Thanksgiving in Seattle

We ventured up to Seattle for Thanksgiving this year to spend the holiday with the Olson family. It was great! We relaxed, ate, played with all the kiddos, ate, watched football, ate...you get the idea. Here are some pics of our week!

the day we left, Ohio State was playing...so, she wore her "uniform" on the plane to Seattle :)


I took Avery on a walk one day...and realized "this is first time she is wearing a coat!"



hangin' with Grandpa



Thanksgiving Day...


Cowboys fans vs. Seahawks fans...for those who are keeping track, the Cowboys triumphed. :)

say hello to the black pearl

and that would be our new car. yay! it finally happened. we could not be more excited. even though it has been nice having 2 cars all paid off, we really did need a new mode of transportation.

until now it has been joey the jetta (which i have had since december 2000) and dave the ford ranger (since 2003). they have both been SO good to us! but, riding as a family in the jetta, i had to ride in the backseat b/c the car is so small, no one fits in the passenger seat with a car seat in the back. and lets just face it, the truck is no longer practical.

so...here she is. the black pearl.

goodbye dave. we will miss you... (we just hope you actually sell!)

life's a beach...especially in november!

we wanted to take advantage of this crazy weather we've been having, so, saturday we headed to the beach for one last hurrah before its too late. it was a gorgeous afternoon...although the smoke from the fires up north headed down our way and turned the sky and the sun a crazy orange-ish color.

josh got one last ride on his boogie board before the water becomes completely unbearable...and avery played in the sand and water and loved it. i think i might have said this before, but, i do believe we have a beach babe on our hands! not to mention an outdoors lover. :) yay!

(beware....lots of pictures)

oh! and....

Avery is 9 months old today. SOOO hard to believe. our little girl is getting so big. we are head over heels in love with our sitting up, scooting, eating solids, talking, walking with help, happier than anything, baby girl.

a new post...from a while ago

as i said before, our camera broke a while ago (since, we got a new one). and it broke around the time my mom and Bob came to visit way back in the beginning of Oct! so, all of our pictures from their visit were on Bob's camera. So, i finally got those pics. :) we had a great weekend... went to the beach, went apple picking, ate A LOT, and had a fabulously good time. so, here are some pics from that weekend...we're so thankful and happy that mom and Bob came to visit!

the happy newlyweds





my awesome mom, doing the rings at the SM beach - with some help from one of the locals :)

and avery doing her first pull-up - strong girl!

apple picking at an orchard!




bob, sampling an apple - totally illegal! ;)



a pumpkin picking out a pumpkin... :)

halloween time

Avery loved her some pumpkin goo...



and the final result...we had no idea she was so talented!



and now...the peacock.

and the family of birds - yes, you can call us the family of nerds if you'd like



josh just had to get in there with the sarah palin's


guys...seriously? (i see this look 15 years from now, too)