Preschool visit to the Pumpkin Patch...

This week was the letter "P" at preschool - so we visited the Pumpkin Patch.
We rode on the wagons:


The kids tried to give Paul a ride on the wagon...it was a little harder that way :)

We found the biggest pumpkin in the patch...

And Jaron stepped in a rotten pumpkin - he was not a fan

And tried to find the smallest pumpkin in the patch. The kids had to put them in size order from smallest to biggest - they did a great job.

Other cute pictures....

Wenatchee Adventures...

We went to visit our friends the Sorensens who have recently moved to Wenatchee WA (about 2.5 hrs North East of our house). We went down to the farmers market, and then visited a really cool old timey soda shop called "The Owl". The kids all got ice cream sundae's and Paul shared his shake with Jaron

After we were all sugared up we went on a walk over a bridge to the Columbia River where the park had a collection of interesting art.

The kids were mostly excited about the giant acorns we found. Jack had an entire pocket full to bring back to our squirrels that live in our yard. Wish I had taken a picture, but I got a purse full of acorns instead :)

While we were at the park, Ben and Mauvia noticed a little train station. The volunteers that ran the train were just killing time between birthday parties - so they took us for a ride free of charge. It was really fun and a great experience for the kids.

Train conductor - didn't catch his name so we called him "Bob"

Oh - the big news - I met my new boyfriend at the soda shop...

Paul didn't like that much (ha ha)

So - I let Greysen move in on my turf...Grey is cuter anyway :)

The Arm is repaired!!!

Kenzie's arm is all better. If you look at the X-ray you can actually see where the break is repaired. The body is so cool! Any bets on how long it will be before our next break, or stitches, or ER visit or....

I also got to go to Phoenix again. It was 105 - 109 degrees while I was there. It was too hot to really enjoy the baby blue Mustang convertible I was given as a rental car - although I did go for a drive. Here is a picture of the sunset one night - totally beautiful.

I took this picture on the plane ride home. It was great to be home.

Other cute pictures -

First day of school and other cute things...

Jack started school on September 1st. We have taken his picture in the same jacket on the first day of Kindergarten and 1st grade. So - he wanted to take the maroon jacket and get a picture on the first day of 2nd grade. He wants to do this every year until after the 5th grade he says. The jacket is getty pretty ragged - and as you can see, much too small :) Oh well...the school adventure starts again!

Other cute things:

Jaron was helping clean the windows. We sent Jack outside to clean and gave him the spray. Jaron thought the spray was on his side. We laughed, but when I went out to get the higher parts of the door - he kept doing it. We got it on this very cute video:

Emily and Brian gave me Mariners tickets for the black day (my birthday) - so Paul and I got to go and sit in some great seats. The Mariners lost (of course) but it was still a lot of fun. Paul kept getting mad at me for taking pictures of Ichiro's rear - but he would bend over and stretch at every batter and it was right there...really funny.

Cute pictures:
"Wook Mom - I can climb!"

The broken arm and other adventures...

The X-rays of her buckle fracture. The doctor says if you are going to break your arm, this is the break to have. She has to wear her cast until October 1st. She is not very excited about it. She keeps saying - I don't want to wear this. I told her it was an accessory like a necklace. She quickly corrected me that a necklace doesn't go on a wrist, that it would be a bracelet. At least she has kept her fashion sense through all this.

The arm pre-cast and getting the cast put on. She chose pink of course.

The Casting Crew

While we were in Ephraim for my Grandmother's funeral, we went to visit Snow College. They have a brand new library and a beautiful new courtyard area with some statues of Lorenzo Snow and Erastus Snow (we think) Anyway, here are some pictures of our adventures.

Yes - Justin is almost as tall as the statues. Kenzie is perched on their arms :)