Pumpkin Festival

This weekend we had a Harvest Festival in town so we took the kids and they had a lot of fun FREE stuff for them to do. The weather was beautiful so we enjoyed ourselves too. They also had a pumpkin launching contest that was fun to watch. I am always there when it is something FREE.

Here is Tyler painting his pumpkin many different colors.

They had a duck pond for the little kids to go fishing in. Tyler caught a couple and won a prize.

There were some Fire Trucks for the kids to play on. Of course Tyler had to play on all of them. That was probably his favorite part of the day. He would make the sound of a siren everytime he saw the Fire Truck.

Tyler enjoying a carmel apple.

Katie and Maelyn made a Zucchini/pumpkin car and raced it.

Seattle Fun!

This last week Tyler and I drove down to Seattle airport to pick up my sister Katie and her daughter Maelyn. It has been so fun to have them here for a visit.The weather has actually been nice lately so we haven't had too many rainy days. We have been shopping a lot or I should say as much as the kids would let us. Katie had never been to Seattle so we took here to a few places in town. Here are some pictures of our trip to Seattle.



The Space Needle.



Katie, Maelyn, Me and Ty eating lunch in downtown Seattle. We were on top of a balcony looking out into the city. Beautiful!
Sisters: Debbie and Katie Pikes Place Market, lots of fun things to look at.

Family Time

This weekend we went down to Seattle for Aunt Anjee's baby blessing. They finally had a baby (Joshua) after years of trying. We are so glad that Josh is here. Tyler loves to get together with the cousins. He has so much fun and never wants to leave. Here he is with Jenny! They are little buddies and do everything together. Tyler follows her around and says "Jenny, Jenny, Jenny." He also calls all of his other cousins Jenny. So you can tell who his favorite is.

Here is the Mergenthaler Family. About half of the family is actually not in the picture so you can amagine what it would look like with everyone else. There is about 9 more grandchildren and 3 more adults missing. It is the first family picture in the past 5 years so we were good to even get one.
Jenny is like a mother to Tyler. She takes care of him and makes sure he is okay. This picture was just too cute to pass up.
After the blessing and lunchoen we headed to park to let the kids play while the adults visited. Here is Tyler coming down the slide. He always seems to want to go down head first. He sure is brave and has no fear. So you better Watch out!