18 Months

Its hard to believe that our little man is now 18 months old. Some fun things at this stage; jumping on the couch, throwing food at every meal, helping feed the cats, sweeping, dancing, singing, saying "no" and meaning it, and giving the best kisses (close mouthed finally) in the whole world.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year we were in Roseburg at Tim and Liann's new (beautiful) house for Thanksgiving. Great food and family!

Sharing and playing with Sadie!

Heading down to the river. It was so cold but no snow thankfully.

Yumm!

And pumpkin pie to end the day.

Goofing Around

Just some pictures that we have taken over the last few weeks...

Loving the duck at Oakway Mall



One of his new favorite things; climbing on daddy's back when he is doing push ups.

Kylan loves pinching the hand of this snowman and then dancing to the music it makes. This must be a karate/dance move that daddy taught him!

Portland Zoo and 30!

A week and a half ago we went up to Portland for the night. Steve decided that for his birthday he wanted to go to the Zoo (and use the free tickets we had that would expire soon) and shop and hang out in Portland. Thursday night we met Laci and Brian at Claimjumper. One of our favorite places to eat and so glad they could meet us! Later we headed to the hotel for swimming.

Realxing in the hotel after swimming.


The next day we grabbed Starbucks and headed off the Zoo. Kylan was so much more aware of the animals than in the summer when we went to the San Diego zoo. He would point at animals and talk about them. It was fun. The only bummer was that it was sooo cold out! By the time we left his hands and nose were pink and freezing! We were not prepared for that!

Loves climbing on everything- including this bronze cub.









Surprise!! I worked for two weeks planning a surprise dinner for Steve on his 30th birthday with friends waiting. It sure was hard getting him there... it was impossible to rush him when we theoretically had no where to go! But once we were there it all worked out.

Carrie picked up the cake for me. Since Steve isn't really into desserts this was the best thing I could think of... a Snicker cake made by Market of choice. The only candy he likes.

Later that weekend blowing out candles at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Ducks and Halloween

We started the weekend with a trip to the Duck Shop for new shirts. We also found a few places for pictures.

Later, watching the game with Logan and friends.


Carving pumpkins

What is in there??

Trick or Treat! Knocking on Grandma's door.

Steve did a great job carving our pumpkins this year

Yeah! I got pretzels!

Carnival

Thursday we went to the carnival at Kylan's school. He wore his Tiger costume and we went from room to room playing games.

Fishing with dad.

Kylan was really good at this game. He tossed bean bags like crazy until we had to drag him away so the next boy could play.

Roar!

Two tigers and a fireman

(Logan 3, Matthew 3 weeks)

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend Grandma came to visit and we headed out to the Pumpkin Patch in between bursts of rain. We made it without getting soaked!

As soon as Kylan saw the horses from 20 feet away he started screaming "neigh, neigh!" The only animal sound he knows.

It was so fun having Grandma here!

Not so sure about the donkeys.

When the ride dropped us off Ky was so excited to run through the field screaming.

Still working hard to get a decent smile when you say "smile!"

Tough guy! He was grunting like crazy trying to pick this up!

Towards the end of the trip he found this little pumpkin all by himself and carried it around until we left.

And running through the hay maze.

Backyard

Last week I came home early with Ky to have some time to play in the backyard. With the weather changing we don't have very many afternoons left to play.

Kylan loves cherry tomatoes. Every day in the summer he would pick out at least 10 to eat. Red or green, he didn't seem to mind!

He loves climbing up and down the play structure all by himself.


Hmmmm, how can I pet him without getting swiped?

Hunting for strawberries... only a few left.


Yikes! A bitter one!