Thanksgiving at Mt. Rainier Part 1

We decided to spend Thanksgiving doing something fun this year. We decided to go to Alta Vista Resort at Mt. Rainier, which turned out to be a fun place. My favorite part was the wood burning fireplace, I loved hearing the crackle of the fire while I slept.

They had a pool that was heated, which the kiddos loved! Hopefully next year it will be surrounded by snow.

Blaise and Addi's room was in the upstairs loft, they thought it was cool to have their own space.

John tending to the fire, such a man's job :)

This is where Ethan spent most of his time; up and down, down and up the stairs. Hopefully next year he will not find them so fascinating.

Halloween 09 II

I have one more post after this one and I will be done posting about our 09 Halloween. This year was a lot of fun; Blaise was into being a SWAT guy, Addi wanted to be a Pirate and Ethan had the chosen hand-me-down pumpkin. The picture below may be one of my favorites of Blaise, it shows his true personality....tons of fun!

Halloween 09

This was our annual Halloween trip to our local Pumpkin Patch. The kiddos get so excited because they get to go up and down the pumpkin patch and pick out their own pumpkin. It's always the same story; Blaise wants the biggest pumpkin, Addi wants the most unique pumpkin and Ethan grabs the pumpkin closest to him. John and I try to get a couple of pumpkins that will be flat on the front so that it will be easy for us to carve.

This is the monster truck ride that always frightens everyone until they actually ride and then they want to go again. You are guaranteed to get muddy.

Poor Neglected Blog

I have to say once my computer crashed and I had to scramble to save all of my pictures, I began to neglect my family blog. I need to get back on track and do a better job. One of my New Year's Resolutions will be to do a better job of posting. With this being said, I guess I will start somewhere and post a picture I snapped not too long ago of my three kiddos. For some reason they all lined up against the wall and I remember Ethan saying, "cheese." I couldn't believe it. I ran to grab my camera just before he took off running again. Now if I can get Blaise to stop looking like he is scared to death in pictures, we will be on the right track.