Fun With Ace

These were taken back in August back in Oregon waiting for Jacoby's arrival.  Ace has these really cool tunnels that we had tons of fun playing in.

First Time To The Fair

Riding to the fair in style. We actually headed out to find a new unexplored park late this morning and wound up an hour later running into the fair in Monroe. Talitha was so excited to see the ferris wheel and we had to go in and check it out.
We saw so many things! There was the One Man Band....


cute and cuddly pigs

Silly sheep

and cooky cows.

But Talitha's favorite part was the free kiddie tractor rides

She wanted to try them all

Although the ice cream was certainly delicious!

She had so much fun riding the only 2 rides she was tall enough to ride in the entire park.

I could hardly believe she was all ready to ride by herself. She loved the race cars!

It was so funny to see her make friends. This boy was giving her the thumbs up and she is saluting him back. It was pretty cute!!

And the food was awesome!! Noe got a huge turkey leg and I had corn on the cob. Talitha ate her fair share of both!!

We also brought our salad and watermelon that we had packed for our picnic. MmmmMmmm!

By the end of the day with no nap, Talitha said she was ready to fall asleep in the wagon as we walked back to the car.

I know her better than that though. She waited until after we got home before finally crashing out. We had such a good time. It was a nice surprise to have such a fun family day!!

Dinner Cruise

On our way to the Argosy Tillicum Dinner Cruise! We were all very excited for our 4 hour adventure to begin!!

Our Dinner Boat

Talitha in her sailing suit.

Talitha loved being on the top deck where she could see all the boats and para-sailors in the warm breezy sunshine. She really wanted to para-sail when she saw them flying in the wind.

Here is her new "say cheese" and smile face. ; )

Blake Island and Tillicum Village

Imitating this guy's expression.

Dinner!! We had delicious fire roasted salmon!!

The sunset was so beautiful on the way back to Seattle. We really had such a great time!!

A Few More Pictures

One the way into the hospital to meet baby Jack

I can't beleive how beautiful she is right after he is born!

These 2 were the real patients...

They took excellent care of their babies too

Grandma Pritchard

Grandma Arleen

What a good Big Brother!

He is just so precious!! I have to keep looking at his pictures because I want to see him again!! Hope we get to make it back down to Oregon soon. We have spent most of the summer with my sister and her family this year. Not sure we'll get the chance to do it again. It has been so nice to spend so much time with my family.