4th of July weekend

Well…it’s been almost 2 months since my promise to be better about updating this blog.  Oops…I guess I forgot that having two little ones leaves me a little short on free time  :)

My last post was at the end of June – just after Sophie turned 1 month old.  Since then time has just FLOWN by.  We started out July with a little trip to Camp Sherman, Oregon to visit Erik’s family for the 4th of July.  We celebrated at the annual BBQ at the Camp Sherman store. 

Not a great picture of any of us but family shots are hard to come by these days!!  The rest of the evening pretty much went down like this…

At least it was nothing that cookies couldn’t fix :)

The rest of the weekend was spent shopping and just hanging around at the house which is one of the most relaxing places EVER!  Addison had a great time hanging out in the garage with Erik, Uncle JoJo (Jordan) and Papa.  She was obsessed with Papa’s riding lawn mower so he tried to take her for a ride but she wasn’t having it!

Of course there was lots of quality sister time too.

Our next trip to Camp Sherman is coming up in 2 weeks and we CAN’T WAIT!!

Getting ready for Halloween!

Erik and I have never been big fans of Halloween but this year we decided to really get into the spirit with Addison.


We started out with a trip to the pumpkin patch at Maris Farms in Buckley. Addison *loved* it here....there were tons of pumpkins (of course) but also goats, cows, pigs, and even a few turkeys. She had a great time running around in the mud and checking out the whole farm.

Trying to carry her own pumpkin

Helping daddy load the pumpkins

Just lounging in the wheelbarrow

Erik spent the weekend decorating the house with pumpkin lights and last night we decided it was time to start carving!

Of course Addison loved to stick her hands in the pumpkin guts :)

The finished products....Erik's Cougar pumpkin and my attempt at Finding Nemo.


And all lit up!

Friday afternoon Addison and I will head into Seattle to visit Erik at work and then we'll head back home for the neighborhood trick-or-treaters. Addison is going to be a peacock this year and our trial run did not go so well so I'm hoping she'll at least keep the costume on for a few (tearless) pictures!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!