The Stachelski Family

Monday, November 16, 2009

Swimming....

We have been swimming again since September & the girls are doing great. Peyton is now in a big kid class- no parents in the water! (I love it, I get to stay warm & dry on the bleachers-hehe). There are only 2-3 kids in the class & half the time they do not show, so the girls end of getting private lessons. It is great. Here are some pictures from their class this session.

He is asking her to "please" blow bubbles. If she knew how to say it, she would be saying "Heck no!" She is so funny with her facial expressions.

Go Bailey Go! She is swimming on her own now. It is so fun to watch her. She does not sit still for the entire 30 mins. She is constantly bobbing up & down when it is not her turn.

I think the goggles are a little big, but she insists on wearing them. heheh

Great practice for Grammie & Papa's pool this summer! We cannot wait to go down to Texas & swim!

Halloween- 2009

Well, the pictures are coming late, but better late than never eh?
We had a great Halloween with the girls. Peyton was not feeling very good, but she got her game face on for trick-or-treating that night. The weather was OK, but at least it did not poor on us.

~Our spooky Witch house & Ghost Ship~

Makyla, Lochlain & Peyton

Lochlain calls Peyton "His Girl!" So cute

Madeleine, Bailey & Aleksey

Peyton is already breaking into the candy

Our 2 Princesses :)

Our Spooky House

The businesses on the Ridge let the kiddos trick-or-treat in the afternoon so we brought the girls to walk around in the afternoon. They got SO much candy this year.

Princess Bailey

Daddy & Bailey

Bailey had ballet Halloween morning & she got to wear her costume to class- she loved it!

We carved pumpkins too. Bailey's in on the right. she drew it & Daddy cut it out. Nice work B!

Peyton had more fun whacking the pumpkin than drawing on it :)

Monday, October 26, 2009

College Reunion Trip: Vero Beach, Florida

We just got back from our fabulous College Reunion trip. This year we went to Vero Beach, Florida. Jenna & Tim have a Disney time share so we all headed to the beach!! We had beautiful weather & great friends for 3 days. Not long enough...but we all had so much fun! They guys came & Jenna's parents. This was a late celebration to her 30th birthday (and celebrating the exciting arrival of Jenna & Tim's baby in January)

Amy, Elesa, Jenna & Tara

Elesa, Marc, Dan, Tim, Jenna, Amy & Tara (Matt- we missed you!)

Our Cottage was right on the beach, so this was our view of the sunrise

The boys where trying to catch waves & body surf

Dan, Tim & Marc

They had so much fun out there

Marc is the Pro- (grew up in Hawaii) :)

View from the beach

Beautiful Jenna- 10 weeks to go!

We are so excited for you guys!

Elesa & Tara on our porch swing

Our Beach Cottage (2000 sq feet- it was soooo nice!). Our big decision was, "Beach or Pool? Pool or Beach?" Tough one eh?

Amy, Elesa, Tara & Jenna

Elesa & Marc

There was a fun water slide that went into the pool. The boys of course did time trials :)

Dan, taking a break

Tara & Jenna

So beautiful!

Happy Birthday Jenna. AND thank you for a fabulous weekend!

Remlinger Farms 2009

OH BOY! I love Remlinger Farm & we were so excited to go this year. We have a Snoqualmie Ridge Remlinger Farm Day every year so we get to go with our fabulous neighbors. I was SO upset Saturday morning because the weather was horrible. It was raining so hard. Then come 10am, we got a slight glimpse of blue sky- so I called Mom and said, "Hurry & come! We are going to brave the weather!" So the 6 of us headed out the farm...crossing our fingers for no rain. We ate first...and right after we sat down (thankfully covered)-we had a crazy down poor of rain. All we could do was laugh & be thankful we were under cover & not walking around. Rain stopped, clouds started to part & we had a beautiful crisp fall day for the rest of the afternoon. We were SO lucky!