Fall Fun

We went on a hay ride.  It was awesome!  We rode the wagon up to a corn maze and then over to an orchard to get some apples, and then to a pumpkin patch!  :)

In the corn maze.

The tractor driver even gave the boys a turn!

Feeding the goats after our ride.

Watching a cider press in action.

Fred and Mildred:  Some of our favorite people!

Another of my favorite people!!!

And even more of my favorite people!  We had fondue night with Jason and Sue.  We had two pots, one with a broth and one with oil.  Yum!!!  Notice the fresh salmon, shrimp, chicken, steak, vegetable assortment, and a variety of dipping sauces.  Top that off with some sparkling lemonade and you've got a DELICIOUS meal!  And fun too!!

Helping unwrap the caramels for the caramel fondue.

Yum!!!

The boys did a scavenger hunt on Halloween.  They loved running around the house, following the clues, and finding prizes.

Hahhahaha!  I love this one!

And this one!!!

We took a trip to the park to play in the fallen leaves.  I tried to get a few fun pictures of the boys.  Here were some of my keepers.

For some reason pictures of a little boy walking like this just melt my heart!  Especially when his pants are too big!  :) Ha!

Guess where those leaves are headed!

We spent some time raking leaves up at the convention grounds.  The boys were a big help, as long as they could hitch a ride back on the tarp!

Leah found a prize in her pile!

Meanwhile the guys were laying blocks and building a block wall.

We had some special guests passing through.  Cody and Dan went to work with Jason for a day, we had to visit them on the job!

A visit to Mike and Tawn's this weekend was great!  The kids made a big mess with beans, the guys went bird hunting, and Tawn and I enjoyed a wonderful weekend!  

A practice hunt with the kids.

Storytime!  

Tawn and I took the kids up into Canada to a community centre water park.  It was a great place to take the kids. There was an adventure river, hot tub, waterslide, etc. and very reasonably priced!  And one of the highlights of the weekend was that we took the van up, and Jason and Mike fixed it!!!!  Woohoo!  It has been deemed ready for a trip to WI for Thanksgiving too!  :)

Workers and Pumpkins

The workers stayed with us, so we invited our cousins over to carve up some pumpkins.

From left to right we have Leah's pumpkin, Dorlene's, Tristan's, and Jan/Wade's

Seattle Weekend

We love football season!  

This was obviously a very intense game!  Owen seemed to have missed the memo!  :)

The boys wanted a bonfire to roast marshmallows, so we had a pizza picnic in the yard and a fire in the fire pit!

We headed to Seattle and were put up in this awesome condo building!

The view of the space needle from outside our building!

We took a night time walk through downtown Seattle!

The boys had lots of energy from napping most of the trip over, so we had to let them walk it off!

Owen couldn't resist stopping and dancing to the music from a restaurant!

A cool fountain outside of the lobby of the Ellington, where we stayed.

"Art" in the sculpture park

A view of the Ellington from the water.

Some kids are considered to be a "ham", but Owen is definitely all CHEESE!

A walk on the water down to Pike Place Market

When Daddy got done working we walked to the Seattle Center and hung out at the International Fountain.

We took the monorail to Westside Plaza.  There was a big protest going on....everyone seemed to be protesting something different, so it didn't seem to be working out very well for them.  :)  There were tons of police, though!!! On foot, in cars, on horses, riding bikes!  Everywhere!

The protest from above.

We went to see an IMAX, "Rocky Mountain Express", where we all took naps, except Leah!  We checked out the science center a little as long as we were there.

Oh, don't you just LOVE this mirror!  :)

You can see why I married him, right?

We loved the butterfly habitat!

We enjoyed a wonderful meeting on Sunday at the Elly's!  And then marveled at the fall colors on the way home!

Owen took a nap as soon as we got into the car, he woke up to this sight.  Immediately he started pointing and saying "Daddy, daddy!"  He recognized Daddy's truck right away!

Fun car ride buddy!