Monday, October 31, 2005  
Happy Halloween!

 
Here are our great jackolanterns.

 
This sunday we got to go watch Salina's sis Mariah (#10 blue and gold) play basketball in Poulsbo. It was fun

 
Here is my pumpkin from our school trip. I scooped the guts out, and drew a face on it, and dad carved it for me

 
A few weeks ago we went to Salina's Aunt Jo's house for a Halloween party. Salina's Cousin Heather's girls Alyssa and Madison were there; Salina's cousin Missy's niece Shelby was there too. They had a great time picking pumpkins from Auntie Jo's garden, decorating cookies, eating good stuff and just playing together!

 
this is the best picture of our costumes

 
Aly, Avery, Madison, Shelby, Emma

 
We had a great time

Tuesday, October 18, 2005  
today emma got to go to craven's pumpkin patch on a field trip with her kindergarten class! dad went also to help out.

 
they had some fun displays like this wizard of oz one. i am going to be dorothy for halloween! there were some cool animals in this area too but the pictures didn't really turn out.

 
here i am searching for just the right pumpkin -- "a bumpy one so it could be more character"

 
loading up the pumpkins

 
canoeing through lake woodchip

 
i had a great time!

 
and, i picked a great pumpkin, with lots of character!

 
it was avery's birthday october 15th!

 
check out my new cinderella dress!

 
salina reading the cousin's a story

 
yum, cake!

 
i love the backpack gramma linda got me

 
i love the kitties gramma carmen got me

Sunday, October 09, 2005  
Here's salina and emma (and some random folks in the background) on our way to the annual fall Kelsey Creek Farm Fair. It is always a good time. We are on the shuttle from the park and ride to the farm. Every year we always struggle for parking and never realized there was a shuttle!

 
there were some llamas and alpacas to check out

 
the bellevue FD was out to show off the firetrucks

 
emma in the bouncy tent. she loved it. avery however is terrified of anything large and inflated. true story

 
every year this antique tractor club from around here is at the fair, they bring all these old tractors to look at and also to pull wagons for hay rides

 
they also have a ton of kids sized pedal tractors, which is always fun

 
Check me out, I am pumping water.

 
there was a sandbox with all kinds of classic tractor type toys. despite her expression here, avery enjoyed it

 
here we are on a hay ride!

 
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there was face painting, i got a flower and avery got a kitty

 
look at me, i am so big on this pony ride! emma got to too

Saturday, October 08, 2005  
Applesauce!

Ingredients:
Four apples
1/8th cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
cinnamon

Peel and chop apples into tiny pieces. Combine apples, water, sugar and cinnamon in pan. Simmer for 12 to 18 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mash with potato masher or blender. Cool and serve.

 
even i can cut with a butterknife!

 
this is a fun project!

 
chopped

 
choppy chop

 
working together

 
mix it all up

 
you can use a potato masher but i don't know where ours is!

 
the finished product!

 
yummy

 
emma says good stuff, levi in the background