Goodbye Halloween, til next year!

Halloween this year was good. We went to a party at some friends house on Friday and then enjoyed a mellow Halloween on Saturday. For it being Kenya's first Halloween we felt it went good. We dressed her up again and took her to the local grocery story. There they had 6 stations where they handed out snack items and had hot food to eat throughout the story. (No, not the food on the shelves, but pizza and hot dogs for us to eat. It was perfect because we didn't want Kenya's first Halloween to just pass, but she couldn't really do any trick or treating.

Next are some the latest pictures of her in her. They were take last Sunday. What a big girl she is now! She is in her 6 month clothing. What a cute outfit! She was all dressed up and ready for church.

Halloween Fun

These are pictures of our pumpkin carving we did last night for family home evening. These pumpkins were grown in the garden we had here over the summer. The one Kenya was standing on was 71.7 lbs when we weighed it yesterday. We had a lot of fun and Kenya really enjoyed it. We just had Kenya draw on her pumpkin this year. She wasn't too interested in it. Oh and of course, we watched It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. There are a few videos of the fun too.






Here's Kenya kissing the Great Pumpkin!
This picture is proof of how much the Great Pumpkin weighed. It is hard to read, but it says 71.7lbs. It used to be heavier, but it has dehydrated some since it was harvested!






This video is of Kenya "riding" the pumpkin. We placed her on it to get a picture and she started to wave her hand as if riding a bull. She did it several times and we all loved it!



This video has Kenya making a funny face! I wonder why? (Bwahahahahahaha!)

This video is of our pumpkins glowing. Robert's has a flame coming out of the top and mine was haunted or something. The flame would dim and almost go out and then light up again all on its own. Spooky!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOIS!!

Today is Lois's 26th birthday! It is also her first birthday as a mommy!


Lois got to eat two birthday gifts from Red Robin! And of course endless fries! Red Robin Rocks! We had a good time with Kelsey and Aaron and Harmon who actually shares his birthday with Lois!

She also got birthday gifts from Baskin Robbins, Cold Stone Creamery, & Dairy Queen!

And she got a birthday gift from Disney Rewards!


Thank you to anyone who may have gotten a gift for Lois. We truly appreciate it!

We All Love Fall!

Why do we love Fall time? Well it's because of all the foliage that creates an amazing spectacle of color, motion and nature! These are pictures of our time at Snoqualmie Falls. The kids loved it too! They were able to enjoy the abundance of color and texture offered by the surrounding trees.

More Fun in Washington!

Dinner with the Fox family

We were invited to a nice Sunday dinner with Kelsey's Dad and family, in Bellevue. We had great food and a great time. As you can see Kenya did too. Kenya and Robert played the piano together! Kenya loved it! Don't believe it...look at the second picture!


Booyah! "Look ma, one hand!"Thanks a million, Rick/Dave! We had such a good time!


Here is a pic of the amazing view from the back of the house.
Here are some more cute pics of Kenya eating dinner with her cute cousin Harmon.
(This specific smile gives a nice, old man feel to his mullet!)


Here are some cute pics of Kenya's feet!
What a gorgeous little girl!

These last pics are of Kenya in her Halloween outfit, compliments of her aunt Kira! Thank you Kira!
This is the pumpkin that Kenya uses to stand up with! She has been doing this ever since we got here and she holds herself up with one hand and walks around the table and what not.

Teething

Of coarse, Kenya yesterday got her first tooth to come in. We are visiting family and that tooth made her cranky. It is the bottom right front tooth. It popped through yesterday morning and went back down last night. This morning it has come back up again. She is not a good teether. Really, for a least 2 1/2 months now she has had her top left molar trying to come in too. I thought it was an ear ache for a while and then when I got a good look one of her cuspids keeps breaking the skin and then going back under. Poor girl her mouth hurts so much! I guess she can't be perfect in everything.

What's Seattle like this time of Year?

Well, it's rainy! But that's OK, because it's not freezing cold yet! That's right ladies and gents, lads and lassies, herren and damen, we are in Seattle, well, Renton, to be exact, visiting Aaron, Kelsey and Harmon Evans. Aaron is going to Switzerland and we are keeping Kelsey and Harmon company whilst he is away. We will keep you posted as the fun unfolds.


First, of course, we have some cute cousin pics. Kenya and her cousin Harmon play together.


This one's a kinda blurry, but you get the picture!
Kenya's classic "Deer in Headlights" shot. It never gets old!
Today we visited Aaron at work in downtown Seattle in Columbia Tower(building on right). Here are some pics of the place!

(Ding) Going UP! Next stop, 17th floor. Aaron's office.

(Ding) 17th floor! Aaron's office
We are all with Aaron in his corner office on, that's right, the 17 floor! (Ding) Going WAY UP!

(Ding) 73rd floor! Observation deck!
Here we are with proof that we were on the 73rd floor. We wanted to go to the observation deck, but it cost five bucks a person and Aaron was on a lunch break. So this will have to do.

(Ding) Going DOWN! 40th floor! Starbucks and alternate viewing opportunity!


(Ding) 40th floor! Starbucks and alternate viewing opportunity!
We were lucky and were able to go inside a conference room and take a gander.(Ding) Going DOWN! Leaving Aaron's work!
Well, that was what we did. As we exited the building Robert got eaten by the revolving door! It was pretty hilarious!

After Aaron's work we went to Fred Meyer; the same Fred Meyer with the deadliest parking ever. (At least that's how Kelsey tells it.) Here Harmon gives his cousin a lift through the store.


What up, Cuz?

No drinking & driving here! They are off to a great start! That was our day in Washington. If anything else cool, funny, or interesting happens, we will do our best to get it on the blog!

Kenya is cute! Fall is here! Halloween is on the way!

Like it says, "Kenya is cute!" We have been going on walks for the last few days and have been enjoying the beautiful foliage and what not. Kenya loves the outdoors! There are many times that if she is crying and we can't get her to stop then we just take her outside and she stops immediately. Go figure.




I took this particular picture to show how big & petite Kenya is getting! She is now 25inches long and she weighs 13lbs 11.5oz! She sits and eats in a high chair with a little help. Note the folded up towel underneath her.




Here are some more pictures to show the changing leaves and just some of the beautiful scenery in the neighborhood.


On the way back from our walk today we saw this cloud in the sky!

The first bunch of pics are of Kenya folding laundry with Lois and loving it!





Kenya's deer in headlights pose!
Here Kenya spends some time with This, Daddy, and Baby Orajel!
These next few pics are of This and our car. We don't know why, but some of the animals around here seem obsessed with our car. When the ducks are out and about they often take naps under our car! If you look closely, This is winking for the camera in the first pic!




Here is another pic of Kenya lovin' on This. She can't get enough of This! Deer in headlights!

Here is a quick clip of Kenya giving Daddy a five!



And minutes ago, she very clearly said, "Hi", to Daddy!

Family Home Evening and Octoberfest, Draper Style

More Cute Kenya Picks

Well these first couple of pics are of Kenya being as cute as can be. It even looks like she purposely struck a pose in the second one!

Family Home Evening

These are the Family Home Evening pics. At the Libby Farmers Market, we were asked to make a scarecrow for display at Octoberfest. We decided we wanted to make a couple of them. It was tons of fun! This was the first time I had ever made a scarecrow!


We wanted to make one that was completely off the wall and goofy...so we did! This is what Santa Clause might look like on vacation!

The other one we made was kind of a more traditional one. We also wanted to give it a theme of Montana mountain man. We would have used a real pumpkin for a head, but we are going to use all the ones that were grown as jack-o-lanterns and such.

Disco ball Alien Legacy

This is a video of something that used to scare/entertain Kenya's cousin Sam when he was about her age. It is pretty funny to see her reaction! Enjoy.





Octoberfest: Libby, Montana Farmers Market

We totally scored a new umbrella at the fest!

Kenya Patty Cakes!

Here is a short clip of Kenya doing patty cake. She does it even better when the camera is off, but now you can see some of it for yourself.

Keepin' up with Kenya

This picture was taken today! Our littler girl is growing up. We have gotten several comments lately about how she seems to be changing. She is looking more grown up and her face is changing, but she still is the prettiest baby I have ever seen! Just last night grandma noticed that Kenya is doing patty cake all by herself. When she patty cakes, she even talks saying it in her own words with a similar tune. At the beginning of this last week she has started to wave hello and goodbye too! We will try to catch these amazing feats on video, but only babies and animals won't perform for the camera.

Mmmmm... She loves food! In the next pictures she has an apple off of great grandpa's tree; as well as a lollipop she shared with me; and then sharing dinner out of the kettle with a giant spoon!



These are pictures visiting great grandpa! What a great guy. He gave Kenya $10 when we left. He was so proud of her and loved to show her off to all the nurses.






We went to a friends house and went horse back riding. It was a lot of fun. Kenya's first horse ride. Kenya's first time falling off a horse too. That is right, we fell/got bucked off. All is well though. I got some nice bruises and sore back, but Kenya seemed untouched. We watched her closely for the next 48 hours and she is doing great!