fall fun fest 2011

tyler was talking about the animals in the petting zoo.
super excited about the pigs...and i think he was pointing to a chicken.

we loved chasing after the bunnies. and of course the "huge t-rex...grrrrrr" was a hit.

um hot dog...please!

and an entire stick of cotton candy to myself please...

that one was a little messy!!! check out the sunset!last night was the fall fun fest at our church. tyler had so much fun...minus the extremely large gorilla on top of a huge blow-up bounce house/slide thing. we had to walk the opposite way around the back of the church to miss it on the way out because tyler kept saying "no gorilla!" but we walked around just admiring all the activities, played in the petting zoo, danced to the music playing and then ate lots of really bad food!!! so fun!

new boots

while in california, daddy found some new boots for his son. love this picture!

fishing

tyler touched the fish!

we went again the next weekend and caught 3. we are fisher-men!!! ha of like 3" fish:)

daddy had a wonderful idea last weekend when it was beautiful outside. we woke up saturday morning, had breakfast and then went on a walk with tyler's new fishing rod down to the white rock creek behind our house. TYLER CAUGHT 5 FISH!!!!!!!!!!! well you know how that goes, really daddy caught 4 and mommy caught 1....but it was still fun:) tyler loved it. chad had bought live worms for the bait and tyler touched one, kind of. he played in the dirt and leaves and had fun exploring around the creek. chad loved it of course, and i actually enjoyed myself as well :)

san diego trip with hubby

chad and scott

sweet husband

the boys

chad even got to act as captain for a little while :)

scott and his toy

coming back into the harbor during sunset

chad invited me to come join him in california last month before a conference he was going to attend. with a little persuading :) i went out with him early and we had a wonderfully relaxing time together. we just love walking on the beach together, eating, staying in fun cottages where i don't have to clean or make dinner and just chatting about god and life. our highlight of the trip was a ride on a sailboat through the pacific ocean in the afternoon and through sunset. one of chad's friends and clients bought his dream sailboat and asked if we'd like to join him. UM YES!!!! the peacefulness, the grandeur, the vastness, the quietness and powerfulness...the ocean is such an image of god. it was just incredible....and an experience we will remember forever. here are some photos we took.

first day of mdo

he wanted to wear his t-rex outfit of course
and we were super excited to pack our dinosaur lunch box as well

with some guidance from the lord, tyler is now going 1 day a week to mother's day out at our church. he is really enjoying it!!! it's so cute because he'll tell me what he does each week and show me his little craft. he's even been napping there!!! what a blessing it has been for everyone. the lord's timing for this was just perfect...of course!!!!