fall happenings.

as each season approaches i think "hooray, we barely have anything planned...we can relax!" 

then fall arrives (or spring, summer or winter)

and i realize that we have quite the list of events and things to do

equaling not much time to relax.

this fall was no different...we've been busy with youth group, youth group events and activities, work, cooking auction dinners, travel, birthday parties...plus working in time for fun and naps ;)

it's been busy.

and of course we have to fit in time for post nap snuggles, ball chasing, eating lots of cherrios ;)

we are trying to enjoy every moment of parker at the age he is...he is too much fun and reminds us daily of how grateful we are!

we currently are gearing up for thanksgiving, a visit from garth and mary, and heading into winter (december is always full of youth group, xmas parties, and hopefully snuggles by the fireplace!)

thought i would share some of our favorite pictures from this fall.

happy fall! 

happy halloween :)

we had a fall fun party last night with yg...aka halloween. it was a blast :)

 roar!

 space cowboy

hooray!

p.s. parker looked like this for pictures only! then he relaxed like this...

huge thanks to R and C for holding parker for most of the evening!!

fall photos

a beautiful afternoon means picture time!

and look who's here to visit!!

fall fun

two weekends ago we ventured out into the cold and rain

with the yg to the 

pumpkin farm!

we were supposed to do the corn maze

but when we arrived we realized that the maze was made of sunflowers...

most of which were dead :(

we explored the world of pumpkins!

disclaimer: i wanted to take parkers picture amoung the pumpkins but it was cold and rainy...and he was sound asleep in the baby bjorn :)

8 weeks!

parker was born 8 mondays ago!

so crazy!

its hard to think that 8 weeks ago we were waiting for parker 

and now we can't imagine life without him!

here's a quick look at this past week in picutres :)

 the eyebrow look...used frequently!

 beautiful fall weather!

 new favorite way to be carried by dad

 nap

 napping

 eating is tough work...so we nap

 smiles :)

love the colors

Lately...

 

 cookie making with jh

pickle making...yum!

angry birds

candy corn fangs :)

Thoughts on Fall....

Fall has definitely arrived in Seattle.I have mixed thoughts regarding fall. Back in Michigan it meant that winter was coming and snowy cold weather was approaching. Here is Seattle it means rain and clouds that lead to more rain and more clouds. Not much to look forward too. I love all the changing colors and the crisp cool weather....football watching, candy corn and sweater weather. But once the leaves have fallen and the rain has be drizzling for a couple of weeks the cold, winter weather is here. Snow isn't guaranteed here, and Christmas lights look silly with rain instead of snow. The weather isn't super cold but it definitely is not pleasant.

So here's to the good part of fall...I am hoping it lasts....a long time!

 loads of peppers at the farmer's market

 dried flowers things??

 beans :)

 flowers :)

candy corn...yum!