Thanksgiving Weekend

Our Thanksgiving weekend was a busy one. First off, we hosted our first Thanksgiving dinner. Wow. People always say it's a lot of work, but I never believed it until now. Boy, there is a lot of prep work that goes in, but it was also fun to take a turn. We had a nice-sized group, including: my parents, my grandma, my great aunt and dad's cousin Eric (Mason loves cousin Eric and visiting him on the Oregon Coast). Thankfully, the turkey turned out, as did the other dishes - thanks to my mom's help.

Friday after Thanksgiving, we decided to take in the opening night of Snowflake Lane in Bellevue. It was amazing with all of the new floats, and the kids just loved it. They were completely mesmerized by all of the surroundings.

Saturday, Andrew and I decided to take in a tailgate for Apple Cup, which took place at the Clink, while the kiddos were watched by our neighbor Dallas who babysits them occasionally.

 Feast with pre-school classmates

Mason (aka Running Deer)

The Thanksgiving table

Family pic on Thanksgiving

Kiddos with Papa and Grandma G.

 Mason can't contain his excitement for Snowflake Lane

 A family snapshot - Thanks Judy and Son

 Chloe and mom

 The new floats - really cool

 Mason meets the snow princess and prince

Apple Cup 2011 - a house divided





Memories of Fall 2011

Fall is always a busy time of year in our house with the start of back-to-school for Andrew, weekends filled with many activities, and of course, the various holidays. This year, we also had the wedding for Andrew's brother in October, so that was a fun highlight and trip to southern California to partake in the celebration (see previous post). As a result, the blog took a bit of a backseat for a while, as things were just too hectic to keep up. I am now trying to play some catch up, and pulling together some posts, which reflect the highlights.

Here is the rundown...

 Partaking in the Seattle Coug Game - Papa and Grandma love Mason in crimson 

 Mason with Butch T. Cougar 

 Pumpkin hunting - luckily the sun was out

 Chloe checks things out in her yellow boots

 Mason loved the pumpkin hut

 Chloe is in awe

 They liked checking out the sunflower

 Dad and Chloe in the hay maze

 The kiddos with Papa Craig checking out the Clyde Hill pumpkin display

 Ready for trick or treating with Jackson and Kellen

 Lulu Ladybug and Harry P.

Three generations - Papa Craig, Chloe and great grandma Carmen

My little Husky

It's rare that I can put either Mason or Chloe in purple since I am in the minority as a Husky in our family. A couple weeks ago the University of Washington celebrated its 150th birthday and I was working from home so I had to roll out the regal purple with my little girl. I have to say that I think she looks pretty darn good in it.

Hi mom

Chloe and mom