Thanksgiving Week. . ..

 We had a great week in CA! It was so great to see family!

Celebrating Erin's bday, and Leo's half bday! 

Grace and Kate helped set the tables!

"oh Alessia, oh sweet Alessia." Forever the way I will remember how to pronounce her name:).  

Same name, same plaid shirt, and same expression:).  

Isn't this way too cute?! I hope it's their Christmas card:).  

And I love this one, too! 

I think Will took the picture:)

And one of the highlights of the week was buying our new car!! We took advantage of having my parents watch the kids and bought it in Yuba City! I am especially excited about it and am really enjoying it!!

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween night! 

Fall Colors!!

I had to dedicate one of my posts to the fall colors because our fall has been so pretty this year!! 

September/October!

Wow, it's so easy for time to go by without posting anything, but I am determined to keep up with this blog, since it's a great way to pause and remember what we are doing!

Since the last post, the kids have started school and almost finished a soccer and football season (Grace and Will respectively:)).

And most recently, the fall colors have been so amazing!! I'm getting my pumpkin patch/fall fix again this year, which I missed last year!

Grace and Will started the week before Kate! First day of 3rd and 2nd Grade! 

First day of Kindergarten!! 

At the park in N. Portland after picking up Grandma! 

Fun visit with Jenny and Sasha at the beginning of September!

Pumpkins from our garden and Papa Bill's garden! 

Getting more pumpkins from Bill! 

Leo is 5 months!

Our trip to the Corn Maze was super fun! We had tried to go the previous week, but didn't quite make it because Kate threw up in the car! We were all bummed, but made a plan to go the following week.  It ended up being better all around because Kate felt better, and the weather was a lot better!

We had so much fun at the corn maze!

We made it! 

Aunt Kelly brought the kids fun things from Panama! 

My buddies in the morning:).  

I painted the bar dark blue:). 

Will's first year of football! 

Bike to school day! It was so fun!

Dad in Pat's gear for his blustery day at the football game! 

Little Leo and Grandpa Leo just hanging out:). 

Hard to get a picture of all kids smiling:).  

Cannon Beach getaway while my parents were in town! So fun to get away for the night!!