Ethan time

What do you do when you're child wakes up from a nap, somewhat sad, and asks to go on a walk with you. Being that it was so beautiful outside we decided to take a trip to Lee's Farm. Ethan and I checked out as much as we could. There were lots of animals including a llama which was a bit frightening for Ethan. We nearly had the place to ourselves. It was great. The best part was watching Ethan have so much fun and of course taking some pictures. Here's a sample of our day.

Checking out the goats from a distance

Um mommy, don't look now but the Llama is coming this way. Let's go check out the cows.
He watched them from a distance, but was happy to show off his "moo" sounds

Don't look now, but the llama is watching us again. Let's go hide in the hay maze.

Mama, which way should I go?

I got it!

I have to climb up that to go down the slide. Whoa!

I can do it!

We did this several times and was by far the highlight for him. I guess getting a bite of his mama's apple cider donut wasn't too bad either. =)

Fall Fun

Here are some pictures from our family harvest party. This first picture is of Ethan on Friday (day before) when mommy needed something to occupy Ethan's time. I was busy making zucchini bread and potato casserole. So I decided to give him a bowl of oatmeal and a spoon knowing bathtime would follow, but it would give me the 10 minutes I needed. So first he started out eating the oatmeal with a spoon. A little messy but not bad. Then who needs a spoon when your hand works just as well. So now a little messier. I knew it was bathtime when Ethan decided to put the bowl on his head saying "hat" repeatedly as he did it. Mommy finished in the kitchen just in time. What a goof ball. =)

Here is Ethan getting attacked by Uncle Trent
My boys
Our little boys. They're so cute!!!

Rock Throwing Lessons

Eric showed off his mad skills of rock throwing when we were in Mt. Rainier. Now he is training our little guy. As you can see from the pictures he had a BLAST!

This is Ethan doing the "Rock happy dance" while Dada is watching.

Okay now I've got to remember everything dada taught me.

First I must find a rock, but not just any rock.
Maybe if I take a closer look

Here it is!

I'm so excited! I'm so excited!

Okay, now THROW!

I'm am so pleased with myself.
I stopped for a second to let my mama take a picture. She loves it!
Okay, I'm going to make this last one count. My dada will be so proud.
Whoa, did you see that! I mean DID YOU SEE THAT? This calls for the Happy dance.

Chillin' with my dada. What a great day!

my meme

1. I once knocked myself over playing bowling. It was game two of some serious competition. I decided to get a little creative and do a through the legs shot. Needless to say I missed, hit my left leg, and the next thing I know I'm on the ground. Of course it was a packed house and several saw. I had totally forgotten that story until now. Thanks.

2. When I grab a handful of peanuts I like to eat the whole ones first and then the halves.

3. In first grade, my class was doing a dance to celebrate cinco de mayo. The girl's skirts were merely tucked in (whose idea was that). Anyway my skirt came off in front of the ENTIRE school. Instead of support from my teacher, I was laughed at. I guess I would have done the same thing if that happened to one of my students.

4. I almost went to a Michael Jackson concert last year. Okay so it was elementary school. It was going to be in Seattle. I worked hard to pick out my outfit. In case you're wondering it was black pants, black boots and a white shirt with built in black ruffly suspenders. It sounds quite nerdy when I type it, but let me tell you it was hot! Of course he got sick and the concert was cancelled. I was so bummed. Speaking of Michael, I also had a poster of him in my room. What?!! I must say though, I do like the jackson 5.

5. I really don't like orange skittles. If there is a bowl of skittles out, I will pick around the orange ones. My skittles order would be purple, red, green, yellow, then way down there orange.

6. I was once picked to do the lead recorder solo in music class. It was hard, but I was good. Maybe they could use me at BCC for special music.

7. When Eric and I were first married I tried to be creative and make chili without a recipe. Instead of using regular beans all I had was baked beans (the sweet ones). It was so bad that when I went to pick Eric up from work, I had my mom get rid of it for me.

8. Last week I wore Ethan's sock. You're probably wondering how is that possible. Well, I have some backless tennis shoes and needed some half socks (just covers the top of the foot). I couldn't find my own in the laundry room and stumbled upon a sock of Ethan's that was quite stretchy.

Jenna, I don't believe you've played. You know you want to join the fun =).

I'm back

I have so much to blog. Thank you for your patience. Here are a few pictures of our trip to Mt. Rainier. We had such a relaxing time and will be back for sure! Ethan enjoyed his first hike (picture #1). He also enjoyed throwing rocks in the water (I'll save those for the next post), the word water "wawa" and his first phrase "wawa bye bye." Also whenever we would say look at the trees, he'd look up and say "wow."

Look at my two boys =)
Oh yes, and on the hikes he always had a stick in one hand and a pine cone or rock in the other. What a boy =)

Golfing with the Boys

Yesterday Eric and Mike let us bask in their awesomeness at Pumpkin Ridge. It was so fun to watch out husbands play golf. I will say though the fun was heightened due to the fact that we followed the boys in a golf cart. We were having so much fun watching our boys and driving around (and eating snickers and hot dogs =)) that we stayed all 18 holes. Did I mention picking blackberries when no one was around? As you can see, Becky and I even played a little. Not much though because we're too slow and the people behind us were catching up. Also because do you see many pregnant women on the golfing? I look forward to the next time. Thanks boys for a great day!

I posted this picture to show you the visor and golf shirt I was wearing (Oh yah, I totally fit in) and my glove. I wore the glove most of the time even though I wasn't golfing.