It's Official!

The Tooth Fairy is busy tonight!

Our Baby

Isn't she fun? A little bit of magic.

The other morning Kenzie asked if we could have a 4th kid. I told her we loved having three and that we were probably going to stick with that. She said she really wanted four. I said, sorry... and she said "well, who do I need to talk to about it?"

Tradition...

So anyone who has been to our house has probably seen these over the years- we have stickees for Halloween and Thanksgiving. The coolest part is that Joel and I used to put these up when we were this age. Talk about withstanding the test of time!

Proud artists.

Yogurt, Anyone?

Oh yogurt, I adore thee, and swim in your creamy rasberry-ness.

Mom Thoughts

Today the kids tumbled off the bus and were SO pumped about school.
"It was great! It was more than great! It was fantastic!"
While polishing off an entire box of mac and cheese, three turkey franks, and a half a jar of pickles- they took turns sharing the things that happened. Mackenzie has inherited Grandma Sandgathe and Mommy's gift of remembering songs, and usually has a new one each day that she sings to all of us. It is pretty impressive. After lunch I gave them some new socks and underwear I had picked up at the store and you would think it was Christmas Day! They were yelling and running around, "Thanks mom! I love these mom! These are so great! Can I try them on? Look! Look!" Anyway, it was so cute I had to laugh at their exuberance.

Is it Fall?

Our Pacific Northwest Policy is that if it isn't raining hard, then we can still go outside. This trail is right by our house and we spend lots of time exploring on it.

Playing under the bridge.

Hey, wait up!

Check this out!

I even have an attitude outside!

Hiking

Although these pictures don't do it justice, this is a spectacular hike just 15 minutes from our house. We booked a babysitter, grabbed some sandwiches, and climbed up the steep (but not too long) side of Little Si Mountain. We even made it back to the car just after sunset.

The lighting is weird; but the view was awesome!