October Outings and Oddities

We enjoyed a bunch of fun things in October.

If you zoom in you can see the turkeys crossing the parking lot, we see groups of wild turkeys quite a bit, especially funny right before Thanksgiving.

Kate had to go with me to get my TB tests done at a nearby hospital but we found the cool kid area for the Sacramento Kings fans (The NBA team we have adopted until we get the Sonics back)

Since Jaydon and Lucy were heading back from WA by camping their way down with Gma and Gram, Kate and I needed to do some fun things together. I took her to Funderland (a kid amusement park) and we had a blast.

She loved the rides, we went on so many together I got tired but she could have kept going for hours more!

The fun Fall Festival that our kids school put on. It was a great outing and I neglected to get many pics.

Lucy won a round at the cake walk, she is totally my girl. She picked the biggest one left!

Kate and I played Hiss (an amazing game with preschool and lower elementary age kids), she had the big pile, I had the small pile and the leftover cards had two snake heads and tails - super rare!

The kids soccer buttons that they got. At some point I will try posting their team pics but no guarantees I will remember because I have to take a pic of the pic.

Took the girls to a local trunk or treat event at our nearby auto-mall, Jaydon chose to stay home and watch football (shocker).

I was able to chaperone Kate's first school bus field trip. She had a wonderful time at the pumpkin patch.

She loved the petting zoo time.

Class photo

Wrapping up another day at gymnastics!

Lily plays chess

 Lily decided to play chess one day. Haha

Misc. Jan

Some random shots from the end of Dec and into Jan/Feb

 

We got something packed in dry ice and Jeremy took the kids out for a little experiment time!

The kids got a new game and I found them playing it in the closet one day.

More science experiments

Kate's prayer from Sunday School (a elementary school friend helped write the answers she gave)

Setting up their terrariums from Auntie Kelsey, Uncle Tyler and cousins Piper, Ferris and Andie.

Marco and Jaydon were into the science experiments

Kate posing with her mail from X! Thanks for sending back the broken button and the pics!

 Fashion Show!

The end of July

We definitely packed a lot of adventuring into the last couple months we lived in WA. Jeremy was busy working down in CA much of the time so the kids and I tried to find some fun ways to keep busy.

We spent the night with the Chambers family on our trip to B'ham. The kids enjoyed their nighttime stories! And of course played non-stop before that but I got no pictures of that.

We were able to get a quick trip to Leavenworth in to take in a show. The older two were able to go with us this year and we saw Sound of Music at the outdoor theater on Ski Hill. It was great and they enjoyed the show.

The Chambers swung by on their way camping and the kids got to play for a bit.

Lots of cribbage was played. Jaydon manages to pull a number of really good hands.

I took the kids to the butterfly museum in Bremerton after leaving Grandpa and Nana's, before hitting our cousin's 1st birthday party (which I didn't get any pics of - bummer) and then heading to Auntie and Uncle's place for the rest of the weekend.

Some boating time with Uncle and cousins.

 Then we even got to go tubing on our last day. What a wonderful way to end July!