11/1 - 11/2 around the house

Here's Kylie helping Traci sweep the floor. Our friend Theresa suggested taking some of the sections out of the swiffer sweeper to make it kid friendly.

Looks like Kylie found it novel.

Kylie peeking out of the Hawaiian mask. We've started collecting native masks from some of the different places we've been traveling to.

How's that for a toothy smile? Only 5 teeth here.

And here's Kylie working on some chalk art.

10/31 Halloween

Every year, we get excited about halloween... namely to decorate the house up a little bit such that we can hear the excitement of the kids that come to trick or treat. We did good this year. Thanks to Traci for all her hard work at getting things ready while I was at work.


For the first time in a long time we had some great Halloween weather. It wasn't too cold, or too windy, and no rain.

Kylie and Traci waiting in anticipation for the first batch of trick-or-treaters.

"Cheese"

10/30 - 10/31 Halloween

Our little movie star.
Traci brought Kylie in to work for our annual Halloween party. Typically the parents bring in their kids to go cube to cube trick-or-treating.

Kylie and mom.

Matthew and Kylie. Matthew is my co-worker Robert and Theresa's son. He's already 3 years old.

Kylie was amused by the singing tree... "they're creepy and their cooky..."

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10/28 Harvest Festival

Here's Kylie in her Piggy Halloween Costume.Kylie posing for a photo op at our Church's harvest festival.

Mattea and Kylie looking their cutest.

"Oink, Oink." Says the pig.

Happy Halloween!

10/27 - 10/28

Kylie loves to sit on momma while she's icing her back after a hard day at work!
Here's Kylie modeling her outfit that Traci picked out for her.

And trying to look so cool.

Here's the classic pucker face too!

A happy greeting for Traci when she comes home from work.

Plumper Pumpkin Patch - 10/27/07

Mike, Ryan, Kylie and I made an afternoon trip to the Plumper Pumpkin Patch up on Cornelius pass. They have a small farm here, as well as their infamous pumpkin cannons and trebuchet. These were quite amusing to watch.

Here Kylie is being curious with the Ducks.

This is the kiddie slide. Kylie and Ryan really liked this thing.

Here's Mike taking the quick way down, while being ever so careful as to not spill a drop of his Venti non-fat no-whip mocha.

Like Father Like Son.

Kylie peeking out.

The two kids.

Pumpkin Picking 10/26 @ Roloff Farm

This year Traci wanted to visit the now famous Roloff Farm, home to the TLC show Little People Big World. We didn't see any of the Roloff family, but did see the TLC camera crews filming and such.

I had the luxury of pulling Traci and Kylie around in the cart/wagon until we found some pumpkins worth investigating... Kylie seemed to love riding in the wagon.

I like this picture of Kylie's pure joy.
Traci brought Kylie outside to enjoy some of the weather while she did some yardwork...
Where have the sunny days gone now?

Life Back Home 10/19 - 10/25

I apologize for the long delay between blog posts... I've been super busy since we've been back and have neglected to update the blog. It was a bit tough at first getting back to business, but it didn't take very long to get back into the groove of life at home.

Here's Kylie trying out her new winter coat. It's reversible... and she has plenty of room to grow into it.

Kylie checking out some of the backyard fall colors.

We also made our maiden voyage to the new Ikea in Portland and bought this toy organizer, bucket-shelf system. Kylie couldn't resist the urge to try to help.
Here's Kylie joyfully pushing her grocery cart around the kitchen.

And Kylie trying on some of her fabulous costume jewelry.

Sometimes you just gotta wear sunglasses around the house.
And here's our little superstar.

Here she is helping momma clean up around the house.