The Grahams

UW recently had a Girl Scout night at one of the Husky games. Preston was out hunting so I took the kiddos by myself (and met Sarah and Rey there). It went surprisingly well - especially since the game ended up being a 7:30 pm game. Luckily Liam napped the whole way there and was able to rally when it was game time. Callie's highlights of the game was being there with her cousins, the cheerleaders, and the marching band. She wasn't too interested in the football aspect.  Although the stadium was not loud, Liam insisted on wearing headphones. He didn't take them off once and even fell asleep with them on in the car.  Enthralled with the marching band Hopefully some future Huskies!

Getting our Christmas tree is always a fun adventure. We headed up to the cabin for the weekend and explored the woods to find "the perfect Christmas tree". While we were there, we enjoyed every moment of being together and not having any work or obligations. We explored the woods, the beach and everything in between.  Ok....seriously....just one cute family picture please! Can we all just smile at the same time once?! I sure love my crew We found the perfect tree and everyone had to take turns cutting it down with the saw. We tried to get a cute Christmas card picture this weekend with very little luck. My kiddos wanted nothing to do with it and so we gave up :) These ended up being some of my favorites:

I can' believe thanksgiving is right around the corner! This year has already started off quickly and continues to snowball even quicker. We had a blast over halloween, the kids enjoyed do don't pumpkins, challenging our carving skills, trick or treating with friends and callie even did her first haunted house (although I'm not sure she will do another one in a long time. Ha!). We hit up the pumpkin patch on a beautiful (very cold) day. The kiddos played in corn, completed the maze, and tried to find the biggest pumpkins they could find.  The kiddos pumpkins definitely show each of their personalities. Liam stuck with a truck this year and callie wanted a witch with her cat....she got a cat :)  Liam dressed up as a dinosaur this year (thank you grandma for the amazing costume) and callie was a cheetah. We went trick or treating on Saturday with some very good friends are Saturday (we weren't sure how long they would make it on halloween) .    ...

This September, we stayed very busy. We lucked out with some surprisingly good weather and took full advantage of it. Liam has Fridays off of school, so we try to plan a super fun adventure on Fridays.  We headed to the water park on a super hot Friday (before it closed for the fall) with Liam's best buddy Jack. They had the place to themselves and had so much fun.  These boys truly have a blast together! We headed to the Puyallup fair for opening weekend. We made the best of a beautiful day! They both loved the fishing Archery Liam and I spent a Friday visiting some real pirate ships: Burien Fire Safety Day. Always a great time: Putting out a fire with the fire hoses On a side note, Sarah, Amy and I completed our first Spartan Beast race together. 13 miles of running with 30+ obstacles. It was a challenge that I will gladly do again. On Fridays Liam and I head to the pool on the rainy days. We meet his buddy Jack and they swim ...

This summer, Callie, Laurel, Sarah and I did our first mud/obstacle run together. It took the girls a bit to get used to the mud but by the end they were happy to be messy and dirty. It was so much fun. I asked callie if she wanted to do it again and she told me that she wanted to do another obstacle run without the mud. Clean and fresh at the starting line These were a couple of the mud free obstacles.  This obstacle was the first "mud" obstacle. They had a rope swing and had to let go in the middle of a pit full of mud Done!