Trick or Treat!

Sleep little Sweet Pea....


The princess peeking on some cupcakes.

General Fallishness with a Halloween Flavor

The whole family went along with Carolyn for her very first field trip--to a pumpkin patch.





Carolyn feeding chickens






Gramma Caro would be so proud. :)




The first trying on of the Halloween Costumes. Presenting: The Princess and the Pea. Thank you Gramma K! More costume pictures to come following Trick or Treat.

And of course, the carving of the pumpkins!






Abbie says, "I think I've got the hang of this!"


Abbie with her tiny jack-o-lantern


The Mommy-o-lantern's head exploded (not-suprisingly with this crew) and needed some repair.


Oh, the horror!


One big.... um, happy....? family.

Apple Cider Press

One of our favorite annual events is our church's Apple Cider Press. The whole congregation gathers out at a Christmas Tree farm and we press tons and tons of apples. Then everyone gets cider to take home. In the meantime, there's a bonfire, and hayrack rides, and tons and tons of bad for you foods to munch on.


Everybody working with the apples


Carolyn doing some pressing.


The hayrack ride.




Even Abbie got in on the action.



Don't you wish you could come? ;)

Apple Picking

We've long been frustrated that though we live in WASHINGTON STATE which is, of course, famous for apples, we couldn't find any place to pick them. That finally changed this past weekend, when I discovered that a small orchard opened for U-pick apples just recently.










The girls loved playing Frisbee with the dog.


A view of Mt. Baker from the orchard.

Carolyn Adorableness

Abbie's First Kapaw's Cone

Our FAVORITE Ice Cream place is Kapaw's Ice Cream. The ice cream is fabulous, the waffle cones are homemade, and we just think that the owners are incredibly neat people. A "first" cone is free for little farkles, so we went to get Abbie's first cone.



The first delicious bite.


What's sisterhood without a little forced sharing??

Houston.... Way Too Late

We had so much fun in Houston. These are only a few of the photos that we took, but you'll get the general idea.













Abbie Dancing with Papaw