The Fair

This was Alyssa's first time on a ride by herself. She thought it was great.

The petting zoo

We had a hard time convincing her to get off this one...

A very long and tiring day, she doesn't fall asleep in her car seat much anymore.

We went to the Puyallup Fair last week and we had a blast. We've been hearing about it for two years so we thought we should check it out. We went on a great day because it was military appreciation day, so we got in for free, and the rides were all $1 each. So Alyssa got to try out carnival rides for the first time. I was a little nervous at first because I didn't know if she would stay seated for the whole ride, but we strapped her in good and she did great. The problem was getting her off the ride at the end. We enjoyed some good food and Nate and I even got to go on a ride. I must say, it was a very enjoyable day :)

I just realized Alyssa has the same outfit on in these pics as she did in the last post, funny considering all the clothes she has and the number of pictures we take.

Blackberries

One great thing we discovered this summer are all the wild blackberry bushes. They grow everywhere around here in August and September. This year I realized that we have a ton of bushes right behind our house. For the last three weeks I've gone out several times to pick berries and make all sorts of different creations, cobbler, jam, pie, coffee cake..... very yummy. Alyssa loves picking berries. She gets to pick the red or green berries so she doesn't squish purple juice all over everything. She only picks two berries, one for each hand :) The only problem is that blackberry bushes are full of thorns and Alyssa gets scratched up every time we go, but she still likes it.

Summer cont...

Airshow

More fun in the sun

Thats a little peek of what we've been up to. This post has taken forever because I couldn't get things where I wanted them, hopefully I'll get better at this.

Summer recap

Nate and I went to Jamaica in May and left Alyssa with our parents for a week. It was an awesome time of relaxation and time together, which is rare sometimes. We stayed at a Sandals resort that had beautiful grounds, a lot of great food and watersports. Nate learned to sail, we snorkeled and best of all laid on the beach and did nothing! When can we go back?

View from our room

Alyssa LOVED her wading pool this summer. She spent many hours in the backyard running around in her swimmimg suit. I think she spent more time getting in and out of the pool than she did actually in it, but she enjoyed herself.

Flying a plane like Daddy at the Mueseum of Flight.

A little cruise around Puget Sound.

Hello to the world of Blogging!

Well, I finally decided to create a blog after some inspiration from all you other bloggers. I love keeping up with everyone and getting an inside look at your lives. I feel like our life is pretty boring sometimes, so I hope I can find things to post. But I figure I can at least post pictures which will make our families happy.