was enjoying my maternity leave our landlord decided to raise our rent to an unaffordable amount with or without a lease.  So in 60 days we qualified for a mortage, found a house and moved into it.  Slowly but surely the number of boxes in our garage gets smaller and smaller.  With the number of boxes dwindling the number of "honey do" projects keeps growing.

This past week Madeleine and I took advantage of the beautiful sunny weather and did some much needed yard work.  Especially since we are prepping our back yard for a big surprise....

In progress  

 

Then on Wednesday and Thursday when it was rainy and yucky outside we installed shelves in the garage for my plant lights and remodeled the laundry room/ closet.

the before shot of the laundry room:

 

 

 

The after shot:

Garage shelves:

Play time at the park with Daddy

Busy fun day

Thursday was a very busy day for Madeleine and I.  We were up and out the door early to get the car serviced in kirkland.  Our service coordinator was great... He put extra people on our car so it would be done early.  Then it was play time for Madeleine at kid's cove at Bellevue square.

Then it was time to go pick up Daddy for work and head out to Gran and Pappa's house.  Naptime happened enroute.

While we were waiting for Gran and Pappa to get home and Madeleine assured me she wasn't "tiwerred" we went to the park.

We walked around the lake at the park too.

Snow Day in Seattle

Decorating for Christmas

Madeleine inspecting all the lights to make sure they still work

Samantha providing an extra set of eyes to make sure that the lights for the tree are all working

Santa watching out to make sure everyone is behaving prior to  Christmas Eve

Madeleine and Gran putting ornaments on the tree.

Madeleine trying to crawl under the tree so she can "take a nap"

 

The tree is finished and ready for Christmas.

Santa visited Gran's House

 

Waiting for Santa to Arrive with her Christmas crown on.

 



Inspecting the Christmas Tree and finding her favorite ornaments