Pumpkin Carving

We had tons of fun digging into pumpkins this year. My mom always hosts such a fun pumpkin carving party and she did it again this year. We kick off the evening with a very yummy meal and follow it with getting creative with our pumpkins. We thought it would be fun to get Jacob a pumpkin this year as well, however, that just meant that Mommy and Daddy had to carve three instead of two. Silly us! We also got to have hot spiced cider and bob for apples. To finish it off we all displayed our pumpkins on the porch and stood amazed at our creativity as we lit the candles.

Jacob's scary face

Ewwww gross

What's in the Daddy?

All lit up

Pumpkins

This past weekend we went out to Maris farms with the whole family to pick out which pumpkins would be lovingly carved into beautiful masterpieces. Jacob was his usually happy self and it was fun to place him in the wheelbarrow and navigate him around the pumpkin patch. Along with getting pumpkins we also enjoyed their mine shaft slide, yummy roasted corn and great corn maze which my brothers loved running ahead and getting lost in. What a blast the fall can be and thank you God for such an amazing place we live in to enjoy all the seasons.

Mommy's little pumpkin

Oh how I love my Dad!

Jacob loves Granddad as well

My amazing great big family

Our coffee lover

This is a very late post but Jacob was given a minature starbucks apron from a good friend of mine Candy Spradling and we took him to one of the stores and took a few pics. Unfortuneately they wouldn't let us take a picture of him by the counter. Thanks so much for the fun apron Candy! These pictures were taken this past June.

Aunt Julie visits

Mike's sister Julie was able to come up for a couple of weeks and stay with us over the weekend. This was her first trip up to Washington since Mike and my wedding and it was so much fun to be able to relax with her and show her around Gig Harbor. Jacob also loved having Aunt JuJu up because he knew that he could get anything he wanted whenever he wanted it with is aunt being here. Julie we had so much fun with you and I'm looking forward to seeing you over Thanksgiving. Thank you for staying with us.

So happy to see Aunt JuJu

Downtown Gig Harbor with Cliff and Dana

A visit with friends

We had the opportunity over Labor Day weekend to head down south to Sherwood, OR to see our friends Mark and Katie as well as Seth and Meghan. It was such a blast being able to hang out and watch Jacob play with Mark and Katie's little ones Henry and Savannah. Henry is 2 and half (born on our wedding day!) and Savannah is just three weeks younger than Jacob. The kids played all weekend and Savannah even tackled Jacob to the floor showing him who was boss :) On Saturday we even got to get out for a little adult time and had the joy of eating dinner kid free and racing some go-karts at a local arcade. It was a blast! It was so much fun to hang out with everyone again and it reminds me just how much I miss seeing them in between times. Thanks you guys for such a fun weekend! Lets not wait so long next time.

We all look so good in hair nets

Our Big Boy!!!!

Well our big man weighed in at 27lbs 1oz at his 12 month appointment. That puts him in the 95th percentile. Way to go my little chunk-a-munk!

Oregon Coast

This past weekend we had the privilege of joining my family on the Oregon coast down near Tillamook. My parents rented a big cabin for everybody and we were able to all get together for a nice little vacation. We loved being able to relax with all my sisters and brothers play cards until all hours of the night. ;) It turns out that our little man is quite a beach bum. We spent our days running in and out of the surf with him and letting him cram sand into every little roll that he possesses. Every time we ran into the surf he would giggle with delight and when I put him down and helped him walk, the first thing he did was head right for those crashing waves. We're definitely going to have to watch him like a hawk as soon as he figures out this walking thing the next time we're at the beach. We had so much fun and I can't wait until the next time we get the chance to play in the sand. Thank you so much Mom and Dad for the great time and great food. We love you!

Playing in the waves

My sister Dasha and I

My sisters Jackie and Julianne relaxing

My sister Joanna and her dog Lily

She really likes horses.

Crazy boy! That's freezing.

My brothers Josh and Johnny.