Happy Halloween

Another successful Halloween - and in this case success was measured in cuteness, fun, and the sheer mass of candy collected. Check it out!

{The Kratt Brothers (aka Chris and Martin Kratt from one of the boys' favorite shows The Wild Kratts) and a fierce lion, of course}

{One of our favorite houses on the walk home from preschool}

{Conway at the Little Red Wagon Preschool Halloween Sing-a-long}

{Conway and one of his preschool buddies, Sebi, sporting matching smiles}

{Parker sorting and counting his bountiful collection of candy}

{Successfully sorted into groups of ten. Yup, that's a lot of candy!}

P.S. Trick Or Treat

Hay Maze Field Trip

No School for Conway and Reid meant a trip to the hay maze at Swanson's Nursery.

Don't get lost! ☺

Where's Monroe?

{Where's Monroe?}

{Peek-a-Boo!}

P.S. Where's Parker?

Pumpkins!

P.S. 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012

No School?!

Parker wasn't happy about not going to school on a recent Seattle School District in-service day so he decided to make a classroom at our house. He put up paper on the wall to be a white board and gave me paper, pencil, eraser, and a nametag for my desk. Monroe and I were the students and he was the teacher "like Ms. D", clearly. He then proceeded to do a directed draw and informed me that I needed to "follow his directions". It was actually pretty cute.

A Napa Getaway

David and I recently took a trip to Napa while my mom stayed with the boys. It was such a treat to spend a few days just the two of us. We tasted more than our fair share of incredible wines, had so many delicious meals, saw lots of live music, and walked the course at a PGA golf tournament. Here are a few photos...

{Most mornings started with a trip to Model Bakery for their amazing English muffin breakfast sandwiches. Yum!}

{Alfresco lunch at Farmstead}

{A couple of nights after dinner we popped into clubs with live music}

{David wanted to show the boys a picture of himself sitting in The BFG's chair ☺}

{Safeway Open PGA Tour Golf Tournament - behind David and his Coors Light is John Daly}

{Weezer concert!}

Here are some of the places we visited and loved...

Incredible wineries: Orin Swift, Hall, White Hall Lane, Artesa, Sullivan, Stewart Cellars

Delicious restaurants: Model Bakery, Grace's Table, Farmstead, Morimoto, Bistro Don Giovanni, Torc 

And while we were away...

{Monroe finishing everyone's corn}

{Great Grandma Lois' new obsession with ice cream cones went over pretty well with the kids}

{The house was very festive when we returned}

What we didn't know until we arrived back home was that we left with basically only a few hours to spare before the wildfires blew in and much of the area was devastated. Such a lovely place that is now tasked with much rebuilding. And not everyone was as lucky as us to make it out safely. Our prayers are with them.

{The Safeway Open grandstands we were in just a couple days prior to this picture from golfdigest.com}

Thank you Napa! We had an incredible time and we will be back for more...

hopefully soon.