Girlfriends RULE!!!!! Cassidy is decorating her wonderful Auntie Marla! We had such a fabulous time with her and will NEVER go two long years without a Marla hug!!!! Can't you just see the contentment on Marla's beautiful face? There is nothing sweeter than just falling back into where you left off with great friends! We just let our hair down and felt that relaxing love that is true friendship. Thank you Jesus for such a sweet, sweet time spent.

Beach Ballet..........Cassidy never misses a chance to climb, dance, sing and play!!!

The beautiful, rugged Oregon coast............That is Kurt in the distance to the left and Yaquina Lighthouse to the right. We had three perfectly sunny days and we didn't waste any time heading to the beach.

Cassidy never wanted to leave the beach!

Marla, Debbie and Faja on Faja's Beach.........Girlfriends for 38 years! We had a wonderful time with Deb, Kurt, Faja and MAAAAAALA in Newport, Oregon. We even stayed longer than originally planned because it was so great!!!!

Our favorite snow-angel!

We got dumped on yesterday! Great snowman making snow........he's HUGE! I threw out my back getting that second ball up there.....haha! It's already sunny and melting.....the perfect storm.

Out soaking up some vitamin D at the beach..........and looking for treasures! We're heading for the Oregon coast next week to see Deb and Kurt in Newport. Auntie Marla is coming to visit and we can't wait to see them all!!! Yeehaw!!!!! Lots of scary pictures to come!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!! My Auntie Denise and Uncle Mike sent the coolest box to me on my birthday this year.........cake, frosting, candles, noise makers, pin the tail on the donkey, HBD plates, napkins and cups with a great card!!!! Too cute and fun! It made my day and Cassidy's too..........she hounded me until I whipped up that lemon cake with her. She's not hooked on sugar or anything...???? She calls the game "pin around the donkey" and still wants to keep on playing it~!!! hahaha!

The indignity of it all!!!! Cassidy thinks EVERYONE looks better with a little foof!!! Sierra is a champ at taking it!

Thank you for the beautiful dress Auntie Jenny and Uncle Adam!!!!

Cassidy got her ears pierced!!! She picked the pink flower earrings.........imagine????

Happy New Year everyone!!!! We hope your 2009 is filled with joy and love and prosperity!

Little Bean on Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles.

Cassidy loves being on her father's shoulders! We took the ferry to Seattle to hang out and see the Spadaccini's off. It was beautiful but windy and freezing! LA and sun sounds pretty darn good right now........We miss you guys and so wish we lived closer!!!

Nonnie with her favorite Christmas gift........the wonderful, beautiful Spadaccini clan! Karen and Lou's shop, Simply Italian, is doing wonderfully and we are so happy for them and proud of them! Even in this hard economy they are making a success of Karen's delicous food!!! Please keep them in your prayers because it really is hard work and alot of hours! They're living their dream.........God bless!!!!!!

ONE....TWO.....THREE.......WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! At the pier in Port Angeles we caught some fresh air! These three girls play so wonderfully together despite the age differences. We sure can learn alot from children, can't we???? Amen!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! The cuzzies were making Christmas cookies at Nonnies on this day! Lou, Karen, Jenna & Camryn along with our good friend, Sherry, all came up for 4 days for Christmas! We had a blast with them and they arrived at the perfect time between storms to enjoy a beautiful, white Christmas! What a joy to have them here! The girls had SO much fun playing and sledding in the snow and building a snow-woman.

Princess Cassidy on Halloween. We took her trick-or-treating in Port Townsend this year. It was entertaining there.......more for the adults with lots of freaks out!! Ha ha......we'll stick to Sequim or Port Angeles next year!

The interior of our house is finally done......with a few minor exceptions! I just created a blog for it and I'm listing it on the net........trying to sell it ourselves first because we need the money! (Who doesn't, right????) Check it out at secretsequimgarden.blogspot.com.......It's also connected to this blog under my profile.