"The Great Pumpkin"...

Guess what it is...




Quintin helped me do it...




The finishing touches...



Topped off with a kiss from Daddy to Peightin Linn...




The painter and the painted...



The family, Tammy, (Peightin) Quintin & Jared...



We did Tammy's belly like a pumpkin when she was pregnant with Quintin, so had to do it again for Peightin. It is kind of crude, but was fun to do.

Til later...

The Great Pumpkin Patch...

Last week Jared & Tammy called me about 10 minutes before I was to get off of work and asked me if I wanted to go with them and Quintin to the pumpkin patch. They said the last hayride out to the pumpkin patch left at 5:30, which meant I wouldn't have time to go home and change my clothes. I knew I wouldn't be able to go over the weekend, as I was going to be gone for the weekend to a scrapbook retreat in Meacham, and then the next Friday is going to be Halloween, so I had to go then, or miss going at all. So there I was in my dress and nylons from work. It was great, as we were the only ones there, so after Q picked out his pumpkin they let him sit on the tractor and "Drive" it. He was in 7th heaven. Here are some pictures of the fun night.

Poor Mr. Q is going to have his tonsils out tomorrow, Oct 28th, so may not feel like going trick or treating this year. We will have to wait and see. I am going to go over and paint Tammy's belly like a pumpkin, like I did when she was pregnant with Quintin.










Here is a scrapbook page I did this last weekend of Mr Q sitting on a pumpkin in front of the pumpkin patch:

This picture was taken tonight. Q helped me put my pumpkin together:



Til Later...

Our Beach trip and The Great Pumpkin Drop...

What a fun weekend we had. I love doing things with Mel!

As you can tell...it was beautiful weather:


I put my girl scout lessons to work and built this fire on my very first try:

Mel and I on the beach making s'mores:



Him and I went to our beach house this last weekend. While there, we went to watch a thousand pounds of pumpkins (2 pumpkins) dropped from a crane onto a Jeep wagoneer. It was quite a site to see, and below are some pictures of it before and after.

We went down to the beach on Friday night and enjoyed BEAUTIFUL weather-calm, warm and so still. We roasted marshmallows and ate them between chocolate covered graham cracker cookies. An easy version of s'mores.

I got my seagulls put on the post outside the house. I got them while I was in Rockaway Beach with my Bunco girls the weekend before this weekend. A fun time was had by that bunch of girls! I was told that I couldn't discuss what went on there.

We did also do a little work, as we planted 10 blue spruce trees down in the yard:

My Monkey Tree is growing:
And the bees love my lavender:

Vicki and her seagulls:

Mel mowing:

Pumpkins being lifted, getting ready to drop onto the Jeep Wagoneer:

And the end result:


Til later...

More Nature trail photos...

While we were at the nature trails, Jenny & I took a lot of pictures. Here are a few more of my favorites.
Steven, Sally, Jazzi & Kailer:

Quintin taking a picture of me taking a picture of him:

Kaeden climbing the concrete:

Quintin in the tree:

Kailer in the tree:

Kaeden by the Columbia River and McNary Dam:

Kai Kai throwing rocks in the river:

Jen pointing something out to Kaeden:

Quintin with the crawdad his Daddy found-they did put it back in the water after the pictures were taken:

Jen & Kaeden:

Quintin, Tammy & Kailer:

Aaron by the tree:

Mr Q throwing rocks in the river the easy way:

Kaeden in the tree:

Jennifer & Steven:

Q safe in Daddy's arms:

Aaron telling his brother Quintin a secret:


Til later...

My kids and Grandkids...

My pride & joys in life:


Me and my 2 great kids!







Jen, Steven and the boys came down last weekend to visit. I love seeing them, and sure miss them when they go back home. Kaeden & I colored pictures in an "Underdog" coloring book Friday night. He is doing very well in school and can read pretty well. We were driving down the road and he read me some of the road signs. I love to read, so I am glad he is doing so well at it too. My little Kailer and I played soccer outside. He is sure a busy little guy. On Sunday I went with all of the kids down to the Nature trails and took some pictures. Here are some of the ones we took that I liked. The sun was almost too high in the sky, so I wasn't thrilled with the outcome of them. Oh well, better than none at all.

I helped Jared with a yard sale on Saturday and watched the boys while Jen and Tammy went to the Tri-Cities. They had to really twist my arm to get me to do that.

The group:

The group on the bridge:

Jen, Steven, Kaeden and Kai walking down the trail:

And when they turned around to surprise me:

Jared, Tammy, Quintin and Aaron walking down the trail:

Jared & Tammy:

Jennifer and Steven:

Jared, Tammy & Q by the Columbia River:

Jen, Steven and boys:



Til later...