We did family photos twice this year. In September, my girlfriend and fellow photographer, Jenny, came and took some photos for us in downtown Snoqualmie. Unfortunately, the first location we picked was burned down and our backup choice was under construction (as you can see in some of the pictures). In addition, the boys were, ahem, not very cooperative (major understatement).

So in October, Jonathan and I set out to a new location with the boys, a camera, tripod, and remote. The boys were better behaved, and we got some shots where all five of us are actually looking at the camera!

Here are a few more pics from September:

This boy really loves to ride his bike!

At Torguson Park

We harvested lots of veggies from the garden.

I’m watching the two cuties on the left before and after school these days. Here are the kids playing Mille Bornes.

It’s fun having another girl in the house to shake things up a little. 🙂

Avery and Hamza selling lemonade to happy customers Kieron and Louis.

We fit in as many bike rides as we can. It’s nice now that all three of the boys can zoom down the parkway.

Kieron graduated to a bigger bike in September.

Kieron always stops to get a flower for me. Sometimes I even get the root!

We found this little guy on one of our rides.

Silas’ first sleepover in the playroom. He was so excited! He and Kieron made it through the night okay, but Avery must be getting old, because he said the floor was too hard and he’d rather sleep in bed.

My heroes.

This one takes after his mommy. 😉

September means back to school. I think this summer went by faster than any other in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I was totally ready for the kids to go back to school, but summer just seemed so short! Does that even make sense?

I can’t believe we have a 2nd grader and a pre-k-er on our hands. That means next year both of them will be gone all day and Silas will be away in the mornings. 🙁 Why is it all going by so fast?!

Here are this year’s first day pics. The boys started on different days, and we were painting our front door at the time. So you will notice the front door is in various states of progress. It turned out very pretty!

Avery’s first day of 2nd Grade

Waiting for the bus

Kieron’s first day of Pre-K. I forgot to give him the cute sign I made to hold.

Disclaimer: the coordinating back packs were an accident. They sent me the wrong size back pack, so I ended up with two. But it is cute, isn’t it?

He just spontaneously did peace fingers. Love him!