Goodbye, Goofballs

 It's been a pretty good year. Although they aren't as sweet and innocent as they were last August and I've given them all I could, I'm still sad to say goodbye to these crazy kiddoz.

 Sure, Miracle. Just do what you want and jump on into the teacher picture. That's cool.

Oh, they look so innocent....

 Action Shots! PE! Hooray!

 When I told Ron I was going to be "Sporty Girl" for Halloween, he promised me he'd be "Sporty Boy."

 Yep, I'm serious. This is for real. It's Mario.

 Jump Rope for Heart

 Even teachers get goofy.

"oh, there's no place like dum dee dee dum dum dum"

Once upon a time, I told my brother that a friend of mine in Mexico referred to him as "ojon", or in other words, one with the big eyes. Once upon a time happened to be right after we took this picture. So then he graced us with the next picture, by "trying to make (his) eyes smaller."

any other stocking would pale in comparison:

Bellevue Botanical Gardens on a rainy night. Die hard.

Family Tradition: Sneaky Buy at Pike Place Market. Sister Tradition: hot drinks at Starbucks.