October

Here’s what we were up to in October:
Layla did a mini cheer camp and cheered at the half-time show of the Homecoming Game.





Niki & Harper, Laura & Ella & Lindsey & Layla


I did a couple hikes up Mount Si with my girlfriend, Laura




Carmichael Street in the fall


A few pics from mini cheer camp

Ice skating

Kieron ran cross country at Chief Kanim. He didn’t love it, but he gave it his best effort.




Some more pictures from the Homecoming Game, which was a “pink-out” in honor of breast cancer awareness










Crafts

Bike ride to Starbucks


Avery is quite handy to have around these days

Sleepover with Ethan

Soccer!



Practicing driving

Silas’ fourth grade class

Decorating for Christmas – in October!


I think Layla wanted to get a picture of me with the cats here

Boy Scouts

Cub Scouts

School pics are in! 9th, 6th, 4th & Kinder



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Pumpkin Patch

Avery’s cross country team went on a team run to Muddy Boots Pumpkin Patch, in Duvall. We’d never been to this one before, but he had such great things to say about the corn maze that we decided to go back as a family. It’s such a cool place, and has a really big, fun corn maze with creative scarecrow scenes to hunt for inside.





























Kieron, Silas & Layla went pumpkin diving again this year to find the perfect pumpkins to carve.




Hot chocolate afterwards!

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Heather & Tim’s Wedding

Our friend, Heather, tied the knot in October on Bainbridge Island. Heather and I went to Jr. High, High School, and WWU together, and were roommates for a while. The wedding was like a mini college reunion for Jonathan and I. We had a great time celebrating Heather and Tim and catching up with old friends.







With Caroline and Chad


With Alison


With Vanessa

Heather, singing her classic karaoke go-to, Black Velvet

Dancing the night away with Taber




Our wedding gift to the bride and groom – a stump table

Beautiful ferry ride back the next day

Earlier in the month, at her bridal shower

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Ben Gibbard

Jonathan and I went to see Ben Gibbard perform at the Showbox in early October. It was a great performance, and we wished we’d brought Avery with us. Then we realized Ben was performing the next night as well, and it wasn’t sold out yet, so we bought two more tickets, and Jonathan took Avery to see him the following night.

RIP, Chris



Jonathan asked for the set list before we left. Neat memento!


Dick’s afterward

Night two




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September

Here’s the rest of what we were up to in September:

We took Layla hiking on one of her last days before school started.




We went to see Everclear with our friends, Niki & Simon. The base player, Davey French (2nd from the left) is our neighbor.



Backyard ping pong

Our neighbor (teenager) took the corner by Azalea Park too fast and ended up in a yard

Kitty love


Phoebe’s birthday – she got scrambled eggs for breakfast

Silas had to have two teeth pulled so the grownup ones would come down

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