We have a swimmer!

Beautiful Chelan

We had yet another great weekend at Lake Chelan.

We discovered the Chelan Chase.

A 5K fundraiser for the local hospital and breast cancer treatment.

We decided to go for it!Bundle up the babies in the BOB and let's go!

We also had a picnic lunch at 25 mile creek state park.
They have a wonderful playground.
Look! I'm IN the bubble!

HUGE slides! Weee!

It was a breath-taking, crisp fall day.

Dana didn't understand why she couldn't go IN the water.

And was frankly upset she couldn't go in.

A great trip for a great reason - to celebrate Casey's wedding.

Congratulations to Casey and Alison.

Growing Boy

Blake will be 4 months old on the 30th.

He is growing in leaps and bounds.

He used to sleep in this moses basket... Dana slept in it too. But, all of a sudden it got too small!
Ahhh, much better. Room to spread out!

He's in size 4 diapers, and in size 6 months clothes!

Such a

happy baby. He loves to hang out with his big sister.

She colors, he plays with his toys.

Mom just sits back and watches.

... and makes sure Dana doesn't poke him in the eye.

September, in a nutshell

September just flew by...

We went boating with Mom and John on Lake Washington. Check out Mt. Rainier and the Seahawks training facility behind them.
Baby Blake is a boater!

Then we did the Puyallup Fair with the Wests.

It was the first time on the rides for the kiddos...

Maybe Dana was just a little under height and age.

She loved it.

Anything Lucas was going to do, she was going to do too!

Here's Lucas showing Dana how to push the button to sound the horn.

Elmo was on Dana's pack that serves as a 'kid leash' - perfect for our toddler who loves to bolt in large crowds. And LOVES anything Elmo.

We also had an awesome family vacation to Lake Chelan.

My dad and step mom rented a great house.

Allen and Blake all ready to go boating.

Dana too!Mostly, we just had fun hanging out with Grandpa and Nana.

DMB 2009

We arrived this year to our platinum parking only to have it rain,

really hard on us for the first hour. We could see the dry weather on the horizon.


After the rain it was an absolutely beautiful evening.

The VIP bar was just to the left of the stage.

Our view from VIP.

DAVE!!

We sat in row 9 this year.

Way crowded, but way cool.

Bad Blogger

Well, I suppose it goes without saying that we've been pretty busy around here lately.

So here's a re-cap of what we've been up to for the past two months.

We went to visit Grandpa Jerry at a car show.

Dana got to sit with him in his Ford. Grandpa can't wait to take her for a cruise. (After we're done with a car seat, Grandpa.)

The car show just happened to be at the Puyallup Fair grounds, so Dana got to go on her first ride with her Daddy.

A natural-born horseback rider. :)

We also took a family trip to CB with Dave, Joanna & Lucas.

A blast of a weekend. It was very hot. Here we are chilling in the shade of our car, eating popsicles.

Cooling off also involved some boating.

Dana got some new shades.

Blake turned two months old yesterday.

I'll post his stats when we get back from the doctor visit later this week.

He's a big boy - in size 3 month clothes already!

We also went to Carter and Chloe's first birthday party - they had a bouncy house.

Dana LOVED it!

Here she is with Carter.

We got to see Great Grandma too.

Here we are back at home, giving Blake some floor-time.

Dana brought a book over and wanted to 'read' it to him.

Such a good big sister!

Blake has also been practicing sitting in his Bumbo chair.

Dana was very upset...

She's pretty sure that's HER Bumbo!

'Cause she still fits in it!

She is growing up! Now her crib is a day-bed.

Can't believe summer is almost over.

Next weekend is Labor Day and DMB at the Gorge!