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Its always been my favorite season. Its beautiful during Fall in California and its beautiful here in Washington. I'm guessing its pretty gorgeous everywhere.  These pictures have not been touched up.  There are two where I made them brighter because I took them in a more shaded area,  but the color has not been enhanced or anything fancy like that.  There's truly no need. Everywhere I look its breathtaking.  The pictures with the kids in them have a filter called "throwback" from Flikr.  The first pic is my favorite.  I had pulled over to make a call and noticed the sun coming through the leaves on the tree.  I got my iPhone out and snapped a few pics and this one turned out incredible.  Enjoy.  this is our neighborhood 

Her birthday was full of all the food she loves.  We visited a local bakery she's been dying to go to.  Had a treasure hunt.  Went out to dinner.  And spent the day that weekend in Seattle as a family.  treasure hunting  We love our crazy Kara girl.  She's full of life.  Constantly.  If she's not sleeping, she's jumping, rolling, climbing, swinging,  running, riding, playing or all of those things back-to-back.  She's been learning how to read which has given me lots of   WAKE-UP-MOM-your-baby-is-getting-big moments.  She's loving school and still likes being outdoors.  Unless its 20 degrees outside, Kara has got a tank-top on.  Scratch that.  Even when its 20 degrees outside, Kara has a tank-top on.  She fakes to by shy still, but isn't.  She's cuddly and happy and funny and sassy.  he decided her new blanket was ...

We took the kids to Brick Con in Seattle and had a fun family day!  the sign... from behind :) 

We all have them, so don't say you don't ;-) This is my blog so I'm using this as my outlet to vent about ones that bother me. And this isn't to say I've never done any of these things. I'm sure I've done them all. 'Pet peeves' doesn't mean you don't do it. Just means you get annoyed when someone else does it. Here are a few of mine. **Please don't read any further if you're easily offended or prone to think everything is about you personally.  I will give no other disclaimer.  Read at your own risk.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *Using the 'like' button in a very passive aggressive way.  Incredibly popular and also incredibly cowardly and rude. I try my very hardest NOT do this, but this week I actually purposefully did it. It felt good. I apparently like being a coward and being rude :-\ Maybe someday Fallon and Timberlake will do a video of how ridiculous ...

We're 3 weeks into school and I'm already feeling like I'm 3 weeks behind in everything . This is when that question "how do you home school kids, raise a baby and take care of you home?!" starts to haunt me. Because I wish I could smile and tell those ladies that I do it all effortlessly and it actually runs smoothly. Somedays do...  most do not. We have many days where we sit next to a huge pile of clean laundry while we read. Dinner gets frantically made at 5pm and Mommy curses herself for not sticking with a good meal planning regime. The kids are usually allowed to play some Minecraft simply because Mommy needs 30-60 minutes to pick up the craziness around the house, to collect her mental awareness, maybe chat with Daddy in peace on the phone, and spend some alone time with Miles. I rarely ever talk on the phone with friends. If I call you, please feel honored... because it is an honor. You must be special if you get anything beyond a text. And I...

School started. Like, officially. We started around the 2nd week in September but it was basic stuff; math, reading, spelling, language arts and history.  We went on a trip to the library, took many walks and explored our new area, found leaves that are changing {yay!} and made some new food we've never made before. This week we added science, biology and Classical Conversations! If you don't know what that is, its a private Christian co-op that meets once a week. We meet Wednesdays, I'm a tutor for 4-6 year olds and my kids each attend their own classes. It has been many, many months of planning, prepping and praying over this and I can't believe its finally here. We went to a 3 day conference back in July and that gave the kids and I a taste of what we were in for and it was super exciting. Today was our first day and we're tired. All of us. Miles fell asleep in the car on the way home and then decided that was his nap and has now decided he will skip his nap...

We are moved, settled and enjoying our new home.  I'm planning to post pictures soon, but we'll see :)  We were so blessed with tons of help, meals brought to us and my Father-in-Law came to spend this whole last week with us to help get us settled in. I'm happy to say, even the garage is neatly organized!  That's a first for us :)  Thanks for the prayers. August was such a rough month and we're praying September continues to be calmer.