Changes...

Lots of changes in the coming months. Lots of unknowns which can be unsettling at times, but we just have to go with the flow. A friend recently told me that my life is never boring. So true.

The kids are both growing way too fast. Kadence started crawling last month, right after she turned 6 months. As soon as she figured out that she can crawl, she's been on the go. She's definitely keeping me busy. Aden has been a great help and has continually proven that he's an awesome big brother. He has been helping me make food for Kadence - sometimes he's too much of a help!

Each day is so hectic trying to keep up with the kids and life. I'm not complaining, just amazed that it seems like I don't accomplish as much as I want to. Not enough time in a day - I know everyone feels that way. Next week, we start swimming lessons for Aden. We're looking forward to that. Some sort of normalcy to our crazy life...

Seattle weekend

We took a train to Seattle the last weekend in September and had one of the most memorable trips ever. Aden LOVED the train ride, he has been looking forward to it and couldn't believe that we finally did it. We stayed at our timeshare which is right downtown - 9 blocks from Pike's Market and Dragonfish was just around the corner. We walked everywhere, took the bus a couple of times and a taxi to get to the train station. It's the first time since we had kids that we went out of town without a car and it was so liberating. It's so nice not to have to worry about driving anywhere and you get to experience where you are when you take the time to walk around or take public transportation. The kids were amazing - I wasn't sure how easy it would be to carry everything around, but we actually made it work and had a lot of fun. We want to take a train trip again, not sure where but hopefully we can do a similar trip to another city. Aden's already bugging us to go back to Seattle!


Highlights of the trip: the train ride, eating lunch at Pike's Market, Seattle Aquarium, swimming in our hotel's pool at the end of each day, ferry ride to Bainbridge Island, hanging out at a park at the island, stopping at a few toy stores to let Aden play. Such a great weekend!

Kids at the park

We've been taking advantage of our awesome weather and one of the things we can't pass up is an trip to the park. Kids always have a great time and it's always just nice to relax and watch Aden play in the water. Amazing to see how much Kadence has grown and she loves being on the grass and watching the trees around us. Can't believe summer is over!

My photogenic girl - as soon as she sees a camera and you say smile, this is what you'll get:

Aden loving sitting outside while we enjoyed our special treats:

Goofy kids

Enjoying the ride

We met up with friends in W'ville for some fun time on the boat and last surfin' of the year (at least for me!) and captured some great shots of the girl enjoying her time on the boat! Mostly she loved watching daddy surf and was giving him the best smiles...

Surfslam weekend

We had the first ever jet ski competition in the Oregon Coast, lucky for us, it was at Tierra so we didn't have to travel at all. It was such a fun time - awesome event, great weather, crazy waves and fun time with friends. Had an awesome time with everyone - amazing to see how many kids we all have now! Big thanks to my sister who helped with the kiddos, couldn't have had as much fun if she wasn't around! Gave us time to go out and party also. Thank you Kimberly for the amazing pictures - I was so busy I didn't have time to take any pictures! Good memories, can't wait for next year.