October 2010

We're a busy family... and I can come up with LOTS of posts for this blog.  I figured I should maybe start doing it by month to make it more manageable? We had a busy October!

Blazer Game

We took Grady to his first Blazer game this month... and probably his last for a while.  He's still a little young :).

A cheesy shot in front of the Rose Garden.

And a serious one.

G and Mommy.

I'm just here for the food!

Why did you buy me a ticket?  The floor works just fine!

Nature Walk

Next, we did a little nature walk out at Graham Oaks Nature Park in Wilsonville. Graham Oaks is a 250 acre, former farm on the west side of Wilsonville.  Conservation groups planted over 100 million wildflower and grass seeds.  In addition, they also planted 150,000 trees and shrubs native to the Willamette Valley.  It doesn't look like a whole lot now, but someday the hundreds of oak trees will all grow up and make it a pretty cool place!  We went out one mild fall evening to try to enjoy one of the last good days outside.

Safety first, of course.

These photos of Grady walking just crack me up.

With Mommy.

Checking out the fall leaves.

A stump and some sticks become a drum set.

A shoulder ride from Dad... 2 miles was just a little much.

Pumpkin Patch

This year we tried out a new pumpkin patch - French Prairie Gardens in St. Paul.  It was a game day, so we were all decked out in our Oregon gear.

There was LOTS to do there.  We enjoyed feeding the Ducks.

Kissing the pig!

Sliding down BIG slides (I screamed).

Going through obstacle courses.

Playing with Tonka trucks.

Riding bikes.

Pretending to shoot a big corn gun.

And taking our turns getting our picture taken in the "Go Ducks" sign!

Halloween

Grady was a firefighter... jacket made by me, hat donated by Julia's Child Care.

General Silliness

Here are some funny pictures of Grady!

No children were harmed in the taking of this photo.

Not sure what to say about this one!

Grady, the human Mr. Potato Head.

I've heard that many artists do their best work in their underwear.

What kid hasn't enjoyed a ride in a wheelbarrow?

Houdini.  He can get out of his footy pajamas.

Aunties

Both of my sisters live in Manhattan, Kansas (small world!).  Sarah is attending grad school at Kansas State, and Annie's husband is in the military and is stationed at Fort Riley (right outside Manhattan).  Luckily, both of them made their way back this way for weddings over the summer.

Grady and his Aunt Annie.

 Grady and his Aunt Sarah.

They picked blueberries over in Grandma and Grandpa's garden.  Sarah picked, and Grady ate... so it worked out perfectly in his eyes.

Summer Fun

Our summer consisted mainly of...

Tunes on Tuesday with friends.

Lots of park visits.

Trips to the corner store for popsicles.

And tuckered out kids!

One Berry, Two Berry, Pick me a Blueberry

In case you didn't know... that's a line from "Jamberry" - one of Grady's favorite books!

This summer Keith didn't work the harvest... so for the first time since Grady was born, he was home all summer!  This translated into LOTS of quality father/son time.  Keith even scheduled some daddy play dates with his other teacher/dad friends.

One day they went berry picking out in Hillsboro.

Not sure what is happening in this photo.

Grady and his buddy Drew.  I think the dads picked, and the boys just ate.  I don't remember who had to change those diapers, but I'm sure I volunteered Keith.

PULL!!

After the berry picking, they went to a spray park.

I don't want to know what happened next here (a shot to the face perhaps?)

"It's ok, Drew!  Shake it off!"

Seaside

We're so close to the beach, yet we don't go very often!  I think this was Grady's third time to the beach, ever.  We went with our friends, the McManamas.

We met them at Camp 18, outside of Seaside, for a killer breakfast.

Grady and Daddy on the "train."

We rented a surrey for an hour.  It was a blast!

Of course we played on the foggy, cold beach.

He was out before we even got on the highway.