Catching up...

We really have been up to a lot in the Birrell household. I just haven't found the time to sit down and write about it. My sister's birthday was 10/29. She and her family came down the weekend prior to celebrate. We carved pumpkins and ate cake. They were down for the entire weekend, so Jake and Tyce got to play together. Despite a few tantrums (Jake's specialty) the boys loved playing together! Let's see...what's next? For Halloween, Jake was Dracula. He looked so adorable! We all decided to do the vampire thing when we took him out trick or treating. Here are a couple of pics:



The next day, we had passes to go to Lagoon for their last day of the season. It was Frightmares, but we didn't do a whole lot of the spook alley stuff. I did take Jake into one though, and he was able to do a little trick or treating there, too. We also took two of our nieces, Aubrey and Jenna, along with us. We had a blast, and the weather was sooo nice! And Jake had a ball with his cousins despite the tantrum he was throwing in the last picture:



Wait...I need to back up. Before all this, we went to Seattle to visit Judi and Lionel, and to go to our annual NFL football game to celebrate Bob's birthday. We had a lot of fun in Seattle. We had never been there before, and absolutely fell in love with the city. We went to Pike's Market - boy is that an experience, went shopping, walked around downtown, went to several nice dinners and on Sunday, we went to the Seahawks vs. Green Bay. It was a lot of fun despite the fact that the Hawks lost. We plan on going back soon, hopefully for a little longer than two days.













Ok, so now we're back on track. After Lagoon, it was Bob's birthday. We had his family over to celebrate. We had dinner, cake, ice cream and opened presents. The kids had a blast playing together. I swear, Jake can't get enough of his cousins. Then, the next night, we got together with a bunch of Bob's friends and went to dinner. It was a lot of fun seeing and talking with everyone. All in all, I'd say Bob had a pretty good birthday! Also, on 10/30, the newest member of our family was born, our nephew Blake. We finally got to see him last Sunday, and he is adorable!

That about sums up our lives up to this point. We're headed to San Diego to visit my brother and his family for Thanksgiving. We are sooo excited! The whole fam (Mom, Dad, Laura and fam) are headed out there, too. We're planning on doing the Thanksgiving thing on Thursday, and heading to Sea World, Lego Land and the beach at some point. I can't imagine what Denise is going through to get ready for such a full house, but I'm grateful! Then, the day after we get back, it'll be Jake's 2nd bithday! Whew, this is such a busy time of year! I hope you all have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!