while mom's taking pictures . . .

Maya loves to wash her hands. They are always squeaky clean even if her face isn't

Here is my two year old using up all of my dish soap.

I'm about to get mad face

You can catch her smiling if you are quick. She's a lot more generous with them now though.

She still spends most of her time like this.

end of summer

Jason and Melissa (my brother and his wife) flew out to see us. They were so much fun! I was only half fun since Reagan was still so new. We took it easy but managed to see some fun sights.

Reagan in her carseat on our trip to see some friends in Whidby Island. That was our longest time in the car. She didn't seem to mind it. She slept for most of it.

Note Jason's hand---I guess I should just be glad that they are close...

Meadowdale beach


Melissa and I after our short hike down to the bottom of Snoqualmie falls

Hiking down.





First day of shool. Lincoln was so much more excited about riding the bus than anything else.

Here he is at Kindergarten orientation. (The day before the bus ride and real first day)




We went to the park the other night to let the kids ride bikes and I was playing with Reagan on the bench.



Before school officially started we took the kids over to an little mini island called Jetty island. They have a small ferry to take everyone over. Apparently it's really popular. They ferry ride adds that little bit of charm. We really liked it. It was really fun for the kids.

Here they are with some of their friends. Ausitn, Lincoln, Maya, and Jackson--and the one standing up in the back is another Jackson.

We managed to catch her smiling! Well, kindof smiling.
This is my most recent one of her. This is her at six weeks. She will be seven weeks on Tuesday. I actually did a fun little photo shoot with my friend Kati and her nice camera this morning so (don't worry mom) we'll have more pictures of her soon