A Tour of Our New Home buy Andrew and Brian

 Here is our new home.  This is our Family room area.  We play games here, and watch tv, and play the drums...all day!!!

 This is my new bed.  The reason why I have a tree in my room is my mom thought it would be cute to make my room themed after the book Where the Wild Things Are.  Little did she know I am afraid of the monsters in that book. 

 This is my room.  It is a Harry Potter room.  I love not sleeping with Brian.  He would always wake me up in the morning.

 Dad took a picture of the kitchen when it wasn't cleaned up.  Mom wasn't very happy about that.  But we wanted you to see it anyway.

 This is my mom's favorite room.  The big, gigantic pantry.  Pretty sweet huh?

 This is the back of the house.  We rairly play out here.  We like the front better...that is where all our friends are.  But this is pretty cool.

 This is the front of the house.  The driveway looks really long in this picture.  It isn't really that long.

This is our living room.  And that is our new piano. 

Catching up with May and June

 Andrew turns 9 on May 20th. 

We had just moved out of our home into this temperary apartment.

 Andrew also recieved his Wolf!  Good job Andrew.

 Eric is taught how to throw knives in Young Men.  Talk about teaching needed skills...Hey who knows if Hunger Games times are ahead of us.  We really miss this ward!!!!

 The whole time we were moving out and moving in Scott was helping coach Andrew and Brian's baseball.  It kept Scott and the kids sane.  Drove me a little insane.

 Eric being recognized at school for his GPA.  Great Job Eric.  At least he wasn't recognized for his being the #1 Hunger Games Fan.  (That was a real award...)

 The two cutest kids on the team.  Charlie and Andrew were great this year. 

 And here are the two cutest kids on Brian's team. Sam and Brian rocked in t-ball.  And below, that is Scott doing the pitching for the older boys.  He really did love it. 



Fun in Leavenworth, WA

We went to Leavenworth, WA for our spring break.  My mom and dad and grandma met up with us there.  It is a really cute Bulvarian looking city.  It is a big tourist place in December.  They have Christmas festivities.  Anyway, it was such a beautiful place set in very dramatic mountins.  Lots of fun shops, and good resturants.  We went to a cheese monger shop, two candy stores, a hat shop, and a sausage shop. YUM.  Lots of sampling. 

We put our house on the market right before we left, and the day after we left for Leavenworth, our agent had our open house.  That next Wed. while we were still gone, we had two full price offers!  What a blessing...

 Scott took the kids to a hat shop in Leavenworth.  They had a blast. 

 This BBQ place was called Country Boys.  Famous to all the locals, and recommended to us by our friends.  It was the BEST BBQ place I think I have ever been.  We tried everything there, and I think they did everything amazingly.  It isn't in Leavenworth it is in a city close by called Cashmere.  If you are ever around, it is highly recommended. 

 Andrew is a little crazy.  There was snow everywhere there, and so I am figuring the water isn't very warm.  I guess he needed to see what would happen.

 Yep...following the example of his older brother. 

Rachel is keeping her head above water.  She was drawing a map I believe.

The Rain Gutter Regatta, and the Boat Called PIE

 Andrew winning at the Rain Gutter Regatta. 

Scott and Andrew took this race very seriously.  He won every race but one!  We were so proud of the amount of air that was in our son.

 Andrew and his wolf pack.  They had the coolest looking boats!

 Brian and his friend Sam trying out the race. 

 Mom and Rachel being amazingly supportive on the side lines. 

Andrew and his boat PIE

Etiquette Night, YM/YW Dinner

 Rachel being escorted into dinner

 Eric escorting Lia into the dinner

 The Young Men were in charge of cooking and plating the meal.  They did such a good job.  They went all out.  They had a few more courses besides these.  They also had a ceasor salad, a fun bubbly drink, and dessert.  Above is the soup course, and below the main dinner.  All the ym and yw loved this whole experience.

March was big for Eric!

 Eric got to do a job shadow with our favorite Dentist, and Bishop, Dr. Swensen.

Eric wants to be a Dentist or an Orthodontist.

 Eric got to go In-door sky diving with his friend for his 15th birthday.  It was a surprise for both of them and they both were awesome.

 Eric and Jordon in flying position

This was my favorite pic.

Our House is on the Market

Follow this link or look below
www.johnlscott.com/11022

What is scary is that we are still looking for a house to move into.  We have scoured the market and have come up short time and time again.  We'll see what comes of it.


This is the front view.  It is backed up to a green belt and if it weren't for the size of our family, we love this house.


This is the front entry and living room.  Around the corner is the dining room and up those stairs is 4 of the five bedrooms.


Another shot of the living room and entry way.  The room at the top of the stairs is the childrens bathroom.



The kitchen looking both ways at the island.  The family room is just beyond the kitchen eating area.  On the top picture, you get a little glimpse of the dining room


This is technically a fifth bedroom next to a 3/4 bath on the main floor but as you can see, we are using it as office space.


Here is our fully remodeled master bathroom that we have blogged about previously when we were having it redone.  Below is the shower which I have yet to see matched.





These last three are the outside photos which is truly one of the main reasons that we bought this house 6 years ago.  We are going to miss this little spot of paradise in Crystal Ridge.  We even have one of the unique addresses in the Puyallup that has an actual street name, Amber Blvd, instead of a street number like 14th AVE SE.

Again, for more photos go to: www.johnlscott.com/11022

Lucky Rachel

 Rachel went to her ortho appointment, and won a prize in a drawing they had for good brushing. 

She was SO excited!  She won a cupcake from Jubilee Cupcakes...it was a smores cupcake. 

Not only that, they gave her a gift certificate to the mall for $100.00!  Can you believe that!

She says she is going to buy lots of earrings, because she is getting her ears peirced on her 12th birthday.

We all got to watch her eat that wonderful looking cupcake.  She said it was amazing!