WA, Part 2

On the way home from the beach we hit the tracks...

the "Slick Willy Tracks" that is.

The competition was tough, but we came out on top, of course,

we had Charlee cheering us on.


Once we got back to Olympia we went to the Pet Parade. There were so many kids with their pets and they had made some pretty impressive floats. They had everything from ferrets to ponies. Charlee was in heaven when she realized that many of the kids walking in the parade were throwing out candy. I thought she was going to be trampled a few times she was running right into the parade trying to get her hands on the sweets that were dropped along the way. That child has some issues when it comes to sugar. Here are some of the kids favorites. . .







It's over, time to take our fake pet and head home. Until part three.

Washington State, Part 1

We had a great time in Washington and did a ton of stuff. It is going to take me a while to get it all down so this is the first of a few posts. . .



The kids with their GG at Latins Cider Mill. We always make it a point to visit there to feed the animals and get fresh apple cider. The kids are crazy about GG, you will never meet a woman more loving and patient than this one, we are so blessed to have her in our lives.



Next we took a trip to the beach with Grandma, Papa, and GG (Travis' parents and grandma). We stayed in this cute house in a great little beach community. The beach was cold but beautiful and the kids had a blast.



These are just a few of my favorite pictures.

The Firsts

The kids are off (and the husband too) to their first day of school (work).
(You can tell Travis was just thrilled to have his picture taken)

Night Out In The Hood

Some of our neighbors hooked up a projector to their laptop and built a screen for their backyard. Hopefully we can get in a few more productions before the weather turns bad. The kids had a blast and the adults had a great time to. Lots a junk food and good conversation with good neighbors. I think next time we are going to shoot for a double feature.

Back To Reality

It has been so great having Travis around for the last month. So great in fact I have neglected just about everything else in my life, including blogging. Well now Travis has gone off to his first day of work and I'm not sure what's harder, sending the kids off to their first day of school or sending your husband off to his first day of work, after three or so years, when you have become quite accustom to having him around. We're going to miss him.

So now, for the next few weeks, I am going to play a little bit of catch up. . .

Fun At The Cuyahoga Fair

The kids had a great time checking out all the animals. Some of the rabbits were larger than Dillon. Pretty weird.





Daddy took the kids on "Pharaoh's Fury", you can here Molly screaming in the video. I'm pretty surprised they did it, those are some brave kids.


You got to love the way Charlee has her tongue hanging out. It must be the influence of all the KISS videos we watch together.






So then the nightmare begins. We think we are taking the kids into a "fun house". We all put on our 3D glasses and enter ready to be amused when the kids start to freak out. The images might not seem so creepy in the pictures, but in the dark without a flash, and with 3D glasses on, it was pretty scary. And to think, before this the kids really wanted to go through the haunted house next door, fortunately it didn't open until 7pm.


As we walked down this hall all you could see were these dark heads that would pop out at you randomly and air would blow out loudly, you couldn't see anything else around you.

By the time we left the "fun house" the kids were all crying and screaming bloody murder. I'm just waiting for the nightmares to start back up again.

Ahh, there's nothing like an ice cold pickle on a stick to calm your nerves after a super creepy near death experience in a "fun house".



And now. . . for your viewing pleasure. . .

(they have these guys set up to sing to all the music
back by the haunted house, I love the way the dog sings the back-up)

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