KNOPF FAMILY

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Sisters Reunion West Palm Beach, Florida.

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What a fun week! Everyone couldn't stay a week, but with airport closings and cancelled flight some of us managed to squeeze in about a week. It's was Jennifer's 40th and she wanted to celebrate with us all in Florida. We stayed at the beautiful Marriott Singer Island Resort and Spa. Lizzy brought her baby and we all took turns squeezing him.

Josh brought up his friend up skiing and they had a fantastic time!

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The Orme cousins, once removed.

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Coronado Beach

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Love the Beach!

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On my cousins sail boat in San Diego.

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ISABELLE'S 11th BIRTHDAY PARTY AT ENSIGN RANCH

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Let the wild rumpus begin!

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The cabin kitchen. So retro!

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Dinner!

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The glasses are so "in"!

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The Slip-N-Slide

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The Rope Swing

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The Party Continues

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Driving back from the Beach.

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Alderbrook Dock at Night

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Alderbrook Dock in the morning.

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Alderbrook from the Dock.

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Josh must have been hungry.

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A Long Day.

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The Girls

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Cynthia & Katie warming up after rafting.

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River Rafting the Wenatchee.

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Isabelle at the Elementary District Meet at Inglemoor High School. The scissors kick is the only form allowed.

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After Annie's last performance with Cascade Jr Symphony.

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Outside the Resort

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Getting ready for our bike ride.

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The view from our Alderbrook room. You can see the "Traveling Man" on the center of the highest mountain. Hint- He has a walking stick and long coat.

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Hiking in the Olympic Mountains.

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Alderbrook Trip

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Warnicks & Jessica Visit

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Making Valentine Cookies for school

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Abbie's "Fashion Diaster Day" in Junior High

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Cascade Youth Junior Symphony Performance. Annie is on the far right.

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Eliza's First Field Trip- "The Emperors New Clothes". She was terribly disappointed by the unimaginative ending.

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Happy Valentines Day

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Kim brought over some fun surprises.

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The view from our room. The sunrises were spectactular!

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The power of the Puffle!

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Grandma Arrowsmith made Abbie a beautiful quilt.

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Check out those clouds below!

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White Pine Lodge

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Schweitzer

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The Selkirk Lodge

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The lighting was incredible! the village below was covered in clouds so at the top you felt like you were in an airplane. Annie got some sweet Misdemeanors this year.

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Christmas at Schweitzer

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Summer Time Fun

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We went hiking on Mt Rainier when my parents were in town.

This is Banks Lake. Anne, Cindy and Katie. Annie was making fun of us in this photo. We thought we were pulling serious G's, but Anne is used to real G's on the tube!

The Folkman Dock on a hot Seattle day! TerriLyn was in town and we came over to spend the afternoon. The kids loved jumping off the top of the dock.

TerriLyn and I. Such great memories with that girl!

Katie and Julie. She came over to see us too.

Isabelle with cousin Rowan

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Fremont & the Troll

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Spring Break with Lizzy and Family

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Anne Solo Competition "Elegy & Habenero"

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Anne's Solo/Ensemble

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After Anne and her friends' solo/ensemble performances we went to Red Robin. Claudia's mom, Enjou, is from Korea and has an interesting story to her life. It was fun getting to know her better. Anne and Claudia did fantastic on their ensemble piece. The judge was blown away, she said, "Wow! I was NOT expecting that!"

Eliza wears this hat all the time and we can't see her face!

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There were three parties, and luckily one was the Howlett's New York style and the other west coast style at the Fricke's. The kids went to the first party and then played at the Peays while the adults went to the west coast party. Abbie babysat the Richins and Anne went to the stake dance.

Kate planned the party of the year!

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We learned from a professional Thai chef how to cook Pad Thai and curry. She worked at Thai Ginger for 9 years! It was an excellent evening.

New Years Eve at the Fricke's

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New Years Eve at the Howlett's

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New Years Eve Abbie & Friends

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My 40th Birthday Trip!

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Ok, I hate to brag... but I can't help it. I'm going to Florida for my 40th birthday. Amy and Jennifer are going to meet me there for 4 days at this awesome resort! Amy and I were able to get on the same flight from Dallas to Florida for both going and coming home which will only add to the fun. Amy got this whole thing started because she was going to come to my house to go to my skiing birthday party with my friends, (since Thad had taken a ski trip last year, she felt it was her turn). As the conversation got going, we decided a warm locale would be more appropriate, so flier miles and points brought us here!

Thanksgiving Dinner.

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The Richin's and Joshua's 2nd grade teacher, Miss Kimberly came to Thanksgiving dinner. I broke one goblet-- grr!

Eliza announces her future career plans.

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Eliza said tonight that she wants to be a Basketball coach, and also for tennis. She also wants to be an "iron'er" for people who don't have clothes.

Katie & Friends in the 10k (6.2 miles).

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Ok, here I am pretending it's a blocks start, which seemed funny at the time, but it's not really that funny. I guess I'm the only one who did sprints back in the day!

Anne, Abbie, Isabelle & Friends in the 5k (3.1miles).

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Eliza and friends running the 1 mile.

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After the run.

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Woodinville Turkey Trot

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My running friends and I planned a race for Thanksgiving day. Steven Fox ran a marathon the day before (it was his idea to run on Thanksgiving, but his wife said he had to help cook, so he ran the day before.) Here's all the people who ran. There also was a Turkey Bowl going on at the same time.

Eliza was a little cutie down there with the gifts.

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Nintendo DS's are Never Boring

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It's been confirmed, whether you got your first DS this year or several years ago but lost your sisters' at the movie, even though everyone told you not to leave it in the cup holder and then had to give her yours but then you got another one for Christmas the next year... they are still totally engrossing. Josh didn't notice that his parents only gave him three things for Christmas!

Christmas Crackers

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Our good friends from England gave us a box of Crackers for Christmas. We popped them open for our Christmas dinner and put on our hats. They brought back a lot of memories from my mission.

Anne as 1st chair at her Christmas Concert.

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Our 16th Wedding Anniversary

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For our 16th anniversary we decided to spend the time putting trim in the new bathroom. I really like a date where you DO something together- something to foster your relationship and your working together skills. So, we bought the trim and I watched John do all the work. I did stand around and hold or fetch this or that. Later, I filled the holes, painted and caulked it. You'll have to come over to see it.

Elves Finish the Bathroom

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While John was on a business trip to Texas, I knew that he wouldn't have enough time to finish the remodel on the downstairs bathroom before the Bishopric Christmas dinner the next day. I debated on what to do, knowing that a bathroom downstairs would be a must for the party. I finally decided to call in the Elves. Geoff said he'd like to put the faucet in, Norm said he could put in the granite and sink and Bryan asked to install the toilet. I made dinner and the boys went to work. Everything was a little tricky but it was all in place for John's arrival at 9:30pm. What a marvelous gift! We really have the salt of the earth for friends.

Our first Backyard Bonfire

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Before the big snows hit we were digging out an ice skating rink in the garden, when we decided to make a fire pit in our wheel barrow. We burned our old Adirondack ottoman. The kids asked if we could have one the next night and burn the old porch swing!

Getting the Christmas Tree

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This tree actually turned out to be a terrible tree. It was one of the first ones we found and we thought it was the one. Part of me didn't care that much because we had decided to get a fake one after Christmas anyway. John did come with us this year to choose the tree. We usually do it after school while he's still at work. The kids are devastated that we're not getting a real tree next year. It's funny, because they have finally learned to wear warm clothes and gloves when we go tree shopping, and now all the fun is over.

Eighteen inches of Snow in Woodinville TODAY!

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That's the report on the news today. It was an amazing day. It warmed up and melted some, but it was really amazing to see. It snowed big flakes all during opening presents this morning and throughout the afternoon. This photo is Abbie and new cousin, Payton.

Christmas Eve at Kim & Dave's

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Christmas Morning

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We had a great time opening presents and eating eggs and bacon for breakfast. We had a TON of snow- perhaps a foot last night. It snowed most of the day. It made for a beautiful white Christmas.

Christmas Was Great!

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We had a fantastic Christmas Eve celebration. Dinner at Kim and Dave's with family presents and then home to put out the stockings and cookies. Here's some of the girl cousins.

Stevens Pass

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Winter Fun

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We've been lucky enough to spend some time on the slopes of Stevens Pass this winter. The kids have had a blast racing down the slopes. Eliza has even learned to ski. She's a real pro now going down Hogsback.