Ellie & Pete visited today

Brooke brought the kids over today.

They are busy kids too. 

Here are the pictures I got a chance to take

while they were playing.

Pete puts everything in his mouth, unlike Ellie

He's 8.5 months old now

He loves the Tupperware dishes as 

much as Ellie does

Eating an apple with Mommy

Cutie!!

Loves pulling all the blocks out

Ellie's getting bigger and bigger every time we see her

She was excited to get Mommy's old doll 

out of the truck again 

Even tried a few things on

Got a quick bike ride in before dinner

Washing hands with Pete helping

Pete's a lot like Charlie, crosses his legs and likes 

to unravel my yarn balls

Pa helping Ellie repack her backpack to head home :o(

Nice visit but way too fast!!

Brynn's Wedding

One of our good friend's daughter got married on Saturday

They planned an outdoor wedding at Raspberry Farms in Poulsbo

That was the one day this week that was predicted to 

have RAIN and they meant RAIN

2" by the time the wedding started. 

Needless to say the wedding was moved indoors

Jamie, Dave, and Ron Carlberg

Catering was behind the curtain

Terese did the archway

Ron hugging Beth (Hoey) and her husband to the right

Doug, Jan, Kieran, and Carol

The desserts were on the counter behind them

The brides maids dresses were all the same but they could

tie the top up anyway they wanted.  They are short with 

high rubber boots.  Shane officiating!

Kieran Ryan from NY doing a reading

Exchange of rings

Brynn & Ben Mastel

Brynn's nieces blew bubbles instead of throwing 

rose pedals.  

Left to right: Lucy, Ainslee, Chloe, and Elise

Back of Brynn's dress all bustled up

Maid of Honor, Holly, giving a toast

Ron's toast was a little longer. He just 

threw each page on the floor when he was done with it.

Cutting of the cake

Dancing pictures are hard to get clear

Kara on the left (bride's maids dress and boots)

Flower girl (Lucy) dress under the jean jacket

Too cute!!  Even 7 mo. old little Nelle had a dress 

like this with a jean jacket

The wedding was beautiful even if it had to be inside!

Costumes Preview

I thought I was done making Halloween costumes. 

I figured Cade and Claire could loan theirs out to Ellie and Pete.

Guess I was wrong.  Since I made them with flannel so 

they could be pajamas after Halloween most of the 

costumes have been well worn and others have been

stored away.

I guess Ellie and Pete need some of their own to 

wear out or store away!!

Claire sent this letter back in July
How could I say NO??

This one was marked "read first"

I went on the internet and printed a couple vampire

costumes on the back, you can see them thru the paper

I think she might be more interested in the 

vampire face than the costume

Such an artist though!!

My cape rendition 

 The pictures I downloaded had a vest so I made one.

I told her she needs a white long sleeved t-shirt

and black pants.  I made the white cuffs to add

to the white t-shirt

Back of the vest

I'm still making the vampire hair

Shiny satin with a widows peak

Ellie asked for a Blue's Clues costume

Whatever that is...I downloaded pictures from 

the computer.  Hope I got the tail right

I put a red bag inside the hat so you could see it

Might be a little big but she can play in it all winter

And Brooke thought it would be cute for Pete to be a Shark

Have you ever seen a shark pattern?

Me either...another download on the computer

for pictures of a shark costume

Fin and all

I'll post Halloween pictures for sure, the

costumes will be way cuter with little people in them!!

Go Claire!! Finals

Claire was in the Cross Country Finals

for 3rd grade girls in El Dorado County

Claire is the last green t-shirt

on the left in the back 

She came in 27th out of 128 girls

Not bad for your first year

Awesome Claire!!

Now on to Lacrosse, Oh My!

Claire is running cross country this year

Looking Good

She came in 8th place

Twice now

Yeah Claire

Look who won another Weekend Tournament

The Hornets went to Carson City, NV for another

Tournament

and came home Champions

which means they won all 4 games that weekend

Cade's number 52

Nice Job Cade and Coach