Monday, November 30, 2009

Waffles in our new house!

We have moved! We moved into our new house November 1st and last weekend we had the crew over for a waffle breakfast. We got all the kids downstairs for a photo by putting on "The Grinch" - one of my all-time favorites.

Our new house.
We've got some landscaping to do, but wait until Spring!

Liam arranges our lopsided pumpkins.

Playing in bed


The other day, Liam and I took some pictures to send to Felix, our friend in Madison who just turned 4. Liam wanted to show off his room and in particular, his bed.

Liam, the tiger.


Silly Liam.

Monday, November 02, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! We spent Halloween weekend moving!! Yes, we just bought a house in our neighborhood and moved from our sweet rental of two years, into a larger, old and filled-with-character home. We are thrilled, although our list of projects is growing by the day. We will send pictures soon and get our new address out as well.

Anyway, here is our little dinosaur - getting ready to head out to our annual Halloween party at Kirstin and Bob's.

Liam shows off his "plates"

Getting ready to head out on the streets.

Dino on the move......

Happy Birthday Liam


Liam rang in his 4th birthday with a fun party at our friends Janet and Peter's house. Their son, Finn, also turned 4 recently so we threw a joint party. It was great - a huge potluck, pinata, lots of kids and, of course, cake and apple crisp.

Liam's favorite gift - a light sabor from Daddy!

Liam and Finn open their gifts.

Cutting the cake.

Tired birthday boy.

Bee stings and pumpkins

Liam got stung right between the eyes by a yellow jacket. Needless to say....he got pretty swollen. He was a trooper, but I got a lot of looks from people in the grocery store!


Liam takes a ride on Mutti's pumpkin.

Mid-Day Icecream

Nothin' like mid-day icecream. While at Cypress, Liam and Daddy took the boat to refuel and stopped at the Blakeley Island store for some ice cream.

The happy boater.

....really happy!


Fall Hike

These pictures are from the last weekend in September. We caught some warm, fall weather and took a hike out on Cypress. It was very quiet on the island that weekend. We were nearly the only ones on the beach. Liam got to try out his backpack with the built-in "camelback". Pretty cool!

Heading out.

Taking a water break.

The perfect walking stick.

Having a snack with mama.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

A few evening pictures

These are a few pictures from this evening when we were heading home from Guemes. These are a little out of order.....
Liam and Daddy waiting for the ferry home.

On the ferry. Goodbye for now, Guemes.

Staying warm in the fall wind.

Catching the sunset together.

Trip to Jack Island

Today, Liam, Gabe and I went out to spend a fall day with my parents at Guemes. Gabe and Liam took the rowboat out to Jack Island (off of Guemes) and spent a little time exploring the coves.

The beach landing.

Liam climbs to a vantage point to view the surroundings.

Gabe climbs to a higher vantage point to view Liam.

Getting ready to row home.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Zucchini Time!

Yes, as with every Bellingham garden, we have zucchini coming out our ears. We have it in bread, pancakes, soups, salads, etc. Recently, Liam has taken the large ones out and played baseball with them!

Here are a few shots from the zucchini patch.


Ta-Da!!

Fall weekend on Lopez Island

We spent an early fall weekend out on Lopez with our friends the Lockwoods. We explored some of the great beaches, including this one. Julia and Liam found a wonderful old piece of wood and enjoyed climbing.



Adding to the fort.

Making their next plan.