Clark Lake

To end our fun and busy weekend and to take advtange of our last nice day, we went on an afternoon family walk around Clark Lake. As we were walking, I was filled with love, gratitude, and joy for the sweet family that I have and for this beautiful world we live in. Sometimes I just am filled with amazement that Nate and I have three girls and that they are ours. We are SO grateful that we get to be their parents. All three of them are pretty amazing!

One of the coolest trees ever for the perfect photo op.

Then across the boardwalk and spending some time sticking their sticks in the water.

We made it to the dock on the lake and there were so many dragonflies all around.

My whole world!

Then back to the car through the grassy field.

Baylor found this painted rock right at the end of our walk.

It was such a beautiful walk and I always love spending some qualtiy time with my family enjoying the outdoors.

Halloween Party

 Saturday we had such a fun Halloween party. Paige, Emily, and Natalie have been planning and preparing for the last couple of weeks and today it all came together. They invited Eliza and Matilda and then Baylor and McCall. 

We had them come in costume and it was so cute to see them all dressed up. The party was just an hour so it was quick but jam packed filled with fun. 

We love reguarly seeing these two cute kids! It has been so much fun getting to know them and their sweet family this past summer. We are excited for more adventures with them.

They kept the kids busy with bubbles and snowballs until everyone had arrived.

Then they started with a Halloween scavenger hunt. They hid 4 bats, 4 skeletons, and 4 spiders for them to find in the front yard. McCall and Matilda paired up with one of them for some extra help. It was cute to watch!

Quick photo shoot before going into the house.

Next game was an obstacle course. They had ghosts made out of garbage bags to crawl through under the table, then some long balloons and white streamer to go through for a spider web, then some playdough for cat poop to avoid stepping on, and it was all lit up with some orange lights.

Then we went into the back yard for some pumpkin bowling.

Next up we went inside and did pin the face on the jack-o-lantern. Each of the girls got a different piece of the face and had to tape it on. 

Then there was a ring toss and Halloween bean bag toss.

Then they did a mystery Halloween guessing game though the two little ones were a little young for it and didn't understand but it was still fun to watch. They had different Halloween items and the girls had to feel the item and guess what it was. There was a pumpkin, leaves, fake spiderweb, pumpkin guts, peeled grapes (eyeballs), and more. 

Then all the girls decorated some cupcakes.

Then to end the fun party they did poke-a pumpkin. Each cup had different prizes and candy and all the girls really liked this and loved getting some Halloween things to take home. 

What a fun evening!

Issaquah Outing

Friday was a wonderful day and our last nice weekend (3 day weekend for us!) for a while so I had to take advantage and wanted to go on an adventure. Nate and Paige went out to lots of stores and since they were gone and my two little ones are their best selves when they are outside so I quickly planned up an outing. I packed a lunch and our first stop was to go find the pretzel tree.

This is a short 1/4 mile walk through a lush forest with storyboards that take you through the adventure of a field mouse meeting forest creatures and learning from them on his search for the pretzel tree. It's a cute story and teaches some great things. I love forest walks here because it is always so green!

These two in their sunglasses are the best!

Baylor with her poses are my favorite right now. She has the hip pop down! :)

We found the pretzel tree!

We then went to the Issaquah Fish Hatchery and ate our lunch in the car. It was a bonus that we got the last parking spot in the lot so we didn't have to drive around forever looking for a parking spot on the road. It was such a pretty fall day and I'm so glad I decided to take the girls out to enjoy it.

There were SO many salmon in the river!

There were a whole bunch of people with these white almost like 3D glasses so I asked someone about them and it helps prevent the glare on the water and it makes looking at the fish so much easier. So we went into the gift shop to see if we could get some and for a small fee we got the glasses a and a small cup of food to feed the trout in a different area of the hatchery which was a bonus for the girls.

So many HUGE fish to look at!

Then of course since we were in Issaquah we had to make a quick stop at Krispy Kreme to enjoy some donuts. They were so good!

It was such a fun couple of hours spent with two of my girls! And Nate and Paige came home with all sorts of treasures too so a win all around!

Thomasson Family Farm

We made our annual trip to the farm! I always look forward to this family outing. The girls look forward to it and we had such nice weather this year. There was hardly anyone there and we had such a fun time.

We decided to do the corn maze first and made a few stops on our way to the entrance.

Paige led us through the long maze. She got turned around quite a few times but we ended up making it through in the order of the numbers that are throughout the maze. She would get confused but worked through it and we made it! Then this year they had a second short and easy maze that Baylor got to lead us through.

This was the first year that we were there when the mega slide was open and running and Paige loved it. Baylor did it twice but it does go pretty fast and she felt unsure about it, but Paige loved the speed and went over and over.

Nate kept Baylor and McCall busy with the popping of these giant bubbles while Paige got her mega slide fix in.

Then everyone's favorite spot: the corn box. This year McCall especially loved it and I spent extra time in there with her while the older two went onto to some other games. McCall loved going down the slide, laying on the corn even with her face in it, and just feeling the corn through her hand. (The night when I changed McCall into her jammies, I got a handful of corn from out of her clothes in in her diaper.) :)

Then we moved onto to the next area of some slides into hay and some tractor digging.

Next was petting the farm animals.

Then some photo ops and bike riding.

Then we went to the play area for some more slides, jumping, cow milking, duck racing, and zip lines.

Baylor's favorite part and what she was looking forward to was this tractor ride. I was able to go with McCall even with some tears at the beginning but then she ended up being okay with it.

The yearly picture by the pumpkin to see how everyone grows and changes each year. I truly love looking back every year at these to see how much my girls and our family has grown.

Then we wandered through the pumpkin patch and of course the girls loved the cute, tiny pumpkins.

Another fun outing in the books! Until next year!