Finally made it.........

We finally made it for our annual trip out to the pumpkin patch. Due to weather we have had to put it off a little longer than we like but it actually worked out great. The kids had a ball and always fun having a new little one to make memories with, Gavin is all about the outdoors stuff.Boots on and ready for the mud!

Always fun to compare.......2009

2008

Gavin can now do about 10 animal sounds so we were testing them all out, he's pretty darn good. ;)

Another fun one.....2009

Our first year at the farm, 2007: (sniff,sniff)

A big grin for Haylee. :^)

Always climbing on something.

The reaction to the sand box, I think he likes!

Here he is eating rocks and I am taking pictures......"no need to panic folks let me get my picture and I'll get it.....geeze!"

He's not a huge fan of having his hands dirty.

See she climbs everything!

Getting so big!

Apple cider doughnuts and caramel apple cider to go with...........now do you see why we come back every year?????

Okay so this picture is right out of a cheesy scary movie like the terrible ones my brothers used to watch........like this one:
we just need their eyes to glow.........."run children....rrrruuuunnnnnnn......."

So we headed home to carve:

Gavin took it very serious,

but again he does not like his hands dirty.

still looks cute, even covered in pumpkin.

Grace doesn't seem to mind the dirty part, she even took it a step further:

All done.....ta da!

Grace's on the left, Gavin's is the lizard in the back and Haylee's is the original jack o lantern style, all in all they turned out really cute and we had a good time doin' it. Now if I could just get the pumpkin seeds done........ugh!

Happy Halloween everyone, hope it's a good one!!!!!!

Someday............

So I found this blog through some random craft blogs and have since checked in because her photography is amazing and her kids are too cute to even exist and now she has this post about their beautiful, wonderful, amazing trip to the beach. I want more than anything to be sitting at this house right now....even better I want to OWN this house!!!! Ahhhh......my vacations lived vicariously through strangers.

*****WARNING: MAY CAUSE DEPRESSION, MOODINESS, IRRITABILITY, JEALOUSY, JUST DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED!!!

http://www.flythroughourwindow.com/2009/10/here-goes/


Oh and PS....the pajama sign that's hanging up in one of the pics I am SO going to try and make, it's as close as I'll get.

Mike and Bonnie were in town for the weekend and it was so good to see them. :) We love having visitors and though it always goes way too fast and the weather was not great we still had a great time. Gavin was his usual "ham" self and put on a show for everyone. ;)

The girls loved having Grandma here and she had just been sick the week before so she got in some naps with them too.

One of the boys now. ;)

I was sitting with him trying to get him to nap while everyone was looking at the fish....he's almost there.

We even got to go out kid free and have a nice grown up meal at our favorite italian place. :)

While we were out we managed to get some nice new teeth to take back for all the children to enjoy. Grace's aren't too far from what her real teeth look like these days.

It's kind of how she really is......super cute.....but the fangs 'can' come out.

It was a LOT of teeth to fit into a little mouth.

Before we dropped them off at the airport we spent the day in Seattle. We had some delicious clam chowder for lunch and shopped the market, ended it with ice cream and that pretty much makes for a perfect day. Oh...the sun was out too. ;)

Grace would not let me get her close enough for a picture.

A stroll through the cheese shop.

Little boy in a BIG city. :)

So the weekend went great and we are so glad that they came over to see us. "thank you guys for everything, we love you and miss you already".

PS. Gavin woke up this morning running through the house looking for his company. :(