Apple season

I love, love, love this time of the year. And apples are one of the reasons. I have stopped eating apples except for when they are in season so it is even more of a treat to go down to our local apple stand to pick up a bag. Here's Cole with his first apple of the season from Brooklane. It's a Gala - yum!

Back to work

I started back to work this week after a couple wonderful months off. I feel so fortunate to have had two really awesome jobs fall into my lap. Yay for my network! For the next few months I'll be working primarily with OSU Extension and the Majestic Theater with a little bit of work here and there for a couple smaller accounts. We are going to try and keep Anna home (not in day care) for as long as possible and have got an awesome team of people taking turns watching her - me, Cory, my mom, and our new addition Stacey (who we met while she was working at the Toy Factory - go figure!). They say "it takes a village" and it really does! So everyone gets a little Anna time and I get some work time.

Here are a couple photos from one of my mom's afternoons with her this week. We've had some awesome weather so they were heading out to enjoy it.

Dentist

This morning was Cole's second visit to the dentist. Dr. Sparks said that his teeth look great and Cole was a perfect patient!

Detroit Lake

Just got back from Detroit Lake, where we spent the weekend with our friend Dave and his two kids - Perry Jane (PJ) and Levi. Lake house + boat are now both on the dream wish list! Detroit Lake is beautiful and we had great weather. Perfect for exploring and fishing.

Our rental house

The backyard

The view

Friday night - the boys build a campfire in the backyard for smores


Saturday morning - ready to fish!


After just 10 minutes in the boat, Cole caught his first fish! A brown trout.

They ended up catching four fish in total. Cory cooked them up and we ate them for dinner - yum!

Anna and I checked out the lake from the shore.

PJ and Anna - she's a natural with babies! Can't wait until she can babysit.

More costumes

Week at Johnnies

A couple photos from Cole's second week at Johnnies.

Coloring

Golfing

Making coffee cake

All that playing = a sleepy little boy

Favorite reads

A couple current favorites from the bookshelf.

Rainy Day Slug by Mary Palenick Colborn. I've got to get a video of Cory and Cole reading this together. It is the cutest thing ever. My mom picked this book up at the library and Cole loves it. It's just a fun read. And the author is from Seattle, which is cool.


The Hallo-wiener by Dav Pilkey. We spent several hours at the San Francisco airport on our way back from Santa Barbara, which is where I found this book. I just knew that Cole would like it. And he does. We've read it probably 20 times in the last week. He especially likes the graveyard page. A fun October read.