Our Family Maddness

Wheeler Farm

We went to wheeler farm with Kali and Leili on October 22nd to enjoy the beautiful weather and feed the ducks. This time I am not the one who got squeamish around the ducks. Kali did.

Well we had so much fun in Washington that some of it wasn't planned, but just spontaneous.

One day we walked down to an orchard near Chelsey's house. To honor the event, I dressed Kara up in her apple shirt. We were also able to purchase fruit at some fruit stands around town. They were delicious and nicely priced compared to the grocery stores.

Kara loved playing with Arlee and Lydia. They kept her entertained for hours. Lydia was especially cute when Kara was sitting in the booster seat and the table. Anytime Kara would drop her toy, Lydia would get down and go get it for her.

Lydia and Kara

We joined Chelsey at their Singing Time. It was quite cute and very interactive.

Arlee, Lydia, and Kara hanging out on the slide.

Kara took her naps on Arlee's bed as it was a little quieter of an area.

Kara playing with her toys and watching Arlee and Lydia running around the wall between the kitchen and frontroom.

Lydia loves shoes. She just happens to be wearing mine while making her way up the stairs.

Kara decided to learn and develop her talent of spitting, during church. It was hilarious, so I caught it on camera when we got back to Chelsey's.

Last but not least, the reunion of Father and Daughter...both were excited to see each other!

Washington...part 5

Two days before we left, Chelsey came up with the bright idea to paint pumpkins...the kid painted and we watched and helped. It was a lot of fun. Arlee was artistic, Lydia was brave, and Kara was a mess.

All Clean

Kara with her binkie in equals not eating paint.

Paper towel on the stem as it was pokey

Kara didn't quite appreciate the paper towel on her beautiful pumpkin.

Finished Produce and some very messy, but HAPPY girls.

Washington...part 4

Backyard Fun. Washington had such nice weather, while we were there that we spent some of it in their backyard.

Either taking pictures, playing hide-and-seek, or bowling, we just enjoyed being outside as much as possible.

Chelsey grew all these pupkins, so I thought I would try out my photo skills.

Love these two together. Arlee's express is mischievous.

Kara not so happy, me and Arlee having a good old time.

Hide and Seek...can you find Grandma!

Backyard bowling alley. We were waiting for dinner, so we thought we would get some bowling in, plus I was trying to keep the girls quiet while Kara took a nap.

Washington...part 3

As I said before, I needed to get my steps in so we went on a couple walks. One was suppose to be classified as a hike, but it was more of a walk to farmers fields. Those people in Yakima need to see some of the hiking done in Utah Mountains.

Arleee carried around this sage brush pretending it was an umbrella.

I wanted to get a scenery picture...with the farmers field.

Little hiking buddies.

The other walk was along the river park way that Matt and I had been on before. We ate lunch at the park before going on this walk. Beautiful Day compared to the last time I went on it.

I loved the colors on this tree. The orange leaves are my favorite.

This is the Dr Seuss tree.

Washington...Part 2

Before we headed to Washington, I told Chelsey I needed to make sure and get my steps in each day (7,000). So she made sure we had outings that could accomplish this.

One day we went to a park to walk, feed the ducks, and feed the ducks. The walking was fun except we saw a snake, which made me squeal alittle. The toys were fantastic for the kids. The ducks freaked me out enough by getting to close to me so I stood on a bench out of there reach. It's not like they have wings or anything.