Trip to Lee Farm's for our Pumpkins

This was our first year going to Lee Farm and it will definitely be an annual event.  They had so much for the kids to do from pony rides to a petting zoo, a hay maze, a hay ride and even some fair rides.  And of course the kids picked out two  perfect pumpkins.  We had a great time.  

Aunt Christina and Harrison came to visit Sept 08

During their visit we took Sienna and Harrison to the Children's Museum then for a walk along the water front(Braden was in Eugene with Dad for the Duck game).  Then we ended the day at The Screen Door in E. Portland for some good ol SouthernFood.  What a perfect ending to a great day!
Playing some sweet music for mom.

more pics of Christina and Harrison's visit

The kids playing in the backyard.  
In the Dig at the Children's Museum
Sienna tried so hard to get into water and ended up in this bucket.

 I think the favorite part of the Museum was the water area.  Kids do love water.  

Like Father like son

Braden wanted me to leave him alone to go potty and when I went in to check on him I found him like this.  When I asked him what he was doing he said, "I'm just reading".  Thank goodness I was able to catch this in a photo.  I laughed so hard!

My boys resting on the couch.

Mom and Braden's date night to the Circus

Aug and Sep 08 pics of the kids

The kids with the new pup Coco
Go Noles!  So funny, looks like Sienna is about to do the Seminole chop.
Brian and Braden at the Duck Game.  They spent a couple boys weekends going  down for the games.  Braden loves going to the Duck Games spending time with dad and papa.  He's really good at chanting "Go Ducks Go".

While the boys were away Sienna and I enjoyed some girl time.  We went shopping and spent the day downtown Portland watching the Dragon Boat races and enjoying the gorgeous weather.  

CoCo, the new addition to our family

Meet CoCo, the new addition to our family.  She is only 8 weeks old and is a PomChi(Pomeranian/Chihuahua).  The kids love her!  She is sooo sweet and a really great puppy....so far anyway.  Chichi isn't so sure about her yet, but I am sure he'll warm up to her very soon.  

Florida trip 08

We spent lots of time playing in the back yard, swimming and playing on the playset at Grandma Joyce's.  Grandpa Wallace came for a visit and played in the pool a lot.  Here are Elana and Braden having an ice cream break with Grandpa Wallace.  

Christina and Harrison were in DeLand and stopped by for a visit.

Elana pushing Sienna around in the baby doll stroller
Playing on the beach in New Smyrna with Aunt Angie and Elana
The weather wasn't great so Sienna and mom hung out near the car

We had so much fun spending time with Elana and aunt Angie.  We miss them soooo much!
Braden playing dress up(poor baby boy only has girls to play with, we need a another boy in the family) Sienna and Elana dancing with Dora.
Aunt Faye came for a visit too.

Grandma let us eat lots of popsicles
Breakfast time with Grandma

Family Vacation to Palm Desert, CA

Here a few pics from our family vacation to Palm Desert.  We loved it there and had soooo much fun.
Out for a nice dinner....
Braden caught two shrimp in his mouth!

Hangin by the pool where we spent most of our time...


We visited the Palm Springs Desert zoo
We saw bunnies all over the property where we stayed
View from our building
We hung out on the balcony and watched the golfers tee off and we had a good view of the pool too.
More pool pics



Brian took Braden down the big slide. He was scared at first but after the first time we wanted to go over and over.