christmas time is here...

Thanksgiving has passed and left our bellies full. We had dinner at home this year along with my parents and Jeff got to watch football all day so everyone was happy. 

Right after Thanksgiving we visited the tree farm out in Woodinville and thankfully found our tree after only five minutes of searching. The rain was coming down and no one wanted to stand out in it for too long but we found a great one and thankfully it fit all of our ornaments. We also took the train in Snoqualmie with our friends the Porter's to go and visit Santa. Ethan made sure to let him know that he wanted a climbing Spider Man and Ninjago lego's. 

 

i'll take a butter beer please...

Jeff and I recently returned from a trip to the sunny land of Florida. This was our annual trip that we get to be adults for a brief period without having to ask for the kids menu and enjoying dinner and food outside of Red Robin.

We were fortunate enough to be able to go to Orlando aka land of theme parks and had told Ethan that we were going to "Florida". Thankfully he was not able to put the two together that we were going to the home of Mickey Mouse.

Since we had just gone to Disneyland in October we purposely chose to visit the parks that Ethan would not be able to go to or would have limited rides available, that way we felt less guilty about not bringing him. Some of our stops were Sea world, and Universal Studios, specifically the Harry Potter world. Thank goodness my coworker had warned me to take motion sickness medicine before venturing the park. I think I would have died on the castle ride without it. I have never experienced a ride like this in my life but thankfully with the help of medicine I was able to enjoy it. Some of my cohorts were not so lucky but I highly recommend you go on it at least once while there. Plus, the butter beer is the bomb. I actually ended up liking the non frozen version and had to have a least two.

happy halloween...

 

 

From our family to yours we hope you all had a safe halloween. Don't worry, we have your back (except lazy batman).

busy bee...

Sorry for the long delay between blog posts but we have been quite busy the past few weeks enjoying what was left of the summer weather. Jeff and I are getting ready to head out next week for some fun in the sun but I will leave you with this past weekends iPhone photos. We went to the pumpkin patch (I'll write a post on that later), the dog park, and made homemade chili. Yum!

 

please step out of the ride to your left...

Jeff, Ethan, and I just returned from a week long trip to the happiest place on earth, aka Disneyland with our friends Kristin, Cary, Daisy, Cassiel, and Sagan. It was a pretty happy place, especially for Ethan, but unfortunately we went during the hottest week of all summer for LA. Thankfully we stayed at one of the hotels at the park so we were able to take breaks during the 108 degree weather to head back to the pool and cool off before hitting the rides again.

We had taken Ethan to Disneyland when he was a little over three and he enjoyed it but going there at age five was so much more fun. We definitely have an adrenaline junkie for a son since all he wanted to do was ride the "Tower of Terror". I believe that he rode it at least eight times or so during our trip. It was also my favorite time of year to go since the park was decorated for Halloween. 

sail away with me...

Ethan and I have just returned from a trip out to the San Juan Islands this past weekend with my parents. We arrived in Anacortes on Friday afternoon and took their small boat over to Lopez Island where we stayed for the next couple of days. 

We took their little boat out to make a trip over to Roche Harbor to play at the beach and ice cream, and to Friday Harbor to pick up kids clothes since some one forgot to bring extra clothes for Ethan. Whoops! (Just an FYI, they do not sell kids closes at Roche unless you are looking for sweatshirts.)

We even got to have crab two days in a row which was a complete treat. It was hard to come home but we missed Jeff who had to work while we were away. 

 

summer pickin's...

Blackberry season is in full bloom and since we live a little out in what we like to call the country now we took our wagon and headed down the street to pick some for pie making.