Few things we've missed....

There are a few things that I was waiting for pictures before I posted, but now that its almost two months later and I don't have any yet...I'll just go ahead and write a quick deal about. ;)

Aspen, Mia and I spent a week in Canon City with Carrie in October. Malo came up here a week before we did and we stayed down and played with Carrie. My girls love their Aunt Carrie. Aspen especially has an incredible bond with her - and that was one of the major reasons it was so hard to leave. But we're working on convincing her to move back to WA, too. Although Washington really doesn't even begin to compare to Colorado...so I don't know how much I can really convince her. :)

Anyway, we had a great time with her. We went to a pumpkin patch, went to ride on the Royal Gorge train, ate a lot, played with the dogs. We also went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and to Mr. Biggs with our friends, the Dorseys. And the days that Aunt Carrie had to work, we made lunch and dinner and brought it to her work. It was really nice to spend that week with Carrie...and really hard and sad to leave her. And we're still waiting for pictures from her from our week there.....hint, hint.

And then when we came up here to Spokane, my wonderful friend, Jennifer, came with us! She was Aspen's flying buddy. It was such a nice thing for her to take a week and come help us move and unpack. She is such an amazing friend. Unfortunately we didn't do a whole lot while she was here - we didn't know anything to do!! But we did go one day to the radio flyer wagon slide and fed the ducks (she has pics - I will get them one day...again, hint, hint!). We also went to a pumpkin patch. Jennifer is the best!

And then the other weekend Malo went out to help Leif build a deck on their new house and me and the girls tagged along. That was fun to hang out with Lurlyn and Leify while the boys worked hard. ;) Aspen and Leify played in the mud and then chased each other all over the place...and took turns drinking milk out of the same sippy all weekend. Crazy kids. We also got to see Eric and his two kiddos, Sierra and Noah, while we were there. Its been a LONG time since we've seen them and they are growing up so fast. We also got to spend a little time with my mom and Randy & Teresa and the kids. And that is always fun, too. It really is nice to be able to take a weekend and just drive to see our families. Even though its a long drive...its lots closer than Colorado...and that is super nice to be able to do. Even though I really really REALLY miss Colorado, seeing ALL of my nieces and nephews in one weekend and just driving a few hours to do it - that makes living back in Washington pretty cool. :-)