Day 1 Seattle

We headed to Seattle/Vancouver for fall break this year to visit friends, family and schools.  LT's girlfriend was at the airport taking off around the same time, so we had dinner together.

Our plans changed on the first day and rather than visiting Seattle U, we ended up having lunch with one of my best college friends and then heading to Tacoma for the day to visit UPS and Point Defiance.

Fortunately (unfortunately), we got some pretty incredible weather.  While that made for a fun weekend with views of the famous Mt. Ranier, it did not give LT the true Seattle college weather experience.  

B spent  a lot of the time at UPS and Point Defiance exploring the trees, which are unique in that area.

My sister in law is part owner in 6 Thai restaurants in the area and over the course of the 5 days, we managed to eat at 3 of the restaurants (which were all incredible!)

 

Beignets

These two decided to make beignets last week, which was quite a scene, but the end product was very impressive!

 

LTs homecoming weekend!

And last but certainly not least, LT's junior year homecoming.  While Brian hosted Ads party, I ran over to to the park to snag some photos of LT and his buddies before they headed to another friends house for dinner.  

 

Ads Big Weekend

After we quickly cleaned up and got our lives (somewhat) together, we geared up to host Ads friend group (and their parents) for the pre homecoming party.  It was a really nice chance to get to know the parents (and kids) as Ads begins his high school years.

 

B's big weekend

We had a fun weekend!  It started Friday night with B's 9th birthday bash.  11, eight and nine year olds, eating and watching Despicable Me 2 in our backyard complete with activities and minion stuffies as a party favor.  

And Saturday the big guys had homecoming, so B went to his friends house while we hosted/went to a variety of events (more on that later).  After the kids were all safely at the dance, we picked these two up for a sleepover.

 

Randoms from Sept.

Dressing up for the last day at the pool.

These two have been celebrating birthdays together for many years.

Two free kids in the grocery store.

We got in our weekly hike each week.

This guy had a rough start with a badly sprained ankle and wisdom teeth removal.

Bike to school day is always better with friends.

I snuck away for a girls weekend in the mountains, complete with the Indigo Girls.

This one got an excellent tooth brushing award at the dentist.

We were able to escape to the mountains with a crew of kids for the peak leaf weekend.