Trevor's 6th Birthday!

Trevor wanted to celebrate his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's this year. The kids all had a great time, of course!

Best Buds, Trevor and Cami! Gavin, Justice, Sloan and Jafe...I think they were mesmerized by the terrible dancing on the big screen! Mmmm...cupcakes! Happy Birthday, my sweet boy! The grown-ups...having so much fun at Chuck E. Cheese's, too! Zach and Kim, you are such good sports to come along! "Are we done, yet?"

The World is our Playground...and our Classroom!

We went running and bike riding on the trail, yesterday! It was so beautiful and fun! The boys even got to see a few remaining salmon swimming up stream!

The End of Soccer Season

Time has really gotten away from me! I forgot to post pictures from Trevor's end of soccer season party! I guess there's not much to tell, but there are some cute pictures, of course!Trevor and Cami Sloan, Gavin, and Justice Trevor with his coach! Justice and Gavin had to snuggle to stay warm at the last game, it was so freezing! Trevor in goal. Look how foggy it was!

Wild West Fall Fest

Anikin Skywalker and Boba Fett (aka: Trevor and Gavin). I tried to get a more frontal view of Trevor's costume but I couldn't get him to NOT pose like that! Ha!

As you can probably imagine, it was nearly impossible to get a picture of all six boys together. This was the best I could do. (Justice, Gavin, Trevor, Cami, Jafeth, and Sloan.) "Cheeeeeese!" The only way I could get a picture of the two dinos...I had to grab them and give my camera to Kim! Didn't it turn out cute!? This is at my mom's house after Fall Fest. (The boys with my grandma, aunt, and mom.)

More Pumpkin Patch Pictures

Johnny Rockets for lunch.The five pumpkins: My mom, Gavin, my Grandma (who is visiting from San Diego), Trevor, and me.Trevor falling out of the wheelbarrow! Posing, again! I love this picture! What characters!

Punkin' Patchin'

A couple weeks ago, the boys and I drove over to Chelan with Linda, so she could buy some pears for canning. We all had a great time! We stayed over night in one of John and Linda's time share condos, so we had all the comforts of home...and then some! We played Rummikub, watched a movie, ate pop corn, used the hot tub, the boys played racquetball and Gavin even went swimming (briefly!) in the outdoor pool! (Oh yes...and we also bought fruit at various fruit stands!) We were so blessed to wake up the morning after we got there to gorgeous weather! Everything was so beautiful, it made me want to paint a picture! Brrrrrrrrrr!!!

Way to go, Kim!

We went to Portland this past weekend to support Kim as she ran in the marathon! (That's 26.2 miles, for those who don't know! Wow!) She did great! We were all so proud of her! She and Keri have been working so hard and diligently training together for so long! It was beautiful and special to watch them accomplish their goal! (Click on Kim's link, to the right, for more details and pictures.) Way to go, Kim! You are such an inspiration! I love you!

Skate Park

The boys had been begging me to take them to a skate park, so I thought I should make it happen before fall really set in! Plus, there is a tennis court at the park, so that was a perk for me! I love tennis but I hadn't played at all this summer. I'm not really sure that what we did that day was called "tennis", though! I'm sure we must have looked crazy...Kim and me and all six boys on one court...balls flying everywhere...everyone running in all different directions swinging rackets... It was pretty hilarious! We were cracking up! Needless to say, it was a very fun "recess"!

Do the Puyallup!

Bryan took a day off work so we could go to the fair! It was the first time we had gone to the fair as a family, so we were all very excited! It was a beautiful day and the boys had so much fun riding the rides! (As you parents can probably attest, it's difficult to get a good roller coaster picture! Ha! Even if it is just the little kid one!) Thanks for a fun filled day at the fair, "Dad"!

"When I grow up..."

Trevor is always asking me if he can be whatever he wants when he grows up. Of course, I say , "Yes! You can be whatever you want to be!" Usually he says he wants to be a golfer and would I please "sign him up" to be a golfer! The other day he said to me, "You know what I'm going to be when I grow up?" I said, "What's that?" He said, "What you are! A grown-up!" (Clever.) Then Gavin said, "You mean you're going to be a grown up that doesn't make money!?" Nice.

Gridiron Classic

Washington State played San Diego at Qwest field on Saturday. This was the second year in a row that we have gone to the "Gridiron Classic" with Zach and Kim. (We just learned that it's called that!) I think we are going to make it an annual tradition! It's so much fun being in the stadium with all those Coug fans! It's a sea of crimson! ...Laughing, cheering, eating garlic fries, critiquing the cheerleaders...and of course, there was a football game going on, too! (Coug's beat the Aztecs 45 to 17! See, don't I sound like I was paying attention!?) That's my man!

My sideways tattoo. Thanks, Kim. ; ) We wanted to get a picture of us in front of the beautiful city skyline. After attempting to take the picture ourselves, a crazy old man walked by and took my camera so he could take the picture for us! It was nice, funny, and scary, all at the same time! Ha! The picture turned out nice, didn't it, old creepy guy?