PHFR Belated Beach Edition

A few weeks ago we escaped the still frozen North to visit grandparents in Seattle. My sister Kelly came up from CA for a couple of days and we all enjoyed a lovely trip to the beach one day. It's not exactly timely, but it's the best I could do at this point. Linking up with Like Mother, Like Daughter.

{Pretty}

I love the way this creek meanders to the inlet. The sight of all 4 kids playing together on its banks is a pretty sight, too.

{Happy}

Sisters pregnant together, due 2 weeks apart. She with her 1st, Me with my 5th...

{Funny}

I don't blame a 10 year old boy for wanting to leap from one side of the bank to the other. What's funny about this is that right after I took this picture, he did exactly what I warned him might happen and he adamantly denied as a possibility: he fell in. Was completely soaked. I resisted the urge to say "I told you so."

{Real}

Our first family photo in 3(?) years!

Somehow we never manage to snap a picture with the entire family all at the same time...

{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real} Reindeer farm edition

{Pretty}

The sun breaking out behind the mountain at the reindeer farm.

{Happy}

Tait loved the baby bunnies. He tried to talk me into bringing one home. I'm afraid bunnies would be bound for the stew pot at our house...

 {Funny}

This moose eats bananas from your mouth! I was laughing so hard when Tait's preschool teacher did it that I nearly missed the photo...And apparently, I did entirely miss Ollie taking his turn!

Moose kiss, anyone?

{Real}

Look at my couch, yo! This was a freebie last year when we moved. It didn't come to us with its arm flapping in the breeze like that, mind you. It did have a teeny tiny threadbare spot on the top of the arm. That my darling 2 year old discovered she could wiggle her teeny tiny little finger into and enlarge by degrees until shazam! One day she could get her whole hand in there. And then with one quick downward motion, she ripped that baby off! I'd like to say it happened just a few days ago, but since we're keeping it real here, I'll *blush* admit it was 2 months ago. Eek! Maybe it's time to find that roll of duct tape...

Linking up at Like Mother, Like Daughter today.

{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}

{Pretty}

The tundra in fall. Our fall colors are a little closer to the ground.

{Happy}

Enjoying a sun-filled fall day.

{Funny}

Well, okay, not so much funny. More like cute. I love how she's pulling on her dress while big brother reads to her. 

{Real}

Our 2 new appliances. The coffee maker broke down months ago and we finally got tired of boiling water to use the french press. And our Crock Pot got lost in last year's move, and I wasn't prepared to go another winter without one. I've been putting this one to use making luscious steel-cut oats for us while we sleep. All the ingredients go in a steel bowl that goes inside the crockpot, which gets partly filled with hot water--creating a "double boiler" effect that perfectly cooks those oats overnight. 

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