A little treating

On Thursday, October 29th, the girls' friend Austin had a Halloween birthday party. All of the kids decorated their own mini-cake, had yummy Mickey pancakes and goofy eggs, Buzz apple juice, etc. The party was so much fun!

Gracie as Tinkerbell
Payton as Cinderella (her favorite!)

Gracie, Payton, Hudson, Birthday boy Austin, and Maddie

Fairy-Taylor, Tinkerbell-Gracie and Monkey-Grayson

Most of the kiddos

Back row: Monkey-Noah, Octopus-Charlotte, Astronaut-Neil, Monkey-Hudson, Train Conductor-Will, Kenji Johjima-Ryan, Panda Bear-Caitlin, Cinderella-Payton

Front row: Pirate-Levi, Shark-Jack, Tinkerbell-Gracie, Buzz Light year-Gabriel, and Astronaut-Adrian.

Fairy Taylor, Ariel Jordan, Cinderella and Tink

We looooove chocolate!

Blessed

An amazing group of Moms whom I am blessed to have in my life! I don't know what I would do without these women. My family and I are so fortunate to know them!

Back row: Stephanie, Molly, Elesha (holding Cole, Samantha's son) Teresa, Abbey, and Hilary

Middle row: Natalie (holding Taylor), Nadine, Kelsie, Samantha, Me, and Priscilla

In Front: Karen

The leaves are falling..

Payton and her friend Jack out in our front yard playing in the leaves..

Somehow our pumpkins wandered off of our porch to play in the leaves too!

Happy Fall!

Field trip with Payton's school

Wednesday, October 21st, Payton's class had a field trip to Craven Farm in Snohomish. It was our second time to the pumpkin patch this year, but we were very excited to go again. It was a VERY rainy day, which made for a wet and muddy experience, but it was still fun!

Payton's best friend Jordan and her with Snow White and a couple of the dwarfs.
Gracie and her "Na-Na"
Her bunny blankie goes EVERYWHERE with her and the pumpkin patch was no exception.

Gracie, Jordan, and Payton

me and my girls.. a little wet

Natalie, Taylor, Jordan, Payton, Me and Gracie

We have a picture of Natalie and I with Jordan and Payton when they were one and at the pumpkin patch. So fun that we are able to have their little sisters with us on this one.

Trip to Carleton Farms

Last week we went to Carleton Farms in Lake Stevens. Ryan and I have been going there every year since we've been married and have made it a tradition to take the girls now too. This year, Ryan's mom came with us! The weather held up, we picked out a few pumpkins, and a wonderful time together. We can't wait to do it again next year!

Payton at the " How tall this fall".

She wasn't standing up very straight, so it's hard to tell how much she's grown since last year.

Click HERE to see Payton from last year.
Gracie can now stand on her own, so we can take pictures of her every year now.

Payton, Grammi, and Gracie

The girls were so excited that Grammi was coming to the patch with us!!!!!

Grammi waiting at the end of the tube for Payton

Payton inside the tube

Grammi hiding behind the corn to sneak up on Payton as she was running by.

Washing our pumpkins

Our family

Gracie and I

Me and Payton

Alone without Kiddos

Thursday, October 8th, Ryan and I headed out of town to Portland, OR for a few days child-free. The girls went to my parent's house in Cle Elum to be spoiled rotten while we had much needed alone time! Ryan had been planning our little getaway since August and we were so excited to be alone, we could barely contain ourselves!

Our drive down.

Ryan was trying to look serious.. it worked.
Us at Stanfords.
We actually sat in the bar, enjoyed happy hour, and had some drinks.. everyday!

The ice rink at Llyod Center

"Made in Oregon" sign

We went to a street fair in Oregon. It's held every Saturday and Sunday, ten months out of the year. This particular vendor had all of his artwork displayed on his bicycle.

We wrapped up our weekend at Buffalo Wild Wings.. very yummy.

Ryan and I had such a wonderful time together! We slept in, held hands, shopped, ate yummy food, spent a lot of time together chatting and laughing, and overall reconnected. It felt like we were dating again. Our hopes are to have a four day getaway every October, just the two of us.

Here is a video of a few guys playing their buckets at the street fair.