Rememeber These?

Since it's pumpkin season again, I thought I would share a favorite recipe I shared last year at this time, for those of you who may not yet have it. This is a recipe for pumpkin pancakes, that we have grown to love. Here is the link where you can find how to make them. I hope you too, will come to love them as much as I have.

Visit to Aunt Heather's and the Yakima Indian Reservation

This last weekend we drove over to Yakima, where we visited Heather and toured the reservation where she works. I had never been on the reservation before, and so it was nice to be able to put all that we hear about into a bit of perspective. Though we did not interact with any of the tribal people, we were given a sense of what their lives might be like, as we drove past some of their homes and saw where they hold many of their traditional gatherings.

Even though our trip was short, we still had a great time. Thanks Aunt Heather for showing us around to all the many places you love and serve.

Cast Your Vote

Alright folks, you have until 10AM on October 27th to vote on what gender you think baby #3 is. My ultra sound has been scheduled for 10:30 that day, so the results will be out later in the day, once all the family knows.

If Levin is correct, we will be having another boy of whom he has named "Brother". We will know for sure in just a few short weeks!

Party #2

Here are the pictures taken from Philip's birthday party on Sunday, where the Germans were able to be with us. Philip was all warmed up from Fridays party and so he knew just what to do.

Happy 2nd Birthday Philip

Happy Birthday (yesterday) Philip, my cuddly mama's boy!

Party #1

Last night, we celebrated Philip's second birthday with the Van Gilder clan. Though he did not know why we were all singing to him and watching him open gifts, he seemed to really get into the whole night and appeared to have a great time.




Tomorrow we will celebrate with the German family.

The Big Fantastic

When daddy got off of work on Wednesday, we headed off to do the Puyallup Fair, with Aunt Jen. The boys had a great time seeing all the animals, and people. Philip had a short nap that day, and so was happy mostly to watch Levin try everything. That is, until it came time to visit Uncle John at the Hot tub tent. Both boys love giving high fives to uncle John, due to his great reaction each time.

We also, visited the fire station where Levin tried on a coat and pretended to spray water. He actually surprised us by how much he wanted to do, since he tends to shy away from trying new things.

We did not do any rides, but as we were trying to sneak past the kiddy land area, Levin turned and noticed the pink and purple merry-go-round. His comment was, "Hey look, it's for girls", and that was it. I know in a few years he will love everything about the fair, but for now we will stick with the simple areas.