Christmas Jammies

This is the second year our friends have gotten together to get pictures of kids in Christmas jammies. We plan to "force" them to do this until they are out out of college or married- can't you just imagine our Christmas jammies picture 18 years from now....!?!?!? ;)

Cade, Blake, Jake, & Brett, Emme, Cameryn, Colby, and AinsleyThe BoysThe GirlsBaby Austyn in the belly :)We decorated cookies when the kids were done

(it was a little incentive to smile for the pictures)

Blake's 3rd Birthday Party

On December 19th, we took the kids down to Olympia for Blake's 3rd birthday party. It was held at the Hands on Children's Museum from 3 - 5. The kids had a really good time and wore themselves out running around playing at all of the different stations!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAKE!

Red Barn Tree Farm

This is our third year cutting down a Christmas tree from the Red Barn Tree Farm. Each year is more and more fun as the kids get older! Cade thought the train was pretty cool and Colby liked wandering through all of the trees. We went home with a good lookin' Douglas Fir! Looking forward to decorating it tonight.

Halloween 2009

We had a pretty low key Halloween. Spent time with the kids during the day and then went to the Schakel's for some trick or treating. Cade and Colby did pretty well- but toward the end you could tell that their little legs were t-i-r-e-d!! Looking forward to next year when they can really bring in the loot :)

Cade, Jake, Blake, Colby, and Brett

Cade and Colby are 2!!!

Happy Birthday to my babies, who aren't really babies anymore :( Cade and Colby celebrated their second birthday on October 17th with a Fall/Halloween themed birthday party. I think that all of the kids had a great time decorating pumpkins and making oreo spiders. Cade and Colby were troopers during the entire thing... they played with their friends, opened their presents, blew out their candles, and ate their cupcakes like pros!

My attempt at decorating... I think it turned out pretty cute ;)

"Witch" cupcakes PumpkinsDecorating Oreo cookies to look like spiders
Aunt Michelle and Emme Colby eating her spider
Jake and his spider

Decorating pumpkins

MiMi helping Cade

Opening presents

A family pic before the cupcakes were devoured
Cade Colby

Pumpkin Patch 2009

We went to the Spooner Farms Pumpkin Patch with our group of friends today! It was fun to watch all of the kiddos run around and enjoy themselves- they are all getting so big!Jake, Brett, Cameryn, Emme, Cade, Colby (not pictured: Blake and Ainsley :<)

Visiting Ainsley...

The Muehlenbruch's added a new addition to their family on August 28th! A 8lb 11oz baby girl named Ainsley Grace. Everyone is doing well and we are excited to have another little girl around for Colby :) Our group of friends is now even- 4 boys and 4 girls!