New Sweater

I got the yarn for this last year in AZ - I just finished this little winner, knit body and crochet trim.

Hanging on the Ave

Here is Leo and Van hanging on the AVE in the u-district. Space Port? Arnolds?

More Passover

L'Chayim!
Sylvie and Vida Hasson

Jared and RubyHenry

Matzoh Balls

Spring

I figured out that my camera can do some pretty cool things now that I know which buttons to push....Here is our sarcocacu opening up...

Sadie Katz

Leo Sancho

Matzah Roca and other stories

You know its much more fun to eat matzoh when you don't have to....buy and box and try this - you will never look at matzah the same way again.

Layout 4-6 Matzah on a foil lined cookie sheet (the kind with sides)

Boil for 3-4 minutes: 1 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar

Pour over the matzah and spread to cover

Bake covered matzah at 350 for 20 minutes

Sprinkle 1 cup of choc chips over caramel matzah and let sit for 5 minutes, Spread out melted chips and cover with nuts or whatever you like

Cool in the fridge - break up and eat

This year I added toasted almonds to some and Fleur de Sel on some - YUM

Of course my favorite way to eat matzoah is smothered in cream cheese, black pepper and salami.

the eye of jupiter

Its just something I have been playing around with my whole life...:)

Satruday

March Saturday in Seattle with the Hassons

Gasworks for kite flying

Ivars for fish and chips and chowder

Trophy Cupcakes

YUM

Leo is like Joey "No lika coldy" he says

Sequins, Carhart and a felted flower

Cheese

Early Easter

Easter at the Murphy's. Hayden is 7 months younger and a few inches taller. Sylvie was pissed! Leo wonders why he can't eat all of the candy he found!

Woodland Fairy (Sylvie)

rooftop

My parents moved downtown to a deluxe apt in the sky. This is the view from the roof on a very cold January day. This shoes are a big part of our life right now. We simply must wear them everyday and we must always notice how brightly they shine and sparkle.

Same-same coats

Last day in Hawaii

Now that we are back - the sunshine seems even more spectacular knowing that we won't see it for another 5 months.

Hawaii

It was raining and 38 degrees in Seattle. The day before a trip with kids is stressful because you can forget one key item and your life is ruined. Notice I said TRIP and not VACATION. Kids and vacation don't really go together. We are definetly on a vacation from the horrible winter in Seattle though. The Hassons have found the perfect place in Hawaii to stay with extended family - every family has their own condo and we see each other at the common pools and beach.
The foliage in Hawaii is so stunning, varied and different from our Seattle foliage. It sets the paradise tone. We drove to the top of Haleakala Mountain one day with the kids. Sylvie kept whining "I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE UNIT!" and Leon was screaming "BLANKET!!". We got to the top of the winding road, took some photos, and the fell asleep on the way down - PHEW.

Holiday Fun

Holiday Card

Sylvie is four and she loves pink. She adds numbers on her fingers and wants to fly like TINK(erbell). She excels at swimming and always wants to dance. She only likes dresses, refuses to wear pants.

Leo is two and he colors on the wall. He got a hoop for his birthday for playing basketball. He loves to wiggle and jump up and down. His cute face is always in a smile, never a frown.

Joey works hard and uses his head. He builds and fixes things in his shed. His business is growing and so is his “cred”. At the end of the day, he makes sure the paper is read.

Molly juggles everything, kids, work and cooking. For some spare “me time” she is always looking. Her creative projects and crafts keep her hands busy. It all makes her dizzy and sometimes she throws a tizzy.

Silliness and love the whole year through ~ a great wish ~ from us to you.

MEW

Here are the legwarmers I have been working on. I have loved shopping at goodwill and Joanne's and I enjoy making the cambria inspired flowers. Mom got me a fancy serger (for Hanukah and my next birthday) and it gives them a very professional look. I really enjoy making new things out of old things. Heidi made me the MEW labels a few years ago and they acutally asurvived a few shelves and drawers and made their debut around age 4. I sewed them onto cars left over from my wedding. The buttons came from the house next door when the old guy moved out and his dead wife's things ended up in my hands. Love that too. I feel like my Aunt Lena and my Grandmother gave me their "need to craft" genes and that is really special to me. MEW! says it all

Thanksgiving

Gig Harbor thanksgiving this year. Oyster Stuffing, homemade pecan pie and this year Turkey cooked in a bag (great!). Molly worked on the legwarmers (Thanks for the serger MOM!) and Sylvie played princess game while leo obsessed about the pool table ("PAY BALL?!?!") The grownups read alot of Vanity Fair and New Yorker and Seattle Times. We actually watched the Macy's day parade and the dog show with the rest of the at home americans. We did some beachcombing too and found great seaglass washed up by winter storms along with a really cool almost fossilized root ball. The sun shined all 4 days and they Olympics crowed with their beauty!

Cool beaced fossilzed root ball

America's next top....I swear she did these looks totally on her own. She has never looked at a fashion magazine.

Mom made the hat and Sylvie decided the button placement!

We had some stir craziness and the tides were wanky so we went looking for seaglass at night and actually found some ...

Nuedy pool shark