Fall Family Day

There was no school in Wahkiakum county today because of a teacher's inservice. Therefore we decided to make it a family day. We took off on a drive to enjoy the lovely fall day. After enjoying lunch at Pizza Hut we set out on foot across Lake Sacajawea Park. Watching ducks swim in the lake. Rylan took great pleasure in chasing some seagulls. Back in the car he fell asleep pretty fast after all that seagull excitement. We drove over the big bridge to Oregon and then took the ferry back over to the island. We really enjoyed our fall family fun day!

Happy Birthday Alaina!

Yesterday was Alaina's 6th birthday! She had two exciting days of celebration. Friday she invited some friends over for a tea party after kindergarten. Last night we had our traditional family party including dinner with Grandma and Grandpa and Alaina's favorite part - opening presents! She had a smile on her face the entire time so I think its safe to say that she enjoyed herself! An extra-special gift she received was a dozen roses from her Daddy. It's fun watching you grow Alaina! We pray God will use you in great ways! Love, Mommy and Daddy

Trick-or-Treat and Happy Halloween!

A caterpillar, a tiger, a pink unicorn rider, and a lion too cowardly to wear his mane. They came home with lots of candy. Ryan and I tried to convince them that caterpillars, tigers, unicorns, and lions don't eat candy, but they didn't buy that. Hopefully they will fall asleep sometime before 10:00 tonight!

Pumpkins on the Porch

I've had a lot of pumpkins on my porch. These are by far the cutest. That's Rylan (2 yrs) and Lila (3.5 yrs) yesterday on the front porch with their pumpkins. This is Alaina (1 yr) and Emily (2.5 yrs) back in 2003 with theirs.

Tunnel Vision

Lovin these pictures of the kids going down the tunnel slide at Logan Park. We stopped at the park when we were in the Seattle area on Friday. Emily and Alaina used to play there as toddlers. They have added some new things since we moved away. One of the new things was swings!

Boys and their toys

Rylan is all boy! If he had his wish he would be outside for most of the day. Trucks, excavators, and lawn tractors are all very exciting pieces of equipment! Daddy and Rylan are like two peas in a pod. They love toys!

Applesauce and cookies

Fall is here - time to make applesauce! Two different ladies from church supplied us with bags of baking apples so this morning Lila and I got busy, peeled them and made applesauce. One of these days I'm sure technology will allow us to attach "scents" with our emails and blog postings. If it were possible, I would share with you all the yummy smell of baking apples. After we had the apples simmering on the stove we made a batch of cookies. Lila picked chocolate chip. Her favorite part is licking the mixer beater!