Fashion Sense?

So you know that you have a boring life when you keep posting pictures of your dog......here is George, ready for Halloween. He has two outfits to choose from. I like the pumpkin sweater best!
It always amazes me that he lets us do dumb stuff to him. Ah, puppy love!

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin! Sunday Oct 7th

Ahhh--Fall has arrived. Today we went to the pumpkin patch at Spooner Farms to select our first Jack-O-Laterns of the season. Papa and I seem to make several of these trips each year. It's not that we can't make a decision--it's that we like to go with all our grandkids, so sometimes it takes a couple of visits to get all the pumpkin gathering done right! Deryck was meeting the members of his new cub scout troop today, so we tagged along.

We spent lots of time in the corn maze. We were looking for clues to where the treasure box was hidden after the great train robbery of 2007. We found all the special mail boxes and got our cards punched so we each received the reward offered for capturing the elusive Ketchum Gang. A bag of "500 Gold Nuggets"! They tasted suspiciously like bubble gum!?!

We spent the end of our visit shooting at targets with the pumkin slingshot. Now that is an experience everyone should try! My try was a dud, glad the camera didn't catch that one! Jim almost had a bulls-eye!

We all headed back home, and when we reached the city limits of Tacoma it began to rain in earnest. I guess if you love the Northwest, you have to love the fall rain. Once again it was lots of fun to spend a crisp fall afternoon with some of our favorite people. Can't wait until carving day!! I need to get some good ideas for pumpkin faces---always a challenge!

Exercise? You bet!!

So, I learned a new blogging lesson. Always hold your camera upright, because you cannot change the position of a video blog! On one of the last pretty days, we took George for a stroll around the golf course. As you can see, he moves at a pretty good clip! Those little legs just keep on churning! Wish I could be as happy about exercising as my dog is, my pace isn't quite as quick!

Ashley's Birthday Sept 22, 2007

Today is Ashley's 4th Birthday. How did it get here so very fast!! We had a fun time with presents, cake and outdoor fun. Her new bike was a hit! Papa and I gave her a gameboy (uh oh!) so now she can play along with the other kids. We played a game of Littlest Pet Shop together, and Ashley won. She caught on to the art of peddling very quickly so now she thinks she is all grown up. I found her a Snow White dress at the consignment store and she wore it for most of the party. Seems like only yesterday she came home from the hospital all wrapped up in pink. Time sure flies.......tic, tic, tic.