Happy Birthday to you....

Happy Birthday to you....

Happy Birthday dear Mom (aka Mimi)....

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

We wish we could be there to celebrate with you, you are such a loving and remarkable person. I am so thankful & blessed to have you as my mom and better yet my very best friend. Happy Birthday mom we love you!

Good Times at the Pumpkin Patch

Fall is in the air, pumpkins on the ground and good times all around!

We went to the pumpkin patch with our friends today. It was a beautiful pacific northwestern day with blue skies and in the 60's. The kids had a blast playing on the hay pyramid. It had tunnels throughout and places to hide from each other. We rode the hay ride out to the pumpkin fields where everyone picked out their perfect pumpkin. Can I say "that's a lot of pumpkin seeds we get to roast". Stephen and Richard were our studly pumpkin haulers, they had fun with it even though the wheel barrels looked pretty heavy loaded to the rim with everyones pumpkins and ours had a squeaky wheel. There was a pumpkin sling shot for those who dared to try their strength and skill; that was funny to watch. We all sipped on hot apple cider and hot chocolate, YUMMY!!! All in all what a wonderful day

Apple Festival

We had a great time yesterday in Portland for the Apple Festival. It is held at Portland Nursery were there are such beautiful backgrounds for pictures. They have apple/pear tasting were you make a list of the really yummy ones. It is amazing that there are so many different types of apples & pears. They sell all of them right there at the festival. Walking around listening to the live music, drinking the fresh apple cider, and looking at the local vendors makes for some adult fun while the kids have fun doing the crafts.

Wow, It is hard to believe that we have been here a year. When we moved here last October we just rolled into town and went to the festival the next day. Great new tradition that we have started.

Pics are coming hopefully by tonight. We have had a fun filled weekend and we are off to the pumpkin patch with a bunch of our friends with all the kids. Yay, more photos. I love taking pics. Anyway I hope to have everything posted tonight. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.