Halloween 2011

These pictures are from a few days before Halloween. I had the boys try on their costumes. Timmy was a little lamb and Benny was Indiana Jones.

Timmy was so cute!

Here is a picture of the back of Benny's shirt. There is a big spider!

Here is Benny with the whip.

Here is Indiana ready for his next adventure. His friend Dayton let him borrow the hat, shirt and whip. The jacket (which it was way to big) I bought at Goodwill.
We went to the old neighborhood to do our trick or treating. We met up with our old neighbors and went with them. Benny went to a lot more houses. He was braver with his friends around. Benny and Timmy had a great time. Can't wait until next year!

Silly Benny

Benny has been such a crazy kid lately. He loves to play with his little brother.

Here I was trying to get a picture of him in his sunglasses.

After Timmy crawled into the basket, big brother had to too.

Benny standing tall at the pumpkin patch. Well over 3 feet tall.

Silly Benny at the Old Country Buffet.

My two handsome boys!

Silly Boys!

Here are some pictures of our silly Timmy. The other day I caught Timmy climbing in the laundry basket. Of course, as soon as I went to take a picture, he climbed out. Fortunately for me, he was a trooper and climbed back in for a picture.

The other night at dinner, I looked over at Timmy and this is what I saw.

Timmy likes to give kisses to the animals at the play area at the mall.

Timmy enjoying his pudding at the Old Country Buffet.

When I checked on Timmy during his nap time the other day, this is how I found him. He is sleeping on Mickey's lap while hugging his doggie.

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we visited a different pumpkin patch this year. This one was just north of Olympia. It was a great fall day. The kids got to run through a hay bale maze, jump in some hay, play on a playground, and take a hay ride around the farm. We left with some great memories, some sweet corn, some apples and of course some pumpkins.

Here is Benny sitting on a small tractor.

Here they boys had fun racing some ducks with these water pumps.

Benny was Daddy's helper when we went to get the pumpkins.

It was a great farm and we just might go back if we are still here next year.

They had some animals for the kids to see and pet. Timmy had a great time with the kittens.

We have Moved!

Hello all,

Just thought I will share that we close on our house on the 30th of September and we have already moved into a three bedroom apartment.

Benny's Vacation Adventures

Our vacation activities mainly centered around the boys. Therefore, Benny had a great time. we went to this family fun center. They had a huge indoor play structure and a lot of video games. Outside they had bumper boats, go carts, a batting cage and a miniature golf course.


Here is Benny playing what he calls "silly" golf. We only did 9 out of 18 holes. It was very hot and they boys were tired. If fact, Timmy was asleep in the stroller while we did this.

Benny had a blast with the bumper boat. Fortunately for us, we were the only ones out there at the time.
Another day, we stopped at a neighbor hood park. We brought Benny's bike and he had fun riding it to this play area.
We went to a bowling alley called Lava Lanes. Benny did an awesome job bumper bowling. He almost beat Daddy.

Vacation 2011

For our vacation, we decided we needed to seek out sunshine, so we ventured south to Medford, Oregon. Our major destination was Crater Lake National Park. We also took in some of the local sites. We visited this local chocolate shop.

The Medford Cruze was in town the week we were there. We came back from Crater Lake to find a bunch of classic cars in the parking lot of a hotel. Of course, Brad wanted to stop (more pictures to come). Benny got to sit in this little car.
Here is a picture of Crater Lake. There was so much snow up there that we could not drive around the rim. The lake was just beautiful.
Can you say Snow? This was the parking lot of the restaurant where we had lunch. The boys had fun playing in it.

Here is a local creamery. They are known for their blue cheese.

We all had a good time. Benny had a lot of new experiences. We spent an extra day in Oregon thanks to our van's fuel pump quitting on us. But, we got home safely.