Two times the pumpkin fun!!

This was quite the fun day. Both girls had pumpkin patch days.  Ashlyn with her preschool in the morning and Kelti in the afternoon with her daycare. To top it off I had a no kid day at school, so I went in for a quick meeting for part of the day and was able to enjoy both pumpkin adventures with my sweeties! :)  I love my job and the felxibility that it gives me to spend time with my girls.  I honestly think that working part time is the best of both worlds. 

Back to the pumpkin fun.

 Ashlyn's class ready to hit the patch.  Side note....this is the pumpkin patch we went to the first year we lived here, when Ashlyn was almost 18 months old and I was pregnant with Kelti....the little goats brought back some memories from our first visit and how excited Ashlyn was to pet them!

 Me and my bean.  I posted a pic at the end that show my new hair cut and color. Sooo look closely at this before and wait for the after :)

 Big smiles for the pygmy goats!

 Ashlyn is jumping right in while Kelti is a little tentative....she likes to look before she....pets.

 Ashlyn and two of her friends from school. They are both sweet girls and their moms are great too, which I love!

 Ashlyn and the pumpkin that she chose!

 Ashlyn helping Kelti pick up her pumpkin....such a sweet big sister!

 Now Kelti has it.....barely!

Ponies!  

 Watching the baby piglets.  The little boy who is standing next to Kelti is her friend from Ashlyn's school.  They run to each other and play each morning before Kelti and I leave.  It is the sweetest thing!

 Leg hugs from my big girl!

 Trying to get a good pick of them at the farm.

 I had to bribe Kelti with a gummy bear to get this smile...it is a good one though, so totally worth it!

This was the end of Ashlyn's field trip.....Kelti's is about to start!

 The girls riding in Annabelle, on the cow train.

 I love this one...Kelti and Ashlyn are both all smiles and happy campers....take a look at the girl in green in front of them....she was NOT enjoying the ride!  Poor kiddo.

 That was FUN!!

 Riding on the John Deer tricycle

 Kelti too!

 Me and Ash...Yes she did wear her sunglasses the entire time we were there which was about three hours...and she was wearing them when we walked in the door at home!  Love her and her style!

 Was trying to get a pic of Kelti and instead got one with both girls....funny and cute!

 Mmmmmm Corn on the cob...They did a great job of sharing and helping each other out!

 Ashlyn's turn!

 That was some good corn and this hay ride is FUN!!!

 Now we go for a wagon ride!

 Traversing the corn maze....

 Ashlyn and her second pumpkin pick of the day!

 Concentrating hard on which pumpkin to pick!

 Kelti's daycare group!

 My little hams!  They thought sitting on this giant pumpkin was the bees knees!

 Here is a pick of my new do......loving it!

Hope everyone had a chance to get out and enjoy a pumpkin patch or two! :)

Jog-a-thon

Ashlyn's school held a jog-a-thon to raise money for the school. I volunteered to cheer/count laps, Kelti came too and was a big cheerleader for all the joggers!  Watching a bunch of three year olds run laps is hilarious and so fun to watch.  They were all so amped up to RUN!!

 Some stretching before running....very important!

 L-O-V-E her smile in this one.....warming up is FUN!!

 fly-by high fives!  Such a happy girl!  Man I LOVE LOVE LOVE her soooo much!!!

 Running laps with Mrs. Gopen and Natilie

 Six laps later and she is still smiling! :) 

 The whole pre-3 class, what a great group of runners!!

 Obviously this is not running, but it is the night of the jog-a-thon and I thought it was really cute!  My dad and I used to do this when I was little!  :)

Now this is not a happy pic....at first we thought that Ash was just really tired after all the running, but she got a low-grade temp and missed a day of school!   :(  Poor girl...she slept all night!  This was taken at 4 in the afternoon the day of the jog-a-thon.  Thankfully one day home was enough to get our girl back to her healthy self.  Because we had double pumpkin patch day that Friday...more about that later!

Go Cougs!!! and Salmon days with the Norris Family!

At the start of October we headed down to Issaquah to spend some time with our friends John and Sara and their super sweet girl Olivia. While the guys watched the WSU football game (and the two littlest girls napped) Sara, Ashlyn and I headed over to check out Salmon Days.  Have you ever checked out this festival?  If not you are missing out.  What a ton of fun and weirdly....most things are FREE!!  That is right free.  Of course there are plenty of things to spend your money on, but you can do this very cheaply!  Yay for saving money and having fun!  We headed back right after half-time to watch the end of the game.  Which was a great move since the game turned around and we WON!!  Brian was certain that this was due to the fact that Ashlyn was there, she is the good luck charm for the Cougs! :)

 Two of the cutest WSU girls EVER!!!  Love these sweet babes!

 Trying to get the girls to stand still for pics is really hard!  Still cute though

Love this sweet girl and her sweet face 

Bubble blowing fun at Salmon days! 

Ashlyn enjoying the Tumble Bus! 

What a climber! 

 Sara, Olivia, and John

After all the fun at Salmon Days Ashlyn ended up taking a nap.  This is a big deal since Ashlyn never naps.

Sweet baby Olivia!  Go Cougs!!

After the little girls were awake and the Cougs won, we headed back over to check the entire festival out.  Ashlyn and Kelti LOVED the bouncy house (as usual)! There were also pony rides, bubbles, cool flying toys, ALL sorts of delicious food and vendors galore!  We walked down to the fish hatchery and watched the salmon swimming up stream, have you ever seen this? I have only seen it once before that I can remember (Multnomah Falls), this was AMAZING, there were soooo many salmon.  It was rally cool watching them try to jump the ladders. 

If you have ever gone you will know that this is a fun way to spend a weekend and if not you should go next year!

What do you mean I only get one cookie??!?!??

This is Kelti's reaction to the fact that there was only one cookie for her.  It is amazing the things that kids focus in on.  She was sooo happy that she got a cookie, especially since she was in the car, and I am trying to keep my car looking nice and endorsing the no food in the car rule.  So this was a special treat.  As soon as she finished she started in on her mantra of more cookie please.  I told her that there was only the one cookie and this was her reaction!  HOLY COW!!!

Never thought one cookie would get this type of response.  :) 

Seahawks weekend with Grammy and Papa!

A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to go to my first Seahawks game!  It was so much fun and a great experiences....plus a good reason to buy a super cute new Seahawks shirt! We invited Brian's dad and mom to go too, and we all really enjoyed the weekend and game together! 



 Kelti taking some warm-up laps to get ready to watch the game while we were at it!  She has really good running form.

 Showing off for her Grammy and Papa!  Every time we tried to snap a pic she would run even faster trying to escape the photogs (papa, and mama)

 Kelti and Papa D relaxing after all that running :)

 Ashlyn loves the mustache app on Brian's phone...this is what she was doing all during the Kelti running game! :)

 And here are your SEATTLE SEAHAWKS!!!!

 Pre-game pic of me and my sweetie!

 Seagals...very entertaining and they had some super cute poms!  Ashlyn would have loved it!!

 Dennis, Bonnie and Brian, enjoying the beautiful sunny weather. 

 I was enjoying the sun too!

And the Seahawks win!!!!

For my first Seahawks experience I would say that it was superb!  Such a fun time and the one thing I was worried about (noise) wasn't even a problem.... I will be looking forward to my second game for sure!!! Go Seahawks!!