Actual Birthday

Although several of us in these photos did not feel well at all, we still attempted to have some fun on my birthday. We really succeeded in having fun, we really missed Tom though as he didn't dare leave home that day. Mom and Dad came over from Spokane to help us celebrate this year. Our morning was spent in Ballard eating a really yummy breakfast at Portage Bay and then heading to Yulefest at the Nordic Museum. 

 We found a little cove where a small band played the guitar and sang a few songs for us. All of us really enjoyed this break. I believe Charlie will be in a band someday with all the interest he shows in music. He certainly inherited the love of music.

 We ended the evening at a local pizza joint in Tacoma to celebrate with the Rue family. The kids were able to make their own pizzas!

The finished pineapple pizza!

Birthday Adventures at the Museum of Flight

As almost our whole family had been taken ill with a bad stomach bug on my actual birthday, we decided to celebrate the next weekend. We met some friends for breakfast at the Hangar Cafe to begin the theme of airplanes for our day. There was a time when I would have said that I would never celebrate my birthday with such an adventure, but times change when you are outnumbered. Actually, I really enjoyed my time at the Museum of Flight. I was guided by the experts - Tom and Charlie. This was there third or fourth trip. We were looking forward to seeing the space shuttle. This turned out to not be the highlight of the outing, but we really enjoyed much of the museum. 

Randomness in photos

Here are a few random photos from our fall/early winter: 

Out visiting our local pet store. Charlie is still trying to talk us into adopting a pet. Luckily for me, he has never asked for a bird. I have a bit of a phobia. This is about as close as I like to get. 

 About one or two times a week one of us takes Charlie to get breakfast or a steamer or hot chocolate before school. All of us really enjoy the special time together. Charlie loves the attention from his parents as well as the women working at the bakery.

 Tom and Charlie have been both playing hockey in our home as well as attending a few hockey games this fall. This has been a great joy for Charlie. As you can see from this picture, Gabriel attempts to join in the fun as well. I love this smile on Charlie!

 At Charlie's school, they had a Thanksgiving feast and celebration. Charlie had two costumes for the feast. this photo combines his pilgrim and Native American costume. I so loved watching him get so into his music, costumes and learning of Thanksgiving.

 These photos are from an adventure to our local park.

On Black Friday, I took the boys to a local hardware store to purchase lights for our home. This was about as crazy as I was willing to get in terms of Black Friday shopping. We were lucky enough that this store provided lemonade and coffee to its shoppers. Here is the boys crowded into one shopping cart.

Halloween 2012

So, this post is quite late, but I'm finding that is a bit true in life in general this fall/winter. Gabriel is not pictured in these photos of Halloween, which is fitting to his fall. Although he had a cute costume to wear, he had to miss the fun as he was at the doctor. This go round on Halloween, it was double ear infections. Currently, he has had either three or four ear infections, depending on how you count them. He also had hand, foot & mouth disease as well as the flu. No fun at all. However, there was fun to be had by Charlie, Maddy and Ella on Halloween. Here are some pictures of our three getting ready and then trick or treating. 

Baby Wagner's

I recently found that I had a few baby pictures scanned into the computer, which I didn't know were here. So, here is a post with pictures of all four of us for your enjoyment. How do you think our kids take after each of us? 

Anna

 Tom

 Charlie

 Gabe

And since I have heard over and over that the youngest has the least amount of photos, here is a second of Gabriel. 

October 20, 2012

For our wedding anniversary this year, we headed to Snoqualmie Falls for breakfast and visiting the water fall. This was the site of where Tom and I stayed on our return to Seattle after our wedding. What a different experience this time around, but certainly fun. 

 Charlie took this picture of us. He didn't catch Tom with his eyes open, but I decided to put this in anyway as we don't get too many pictures of just the two of us these days.

 The boys sat on their own side of the table for breakfast. It actually worked just great. This is one of the funnier pictures of Charlie from the day. What a funny face!

 Beautiful Snoqalmie Falls.

 Enjoying the mist of the falls.

Tom and his boys on a slippery rock. Charlie would have stayed on that rock all day if we had let him!