This is Halloween, 2011

Happy Halloween! This year as Halloween was on a Monday, we took our ladybug and Bob the Builder to my work for trick or treating and a party. But I got a few shots of them before we went in...

Daddy wore his panda hat...he didn't get much use of it this baseball season as the Giants didn't make it to the playoffs. (Okay, I couldn't help myself. But just to make it even, neither did the Angels.)

Mateo with his friend Bailey (Alice in Wonderland).

Elise won the Cutest Kid costume award!

Can we trick or treat? YES WE CAN!

Hope everyone had a nice Halloween!

Summer Cuteness

Suddenly fall is just around the corner...like next week. When you live in Oregon, this is a very very sad realization. We know what's coming. And it's not good. And it's long. Very long. So, I thought I'd combat this scary thought with looking at some fun we had this summer. Just a few highlights. At least I can look forward to pumpkin spiced lattes. Okay, I feel better now.


We hit the coast last month just to get away for a few days. Included in the trip was a stop at Rogue Brewery for lunch in Newport, the Oregon Coast Aquarium, then Florence. (I'll leave out the part where we get food poisoning).

I love this face!

This is at the Oregon Gardens.

And the rest are just darn cute.

Okay fall, I'm ready for you. Stay tuned...

When the cat's away...

This is what happens when I leave Elise home with 2 boys.

Elise is one!

Our little girl turned one today! We celebrated this past weekend with a flower party in the park. It was a beautiful day and a great time. Thanks so much to friends and family who came to wish Elise a happy birthday! Above the is uber-cute invitation that my friend Kim designed...and just DAYS before giving birth to her second kiddo. Thanks, Kim!

Below is a mini-scrapbook of pictures from the party...

And here's a 7-minute video of Elise eating her first cupcake!

Evergreen Aviation Museum

I really really tried to find the time to "catch up" on this blog, but alas, I am going to play the mommy card with too much to do, and too little time. Here are some pictures from our adventure at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. It was a really cool place and it is where the Spruce Goose now lives. We went over President's Day weekend. So, you just need to trust me when I say there were some really cute pictures from Easter and various other events in the past few months...but they'll just have to reside somewhere else!