Gabe & Nancy Visits

One of the great things about the fall is that football season rolls around. We all love football, but the added bonus is we get frequent visits from Gabe, Nancy, Jameson and now little Molly too! The cousins are all having a great time really getting to know each other. It's awesome!

 

 

Just because I love this picture

Birthday in Green Bluff



I think I've mentioned about a million times that I like to hang out in Green Bluff. It was a gorgeous summery fall day when my birthday rolled around this year, so we headed up to GB and picked some apples, had lunch, took the kids on a pony ride and enjoyed the day. FUN!

 

 

playing in the pit of dried peas. It's alot more fun than it sounds!

Walter's Fruit Ranch's friendly Newfoundland: Leo. Luke loves Leo - and ice cream.

Luke's baptism

While Seth's Mom and Dad were in town in September, we took advantage and had Luke baptized at church. It was a special day for us and he did great! I guess Pastor Scott has a perfect record when it comes to baptisms and not having any crying babies. That record is still intact! :)

Cougar Football 2012

We were very excited about Cougar Football this year. Mike Leach and Gabe's great seats in the new addition....what's not to love? (That's an easy question to answer now that the season is over!) Seth and I made it to the first home game of the season this year - courtesy of Tim and Margaret staying with the kids while they were visiting. What a treat! The Cougs managed and win, barely, and it was a really fun day.We also got to tailgate with a bunch of our neighbors from our street. We've got a lot of Cougs on the block, and a couple of die-hard EWU fans too, and since the Cougs were playing the Eagles we were all in Pullman for the game.

Thanks Gabe and Scott for sharing your amazing seats!

flags flying at the tailgate

Neighbors - Ben and Jana

thought I should include at least one pic from the game itself...



Me and my bro

block party
 

Just when you're least expecting it.....

I've been checking in with a couple of my favorite blogs - ones created by my friends, keeping track of their busy family lives. I'm feeling inspired. So to catch up on what I've neglected to post in the last few months I'll do my best to catch you up in a handful of posts summarizing our fall and the holiday season so far.....

Preschool Begins!



Ella started her pre-school year (yes, over a month ago now), and she was SO ready. She loves school so much, and this year she was super excited to get started because she knew who a couple of her classmates would be and knows her teacher from church too. Grandma and Grandpa McKinstry were here and it was a special morning getting ready and dropping her off for her big day. Last year of preschool....Kindergarten next fall - unbelievable!

 

 

It's finally here!

next to her name and coat hook...can't stop smiling

huddled up next to Mrs. Stephens, ready to start