First snow of the season!!

It’s SNOWWWWWWED!!! I’m so excited and sorry to all those who didn’t get to particpate in it but I’m so happy it came! Jack was super excited, too. I told him to go look out the window and he said; “it’s snow. It’s Christmas! Santa gunna be here in 5 minutes, right Mommy?” I did have to break the news that Christmas will come in about 5 WEEKS, not 5 minutes. He looked at me like I was nuts. We then got dressed and had a snowball fight while Daddy cooked breakfast. It’s a good thing we went to play when we did because it was all melted away after about 6 hours. We were happy to have it for the little time that we did. Our fingers are crossed that we will get more snow soon….

Halloween F.U.N. 2011

Pumpkin hunting we went this year, but didn’t get home with any because they were all rotten, or really small. We did however have a fun day playing in the rain. Maris farm has lots of fun activities for kids which is one of the reasons we go there over other places. We got a nice break from the rain shortly after we arrived and it started raining harder shortly after we left. Maybe good luck or good timing but we had lots of fun. Jack had fun just running around. He was one tired pup at the end of the day.

Arkansas Lowmon family visit 2011

Mike’s family came to visit us from Arkansas just before Halloween this year. Normally only Bill comes, but this year we were treated to Bill (Mike’s dad), Pat (Mike’s step-mom), and Grandma Dee (Pat’s mom). We all had a wonderful time. We hadn’t seen Pat in several years and this was my first time meeting Grandma Dee. We spent a few evenings over at Billy’s house visiting. Boom cooked for all of us. She’s such a good cook; she should open her own restaurant. We had a great time and were sad to see them go home. Bill and Pat did try to talk us into coming to visit them, but the jury is still out on that one… ☺

Pierce family fun 2011

It’s been tradition for the last several years that my side of the family gets together some time in August to have a family BBQ. This year it was held at my Aunt Vicki’s new house out in Rainer. She and Daryl just had the house built this year and it is beautiful. I have since been dubbed the photographer for the event. This year, I was able to use my Auntie Linda’s NEW camera and I fell in love. This camera takes awesome pictures and they are crystal clear even with movement!! I sooo need a new camera. Hopefully there will be one in my near future, but probably not for awhile. We had the great privledge of having great uncle Dick and his family at the BBQ this year. He’s the only surviving member out of my grandfather’s 5 brothers. It was a real treat to have him and his family there with us. All in all, it was a great day. Lots of family, and really good food. What more could you ask for? Here are a few snapshots of the day…..














The pictures came out wonderful and auntie Linda if you camera comes up missing, I may have had something to do with that...

Summer Lovin'

WELL, someone fell down on her blogging job and I couldn’t even IMAGINE who that could possibly be. Alas, I will fess up and say tis MY fault. The hustle of life coupled with the loss of internet for several months got to me. So here I sit on my free day off trying to catch up on 6 months of living. It shouldn’t be too hard beacuase this summer gave us so very little sun. Such a typical Washington summer…. We did make the most of the time that we did have and spent it with family. Here are a few of the highlights...



We took several beach trips. Some were sunny, others not so much…







We planted a garden.



We took lots of rides in the Jeep.




Jack had his first OFF Roading attempt. I promise he wasn’t taking after MY driving…




AND, we gave up the binkie this summer also. One day, I couldn’t for the life of me find any binkies and Jack told me that the dragon ate them all. I went with that story and he didn't seem too traumatized. He’s only asked for it once or twice since. I can’t believe how fast kids grow.