Farming

Deven and I took a little trip to the farm that delivers us fresh fruit and veggies every Tuesday. This farm gathers organic produce and other things and distributes them. They were having a fall festival today, so I thought we could check it out. We had a little picnic in their field and our lunch was full of things that they had given us this week!

Weekend Warriors: #2 Walla Walla

For our next adventure we ended up a little further down the road in Walla Walla, WA. What in the heck are we doing there you ask?? Well aside from the fabulous wine, weather and peace there are the Block's! A bunch of them live there but our favorite once are Shan, Andy, Hadley and Coen!! They just bought a fabulous house over there to start a new adventure and we thought we would visit.

This time Nick joined Deven and me but we had to ditch Sam. Thankfully my sis was available to play with the man! We all got home Friday after work/school and effectively piled in the care again by 6:45, I think this may be a theme! Nick and I let the Taco Time effect get the better of us (to be explained at some other time) and we were out of LS by 7:00pm. Approximately 4.5hours (record time), several lightening storms, a gas stop and a very confused little man later we were in Walla. Deven forgave us for messing with him and slept the rest of the night without a peep.

We jam-packed our two days with fresh bakery eats, a farmer's market, new photography in honor of our 5th anniversary, awesome naps, a BBQ, kiddie pools, fire pits, wine tasting, sippy cups, parks, big kid pools, and Mexican restaurants. We made it home only a little while after D's bedtime. Success was ours! Thanks for letting us crash your new pad Shan and Andy a beautifully kept home indeed!!

Our good luck was about to run out though - stay tuned for #3

Weekend Warriors: #1 Cresent Bar

This next series of blogs will give you an idea of just why I haven't posted anythings for weeks. This summer has been marked with mini weekend get-aways. We are soon going to take a vacation from our vacations, but more on that early next month!!

Weekend #1 - Deven and I ditched Nick for the weekend and went to celebrate our friend Renee's birthday. I think it was our first trip out of town without him so I was pretty nervous. With Nick's help we piled almost everything we own in my Kia (yes I still drive my Kia) and we were out the door by 6:45...this was an amazing feat given that I picked Deven up, got home had dinner and packed the car...well I think its amazing anyhow! Deven fell asleep almost immediately just as I suspected he would. It was going great until about 2.5 hours into our 3 hour trip the bright lights on those big Eastern Washington Trucks started getting to him. We made it with only a minor turn around...good thing there is only really one road in that little town!! I'm not sure what I was nervous about, with help from my friends Deven was an excellent swimmer, eater, napper and sleeper. We had a blast!! Thanks for the invite Chip and Renee, can't wait to play again soon!!

Deven walks!!!

Deven took his first few steps on 7/10 a couple of weeks ago but since then it just didn't look like he was all that interested in going any further...until today! When I picked him up for school he didn't want me to carry him out to the car so we held hands and walked out; we definitely broke some hearts - freakin' adorable. We got home and he was movin' and shakin' just like always but then he just started letting go of the walls as if it was something totally normal! Perhaps he has been practicing at school and just waiting for the right time to show Nick and me. We captured in on camera here and then went to the lake to practice some more. So, I think we can officially say, Deven is walking! Good job little man!

More Birthday Pics

Couldn't leave these out!!

Birthday Boy

In general I don't get overly sentimental about Deven growing up, only because I think it is so fun to see it happen and be a witness to things "clicking" in that head of his. However, I was cleaning up Deven's room in preparation for his official party and had to put away some of his cloths that didn't fit any more. I was a little sad to do it actually and it surprised me. So I thought I would embrace it and do a little flash back. Our baby is growing up so fast...sniff...sniff...

We were so excited to welcome a bunch of our friends and family to our house up here in Canada...I mean Lake Stevens. Seriously thank you for all being a part of our good day. We had people from Des Moines, Federal Way, Bonney Lake, Tacoma and even Lakewood. We are working on your official thank you cards. I had a grandiose idea including card stock, finger paints and crayons but Deven reminded me that he is now a toddler and making cards is just not interesting. So stay tuned, I am hoping to get his attention in the coming days.

Nick and I declared Deven's official party a success with only a few minor set backs. Mainly that Sam thought it was his party and ate a dozen (not exaggerating) cup cakes for our guests. Also, I forgot to charge our camera so we really didn't get any good pictures but thankfully, all of you did remember and were able to forward them to us.

Some Awesome Pike Market Pics

I cannot take credit but I must post these beautiful pics - taken by Karly Lalonde