Shawn and DeAnne took Ashlyn to a show in Spokane for her birthday. Cody and Caleb got to spend the night with us. 
The next day was Ashlyn's party with her school friends. We got to tag along! The birthday girl could use a few teeth if anyone is wondering what to get her. I'm thinking she might have to wait until Christmas. 
Tristan helps me vacuum.
As you may have seen in the previous post, Rebekah and Chloe came and spent the night with us. Ouch, Wade!
We had a few requests for a picture of Jason's buck. Here ya go! I feel like we really got some good meat. At Aunt Linda's suggestion, I canned some. I've never had canned venison, but I'm excited to try it. I also made some of my mom's famous venison summer sausage. Well, I don't know how famous it is, but I really like it! Jason left tonight to bow hunt elk, so I hopefully I'll be able to take another picture similar to this next week! I suppose with an elk, though, the table would be a bit fuller.
Last weekend we ventured South and West for a basketball tournament. A bunch of the friends from surrounding states and provinces get together for a few friendly games. :) The tournament was in Woodland, WA, but we stayed with Julie in Gresham, OR. We took a family picture, mom!!! 
The team Jason was on consisted of other guys from here in North Central Washington. On the way over, they stopped at the Nike Outlet store and bought "team uniforms". So, just before they took the court for their first game, they ripped off their warm-up sweats to reveal these..... Yi JianLian jerseys and shorts from the China Olympic team. It was quite amusing!
Here are the guys.
We had a lot of fun watching the games. I got to see a few of my friends from growing up!! The boys enjoyed it, too, but were exhausted by the final game.
Here is the traveling trophy. It says Tournament Champions Annual Friendly Basketball Invitational. Their were 10 teams and our team (officially called North Central Washington, not China) did a really great job. The first game seeded the teams and then it was single elimination after that. The guys won their first game to get a good seed, and then won the next two which got them into the championship game against a team from Alberta (which included Jessica's brother, Collin!!) The good guys ended up losing in a close battle, so this trophy signifies what might have been. They had a lot of fun, and Jason definitely wants to play again next year.
Tristan enjoyed the Golden Oreos that Auntie Julie brought. He kept opening them up and eating out the frosting, and we assumed he was eating the cookie too, so we kept giving him another one at his request. A few cookies later, we found a little bag that he was stuffing all of the frostingless cookies into. He also gave one to Wade, as you can see in the picture above this one.
It was fun sitting on the sidelines with the other wives or girlfriends. Trese was a big help with the boys!!
As I mentioned in a previous post, Jason's grandmother passed away. We went to Sequim to the funeral. Here are Leah and Wade enjoying an early morning snooze. 
Uncle Eric does a good job getting Tristan and his long hair ready.
Our chariot awaits...
The Sandersons
Jason helping Cody make smoothies properly.
The Sanderson Clan
Ashlyn had been pushing Wade around in this doll stroller and lulled him to sleep.
In honor of the boys monthly birthdays, I lined them up for a photo shoot. They were pretty good sports about the whole thing, although they both had drippy noses and drooly mouths, which is apparent in some of the photos. 
Tristan goes for a ride in the excavator. 
The guys are building a retaining wall up at the spec house. This is obviously a "before" picture. 
We had cousins Ashy, Coco, and Caybo over to make pumpkin candy necklaces and to decorate cookies. 
Tristan makes....surprise....a mess!!!
Tristan didn't know what to think...he was pretty terrified of the scary masks that some people had on. 
When the neighbor moved he left this deer standing in the bushes. It is a bit of an eyesore, but the boys enjoy riding on it.
