We've added a 6 1/2-year-old picture to the "growing" page. Every parent says this, but somehow it's shocking how much older he looks in this picture. All those missing teeth definitely give him a new look!

We're also watching to see if Miles and Micah look alike - look for yourself on this comparison page.

New!  Miles plays with friends, goes to a painting party, and plays in his first piano recital.

New!  We went to the waterslides with some friends.

>Miles stomps ice, cooks, and watches TV.

More present opening than you can imagine.

Our Christmas Card photo, Christmas crafts, and cooking.

We took some pictures of Miles for his Growing page.

Alexandra, Mike, and Jeff came over to exchange gifts and make cookies.

We set up bunk beds for the kids.

Just a few pictures of Miles playing computer games with Etienne and Micah.

Miles helps put up the Christmas tree.

Miles helps set up the outdoor Christmas lights.

We had a great Thanksgiving with family.

Miles plays soccer, plays the piano, and plays with friends.

Miles participates in a Trip Clip photo shoot.

Miles dressed up as Harry Potter this year.

Miles really enjoyed carving and lighting his pumpkin all by himself.

Miles goes to Bellevue on the bus, has a bonfire on the beach, plays at the park, plays soccer, and shows his missing front tooth.

We went to the Pumpkin patch with Nana, Grandad, and Etienne.

Miles had fun helping Micah celebrate his 3rd birthday.

Miles plays his first soccer game.

Miles starts first grade, plays with friends and snuggles with Micah.

Grandma visited for her 75th birthday.

We took the kids camping at Baker Lake.

Pictures and videos of Miles playing soccer, swimming, and walking on stilts.

Miles enjoyed having visitors - especially since he got to play extra DS!

We had a great time on this year's trip to Lake Chelan.

Miles takes some videos, has a playdate, and tries his new baseball pitching machine.

Miles goes to a park with Nana and Grandad, fishes off of the back deck, and opens his first lemonade stand.

We went to the zoo with Nana, Micah, and a friend of Miles's. 

Miles watches the parade, gets his face painted, and goes to a rooftop bbq.

Miles gets a fish.

Miles plays games and frisbee, and helps take apart Micah's crib.

Miles really wanted to goof around and be silly during this photo shoot!

Miles had to share his familiy birthday party with Matt, Ron, and Mike, who were all celebrating either father's day or their own birthday.

Miles celebrated his 6th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's.

We met our friends the Bedwells at a park in Seattle for a fun morning playing and chatting.

Miles celebrated his 6th birthday with his friends at school, and we took a few pictures on his last day.

Miles enjoys the nice weather we've had, does a science experiment, and snuggles with Micah.

Miles helps with some gardening, plays naked in the backyard, and uses the new pulley.

Miles helps celebrate Mother's Day

Miles goes to the zoo with Gunnar and rides the bus.

Miles loved getting a ton of candy, though he seemed to like his balloon launcher, his egg-laying chicken, and his new bakugans even more than the candy.

Miles had a great time swimming and enjoying the sun on our trip to Mexico.

Miles makes a leprechaun trap, climbs a tree, reads at Starbucks, goes to Nev's house, and pulls Listening Bear in the wagon.

Miles eats cotton candy, goes bowling, and has some playdates,

Miles made a card for Matt to help him celebrate his 38th birthday.

Miles reads a book, rides his bike, helps with recycling, and goes to the Children's Museum with Nathan.

Miles makes a planet mobile, takes pictures of Listening Bear, and goes to the waterslide.

Miles really loves to have his picture taken

Miles bakes cookies, does legos, and opens presents from Mike and Alexandra.

We opened presents with Nana and Grandad on New Year's Day, after they very kindly babysat overnight so we could celebrate on our own!

We went to Sycamore to spend Christmas with the Scovilles this year.

Miles had a ton of fun having snowball fights and sledding.

Miles plays in our first snowfall of the year, and builds a tiny snowman.

Miles plays a game with Micah, does a craft project, and visits with Ashton.

Our family photo shoot.

Miles helps us decorate for Christmas.

Miles helps us cook and clean for our Thanksgiving Feast.

Miles performs at the Veterans Day assembly, sings with Micah, paints, and eats popcorn.

Heather and her family came over for a bbq.

Miles lights the pumpkins, has a Halloween party at school, and goes trick-or-treating.

We went to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins and then carved them into jack-o-lanterns.

Miles makes lasagna, plays soccer with Nev, checks out the moving van, and reads a book to some teddy bears.

Miles plays in fall leaves, sets of his rocket, plays with Nev, and dances for the camera.

We went to Sycamore and celebrated Micah's 2nd birthday while we were there.

We had a small party for Micah with the Showmans, painting, and balloon cake.

Miles helped us make a balloon cake for Micah's birthday.

The walk to school on his very first day.

Miles reads a book, dresses as a superhero, and goes to Harrison's birthday party.

Miles graduates from preschool and uses a cordless drill.

School pictures and a trip to North Star Offices and the Sammamish Trail.

We had a great time on our 6th annual trip to Lake Chelan with the Showmans.

Miles started riding his bike without training wheels tonight, and of course we ran and grabbed the video camera.

We had a great time seeing Sarah, Michel, Etienne and Gaby.

We had a fun time playing in the park.

Miles marches in the kids parade and then watches the grown-up parade.

Miles paints on the patio and shows off his Lego Fire Station.

Miles goes on a field trip and opens family birthday presents.

We had a pool party in our backyard for Miles's 2nd 5th birthday party.

Miles was as silly as ever during this year's photo shoot.

Miles has a playdate with Harrison and Isabella, and has fun at Ashton's 5th birthday party.

We went overboard taking videos on our trip to Texas, we had to make a separate page for them.

We flew to Texas to visit Johnnie, Bill, and Janine.  Nana and Grandad met us there.

We had the first of Miles's 5th birthday parties at Pump It Up.

Miles plays with modeling clay, watches the clock, pops bubble wrap, and takes a jammies walk.

Miles plays baseball and dresses up as a Mighty Knight.

We had a great time on our train trip to Portland with the Bedwells.

Miles is a superhero, tries out his jump rope, and plays outside.

Miles plays in the hail, is in a fashion show, plays with Harrison, and goes to Gunnar's birthday party.

We traveled to Cabo San Lucas with Matt's company.

Miles helps Micah help around the house, and gets a new pair of crocs.

Miles colors and hunts for Easter eggs.

Miles plays with legos, reads books, and dresses up with Micah.

Miles performed "Hard Knock Life" with his preschool class.

Miles had his first ski lesson with Mike and Alexandra.

Miles enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake and trying on sunglasses with Micah.

Miles plays with his cousins, goes sledding and bowling, and tries Dance Dance.

Miles celebrates the Chinese New Year and excavates a local park.

Miles helps around the house, snuggles with Micah, and plays with Mike.

Sylvan, Sacha, and Jenny came for a visit.

Miles has a playdate with Fiona and cleans the floor.

Nana and Grandad came to help us celebrate Christmas.

Miles makes gingerbread men, a gingerbread house, and sits with Micah.

Miles has a blast bowling the day after Thanksgiving.

Miles sweeps the garage, roller skates, hammers nails, and plays in the snow.

Putting lights up outside and decoration our Christmas tree.

Miles helps cook Thanksgiving dinner and has fun playing with Ashton.

Miles helps us cook, plays with his racetrack, and tries on his new hat.

Samantha and Natalie came over for a playdate.

On Halloween night we did some trick or treating around the neighborhood.

We made pumpkin soup.

Valve had a Halloween Party w/ trick or treating and crafts.

We went to a pumpkin patch and then carved our pumpkins.

Miles makes an apple pie, rakes leaves, plays with Fiona, and decorates for Halloween.

Miles vacuums, does art, and spells words.

A trip to the park.

Miles loved going to Hawaii - he wants to live there.

Miles had a ton of fun helping celebrate Micah's first birthday.

Miles plays with Micah and demonstrates his pumping skills.

We went camping at Deception Pass with the Bedwells.

Miles builds a truck in the construction zone, climbs the climbing wall.

Miles walks Micah around the house, reads with Molly, and has a water fight.

A few pictures of Miles and Micah enjoying themselves at Harrison's birthday party.

Miles and Micah are spending more and more time together.

Miles melts crayons and helps Micah practice walking.

Swimming class, baseball, fun with Nana, and a wagon ride with Micah.

We went to Lake Chelan with the Showmans and Nana.

Miles marched in the kids parade and saw his first fireworks display.

Miles's 4th year (6/28/06 - 6/27/07)

Miles's 3rd year (6/28/05 - 6/27/06)

Miles's 2nd year (7/2/04 - 6/27/05)

Miles's 1st year (6/27/03 - 6/27/04)