We are so lucky to have this amazing place practically in our back yard (two miles away)! We had a big freeze recently, and Jonathan went out and snapped this shot of Snoqualmie Falls.

Our proud Cub Scout

Look who’s potty training! Silas has gone once on the potty so far, and got Avery in the process, who fortunately, took it in stride and congratulated his little bro.

Kieron looks like such an angel in this pic! Here he is with his stuffed owl, Bacon.

Avery had a loose tooth that was bothering him. Here he is pulling it out.

Meanwhile…

He got it!

And here’s the note he left for the tooth fairy.

Just another trip to Red Mill for burgers

We dog sat our neighbor’s shih tzu, Ellie, for a week. The boys loved having her at the house!

Notorious cat-lover, Grammy, showed up for the holidays. Here she is cuddling with Ellie. Don’t tell Cosette!

The hard drive on our computer died. It’s fixed now, so time to get caught up on blogging (again). Here’s some of what we were up to in early November.

Kieron was a lot of help raking leaves

Ashleigh and Mark came for a visit. We took a walk on a nearby trail with the boys.

All that backpacking they did on the PCT was good training for this walk

Silas & Kieron getting cozy

And here they are playing trains together

Kieron and his friend, Lily, during a play date.

Here are a few more pics from last month. The weather has turned now, but we had a beautiful October this year!




Who needs pants in the backyard?

Into the wild


Avery making faces

Avery and his buddies, Dalton, Aubrey, & Hamza, at school

The boys tried on their costumes one evening, and madness ensued.

Picking out flowers for Mommy at the farmer’s market

We’ve had quite a few interesting wildlife sightings this month. Here are the boys watching our deer visitors

And here are some elk by the parkway

By far the most exciting was the bobcat who walked by during dinner one night. He walked the entire length of the retaining wall in our back yard, straight into bunny territory!