Christmas Tree Hunt

We found a great new Christmas tree farm this year. It's close to town, cheap, and has nice trees. What was expected to take 2 hours only took half and hour. It was awesome! Did I mention that it was cheap? We had been having torrential downpours for a few days so there were lots of puddles for the boys. That was probably their favorite part of getting the tree!

This was supposed to be taken in front of our tree but Quinn refused to stand where we wanted him so we all moved over. It was that or a family picture without Quinn in in!

Quinn supervising!

 Good thing Uncle David is in town to help carry the tree!

Our decorated trees tend to be kind of funny looking. Glass and other breakable ornaments on the top, wooden and knit ornaments in the middle and nothing on the bottom. The boys have still broken 4 Old World ornaments and a few non-glass ones. Sigh. I've been tempted to have an ornament-less tree this year. Was thinking of popcorn and cranberry strings but Jack and Nolan would both eat them. So we just have to keep an eye on the boys near the tree, especially Nolan!

The world is a playground

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Post dinner running games

Nolan recently started running, not long now before he's running half marathons with Mom.

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Nolan is ready for bed and Quinn is ready to bonk his head

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Sunday Morning Shenanigans

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Quinn's eye protection

This was Quinn's idea of 'eye protection' while using a chisel on some concrete. Looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree ;)



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Halloween

Here are the obligatory pictures of the boys in their dinosaur/dragon costumes. We went to a party on Saturday night and were the prehistoric family. I was surprised how in to costuming Rich was!

Alabama playtime

The boys and I are in Alabama and Tennessee visiting family. We discovered some new great playgrounds on this trip... Here are a few pictures.












And a funny one of them in their jammies and new shoes. nolan's are for next spring but he LOVES them and wants to wear them now. They are hidden in my suitcase :).






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Bellingham Half Marathon

Ang recently completed yet another half marathon. The boys and I are happy to be the support team and not in the race ;). Although I think Quinn wants to ride his bike in the next one. She finished in just over 2 hours and many participants said that they were all 3 minutes behind due to weather conditions. Congrats Ang!
Starting line:

The boys and I hit Rocket Donuts

Go Momma Go!


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Blown away...

The boys and I hit the park the other day and I thought someone was going to get blown away! -Rich

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Anniversary

Rich and I have been married for 7 years today! Look at the babies in the pictures :).

Fair

August is Fair time so the boys and I made the trip up to Lynden to see some farm animals, eat terrible food, and - Quinn's favorite part- ride some carnival rides. What was supposed to be a morning trip turned out to be an all-day adventure but it was worth it. Quinn and Nolan had a great time!

  

Turtles!

Sandy Days

Rich and the boys went up to Blaine for a sand castle extravangaza on Saturday. Here are some pictures of their adventures. Rich was wearing Nolan so the sandy pics are just of Quinn. Later, they stopped by a park and Nolan got to play while Quinn napped in the car.

Quinn puts a pillow on his lap when he sits on the couch and his brother has copied him. Today when Nolan did that, Quinn laid his head down on the pillow and they played some games. It's awesome to see the boys play together and actually enjoy each other's company. They are going to be good friends.

May Days

Last weekend we went down to Seattle so I could run in a half marathon with my friend Jen. Jen and I ran together for 11.5 miles and we finished 40 seconds apart. Unfortunately for me, that 40 seconds included a major milestone for me! Next time :). We had a great race and Rich and I actually got to go on a date. Imagine that!

 
Ben and Sadie playing at GasWorks Park after the race. (Quinn and Nolan were hanging out at Aunt Laurie's house.)

 

 
Quinn and Nolan at Laurie's house.