Finally made it with the bff!!

For over a year and a half Lisa and I have tried to plan a date to go to the arboretum with our girls! We finally made it this weekend and had sooo much fun! Every time we would try to plan our little adventure someone would get sick or something would come up. The weather man tried to tell us it was going to rain this weekend but it didn’t.. it was beautiful and we took advantage of the great day! Zoe and Heather are best friends.. and its funny because if you ask them “who’s your best friend” they will tell you its Heather and Zoe!

Friday night we had a small fire in the fire pit and Kev asked Heather to put on a thicker jacket.. well I got out her snow jacket and she insisted on putting on the snow suit instead.. she was plenty warm for sure! and then picked out her gloves, mittens and hat

all bundled for some swinging

the peacocks arent shy a bit.. they greeted us at the door

these beautiful boys were hiding in the bushes

she was patiently waiting for Zoe to change her shoes    =)

Freedom!!! we had to let them run a little free

they really liked the geese

a long walk to the waterfall was totally worth it!

I would love to have this in my backyard

we stopped for a little snack by the pond

bff’s

they were playing monsters.. rrrrrr

they kept knocking but no one was home.. the Queen Anne cottage is so beautiful

we had to stop and check out the huts

We even got to see Santa riding on the tram! It was a great day and the girls cracked up because Santa really is watching all year =)

A great day with great friends!

Family Voting..

We voted last night, hope you did too! Heather was very excited to vote with us.. she was able to put our ballots in the counting machine and they even gave her a sticker! You are never to young to be part of what makes our country great! Our personal political views may be different than the majority but we did our part and voted for what WE believe in and what would be best for our family's future.

Fort Time at Grandma's

Last friday was family dinner at Kevin's Mom's house.. its always fun and the cousins entertain us well! This time they decided to build a fort...thankfully Grandma Diane has lots of cushions on her couch and a big fort building blanket.

Daniel and Heather had a little fun bouncing the pillows off of each other too

and then boucning on them

Katt (jessi's bf) climbed in too for some fun =) the kiddos just LOVE playing with him

the perfect fort

 

and a little game of tag.. Katt was suppose to be "it" but they had so much fun just running in circles about 20 times before they realized no one was chasing them anymore. It was pretty funny for all of us

Its really nice that we can all get together often for family dinner and since Heather and Daniel are pretty much the same age its nice they can play and grow up close together. Family time is Fun time!!

Frolics in the Fall..

Its hard to believe Halloween is only a few days away... This fall season has been filled with all kinds of fun stuff! This weekend was another busy one for us. Kev is still working on the Chevy and making good progress.. I cant wait til its done and we can go play =)

Here is the rims after machining.. the bolts holes were to small for the new rearend so we had them machined out to make the lugnuts fit =)

say cheese and look cute.. apparently Heather had other ideas LOL

she loves being silly!

this is Kev's dream garage!

Here is Eugene and baby tangled..

our friend Erbono had told Heather she could have the whole bowl...YIKES!! not something a mother should hear LOL

devilish grin..

the day after Heather's hideaway was built one of our trees decided to loose the back half of it, we had to have it completely cut back. The tree guys told us it should come back just fine.. and this weekend we saw new life!! Jimmy's tree service really knows there stuff!

took advantage of our nice fall weather to do some painting

if you look at the bottom of our cactus you can see where Dingo has been chewing on it.. you would think it would hurt her mouth but she seems to not mind a bit! she's crazy!

like mother, like daughter.. we both like to have our jeeps clean =)

and we must wash the pumpkin before painting it too..

Kevin and I believe that it is still safe to drink from a water house.. and as you can see.. Heather loves it too!

I love having fun! I love my family! I love my friends! Life is good!

fisheys, sharks and dragons..Oh My!!

My Dad and his girlfriend came to visit and we decided the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach would be a perfect little adventure one day. That place is absolutely amazing!! We spent almost he entire day there.. we didn’t get to go to shoreline village after as planned  because after a full day of walking around we were all a little worn out. We saw so many amazing creatures and even got to pet some! the shows were fun too..very exciting for all ages
Someone was very excited to wear their halloween costume =)
so excited it was tough to try and get it off of her and save for Halloween hahaha! at least I know she will have a lot of fun playing dress up afterwards..
anyone want some crab??
Heather decided she wanted a fish tank like this..ummm… not sure where we would put it
beautiful coral
Nemos and Dorries..they really should just think of changing the fish name to that haha
here is a picture of what a baby shark looks like before it hatches…you could actually see it moving, it was sooooooooo cool! (the spotted stuff in the middle is the baby shark)
the stingray was smiling
the diver was hilarious.. he was blowing bubbles for Heather
water snake
one of my favorites.. a seaweed dragon
can you just hear the theme to jaws right now… dun unp dun unp..
they are really amazing creatures
we got to pet some jelly fish..they are kinda weird.. almost like touching mushy goo
another rare sighting.. a pic of me and my girl! (a bit in the shadow)
I loved petting the sting rays.. they were our favorite to touch!
more jelly fish..
took a few minutes to play.. they had a cute little water area for the kiddos
the loorakeets were so vibrant!
I just liked this plant
this one was interesting too..
very neat statue

If you havent been yet, you should def. go! We went during the week so crowds and traffic werent bad at all (extra bonus!)
I took so many pictures! there was just so much to see and the weather was just right too. we definitely want to go again..

girly accessories...

http://acraftymom.com/2011/07/23/tutu-hairbow-holder/
I found this site as I was looking for a unique baby shower gift idea to make for my friend that is having twin girls! I love it!! Im going to have to try and make 2 for her shower. I love homemade projects, they give that extra special feel to the piece.. hopefully it will turn out as cute as the ones I have seen. First I must finish my "name" sign for Heather..we have been wanting to have the hanging letters that spell out Heather but I just couldnt find one that we really really liked (and didnt cost major bucks!) so I found on one of the sites that all they use for most is special scrapbooking paper.. well I have that and I have the letters.. now I just need to finish it. As Heather gets older Im going to put some pegs in the letters so she can use it to hang her stuff like her purse or coat etc. Wish me luck! hahaha! This site seems cute so I hope you enjoy it too =)

I finished up the letters during lunch.. now I just have to add the ribbon and hang it up =) for my first attempt, I dont think I did to bad.. now on to the next project..