Fall Fun

It was a cold but beautiful day. We took our boys to a grand pumpkin patch and spent the day as a family.

Elijah trying to pull the pumpkin wagon.

My boys

Me and my little boys

Playing on the hay

Moses running

Atop the hay pyramid

So cute

Another cute one

My Sister's Wedding

Here is a pic of me dressed up as a bridesmaid.

Aren't we a cute family? I am so blessed!

Sharla and me before the wedding. She was quite the beaming bride.

Nate and Sharla, the happy couple

We spent Saturday in Olympia this past weekend for my sister's wedding. I have had a awful head cold this past week and have been so run down that we weren't able to make it the rehearsal the night before. We just drove up the day of and it was a very pretty wedding.
My sister and I have similar tastes without even knowing it, at least I didn't. She wore the exact same wedding dress that I did. Not intentionally though. She simply tried it on and loved it and soon realized(not sure when she realized it), that it was the same dress that I wore! How funny, except she added a lovely plum accent ribbon around the waist. And the bridesmaid's dresses were black just like at my wedding(but with a ribbon added as well.) So, yeah, it was a nice wedding and they were blessed with good weather for an outdoor reception. It has been so wonderful to see God work in my sister's life and finally bring a loving husband into her life. They seem very happy together.

Camping Trip July 2008

We had a great camping trip this past weekend. Like most vacations however, it was a bit tiring, and it's taking a few days to recover! It's a lot of work going camping with two little guys, but definitely worth it! The strangest thing for me was actually being the parents, and being the one to take my children camping. Does that make sense? When you're a kid you don't have all the responsibility, and there is always mom or dad to look to for help. But this trip was a whole new experience since it's the first time I've camped since being married. It's a strange reality to have arrived at this place in life: I just had to sit and marvel at the fact that I have children now and my husband and I are the ones taking them camping and creating new memories for our family. So here are some of those memories!

Moses was excited, along with Elijah, to go camping!

We were packed and ready for our trip on Sunday morning. It's a tight squeeze taking a family of four camping in a small 4 dour car. Our plan was to go to church with our car packed and leave right after.

We were quite packed in!

It's amazing how much stuff we took camping with us! Most of which we really needed and did use.

Our campsite: You can see me by the fire on the left and our table is kind of messy. We arrived a bit later then we expected because we stopped to pick blueberries at a u-pick farm along the way! So we were hurriedly trying to set up camp and get dinner going because the boys were hungry. I made chicken in the slow cooker the day before and refrigerated it. We reheated it over the fire with BBQ sauce(wrapped in foil ), and then we had homemade pasta salad and baked beans (heated up on our camping stove).

Some good friends let us borrow their tent which was a great blessing.

Papa and Elijah. I didn't get Elijah to smile in this shot, but he really was having a great time!

Our first morning eating breakfast of scrambled eggs and sausage


We had a beautiful gorgeous day on Monday!


We hung out with some good friends over at the beach and the guys had a great time digging a moat around a big mound of sand. Do you see a resemblance in the background?


Janine and I enjoyed visiting and taking pictures of our boys having fun in the sand!

The Boys had a lot of fun!

Elijah sitting on Moses' lap in a little chair by our campfire

Beach Campfire

Our last morning hair, and there!
Moses sleeping so soundly, but I had to wake him yup so we could pack up our stuff. The boys slept great by the way, considering it was really cold and a whole new sleeping experience.

It was a joy to experience camping with our boys and be together as a family.