Halloween Night Adventures

This year Ty decided that it would be cool to be Captain Hook. All he could talk about is what sward he would get. I think that if I dressed him in his normal clothes and got him a sward he probably would have been just as happy, but he was definitely a cute little villain. Cousin Aimee also decided to be a pirate. They were quite the pair!

At first Ty wouldn't go up to doors by himself. Dad had to coax him into even saying Trick-or-Treat and thank you. He did eventually warm up after Dad said that he would eat all of his candy if he didn't start being polite. That worked pretty good when his candy started disappearing in Dad's pockets!

These two villains are quite the pair. Best friends Caleb and Ty got a special treat when they found out they got to go Trick-or-Treat together. It didn't matter that they hadn't seen each other for months, they were right back together like no time had gone by.

They were inseparable the whole night!

Later that night we met up with Cousin Doug and added another villain to the bunch.

We all had a great time and I loved that I got to steal a little more time with my dear friend, Jill. After making an appearance at Great-Grandpa and Grandma's, Uncle J's and ending up at Grandpa and Grandma's after 9 pm the kid's bags and tummies were full of candy and we were all tuckered out.

Pumpkin Carving '08

Tyler enjoyed drawing his own face and carving his own pumpkin this year. Like always we had four pumpkins to create faces for this year and Ty had a little hand in each of them. One for Mom, one for Dad, one for our Kitty Gabe and his very own. He was very proud of them all!

Little People, Big World

If you have ever been into the TLC channel on cable you will have heard of the Roloffs. This "Little People" family has a reality show about their everyday, not so normal, lives. They just so happen to live just down the road from us. Grammy Jackie loves the Roloffs and had to go visit their pumpkin patch. So here are a few pics from our day.

Grammy found a perfect pumpkin!

Ty got to hold a snake and seemed to be very comfortable. I on the other hand was not so comfortable! And it was cool feeling this huge turtle. Can this one fit in your cage Jill?

In the end we decided that the Roloff farm was a big tourist trap. There tractor ride was twice as much it was last year, $10 per person and it would have taken us an hour to buy our over priced pumpkin. So.... we decided to go to our favorite pumpkin patch down the road.

My Baby's First Day Of School

This year, I feel, is the last time for the next 14 years I will be able to have my baby go to school and not cry. If you don't already know, Ty is in my morning preschool class at Berry Bright in St. Helens. I love that I get to see him grow and learn every day, create his art projects and make new friendships. In the years to come I have to give up all of this to his future teachers and trust that they will teach and watch over him as good as I would.

That will be a very hard thing to do I fear. My handsome Preschooler!

Ty was so excited to go to school that he woke up an hour before he needed to and just hung out asking question after question about his exciting day. Most of them were ones that he had already asked and already knew the answer to but just wanted to here about them again.


This backpack is his most favorite thing he owns right now. It makes him feel like such a big boy!

This is where I hang my cool Lightning McQueen backpack.

Playing with bugs right before my friends got to school.

Singing silly songs at Circle Time

I made a funny spider hat with my friends at art can you find me?

Labor Day at Cannon Beach

Labor Day 2008 will always be remembered as the day my son lost his mind. I think he must have caught it from the seagulls or something. He did have a lot of fun though. You tell me what you think.

Yay, I finally got one!

Grandpa was the only one brave enough to go down to the beach with me and this crazy kid!

I think that this is the only second that Ty stood still the entire time we played at the beach.

I believe they are waiting for a wave to come and catch them.

We had a BBQ at a local park next to the beach for my Uncle John's B-day. My cousin Jessica and her daughter Taylor were able to come out for a visit and it was so fun to see how Taylor has grown. Isn't she a cutey!

Ty loved helping Cousin Jess with her game.

Hot Summer Swim - August 16

After an extremely hot weekend at our church camp out we HAD to take a cool dip in the pool. The kids always enjoy going over to Aimee's Grandma and Po Po's house to take advantage of their backyard pool and trampoline.

I had to share this gorgeous sunset. The colors were amazing!

Our Church Campout ,08

Our church camp out was a hot one this year. It was the hottest week in August, I think we broke 100 degrees for 3-4 days straight. This water balloon fight was a blessing. It started out as a fun game of toss but ended up in a water bath. The balloons could not have been actual water balloon brand because you literally had to squeeze and pop them for them to break. We had a lot of fun though.

The kids had a blast with Mr. Mo fishing for crawdads. As you can see they cough quite a few of them. Mo is always a favorite of the kids because he's not afraid to get down and dirty with them. NO we did not let the kids keep and eat these poor ugly things. Gross!

A water fight that started with the kids and ended up as a war between the adults!!!
One is never to old for a good old water fight!