Time at the beach...

It's not a great time in the Pacific Northwest for a beach visit the second week in November, but we had to take advantage of the weather (it actually stopped raining today and the sun shyly peeked out from behind the grey clouds) and get the girls and Webster out to run and play. We bundled up the girls and headed to the beach! We froze, Mark and I that is, but the girls and the dog had a blast...now that I'm home and warm, I'm glad we went!

Avery, her usual solemn self at the beach...she spends the time gazing at the water, throwing rocks and digging.

Emmy follows so closely in Avery's footsteps in so many different ways... she loves tossing rocks just like big sister!
Em swinging at the beach park
Our handsome boy Webster LOVED the beach too!
And a post about the beach wouldn't be complete without a shot of the Mukilteo Ferry heading off to Whidbey Island!

My silly girls.....

My polka-dotted Emmy-lou

xoxoxo

Blue-eyed Bugaboo!

Trick-or-Treat!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! We did, that's for sure! Avery was a little lamb and Emerson was a little 'Who' from Whoville...we called her Emmy-lou Who!! The girls had a blast! Avery was a die-hard trick-or-treater, out til 8:30pm!!

Our "Little Lamb"...I almost couldn't find this costume in a toddler size

and she's wanted to be a lamb since this summer!

Sweet "Emmy-lou Who," our little "who" from Whoville!! (How the Grinch Stole Christmas??) :)

Ready to go!!

We actually trick-or-treated at the mall first because the weather was AWFUL! When we got home from the mall it was dark and the rain let up a little. Emerson didn't trick-or-treat outside, rather, she answered the door with my mom and LOVED seeing all of the kids in their costumes!

Pumpkin Patch '09

Yesterday we headed out to The Farm for pumpkins!! Last year Em was just 2 months old... this year she is 14 months old and she had a blast discovering pumpkins...and lots of MUD! I tried and tried to get a decent family picture...but Em wasn't too interested in posing for mommy and Avery told me that Em didn't really want to be doing it... Webster posed very nicely for every shot. :) All in all... we had a fantastic day together yesterday!

Emerson LOVED the pumpkins!

What a great family shot... I don't know why I try so hard... honestly!

Sisters shot didn't work either :(

I love this crazy bunch!!

My <3's

No words necessary

xoxo

You have no idea....

...how hard of a sell this guy was! Now look... they're best friends!

(He said, "Don't take a picture. I don't want everyone to know I like the dog." Hahaha!)

Meet Webster <3

Yesterday we made it official and adopted a 4 month old Black Lab/Golden Retriever mix named Webster. We finally got our BOY!! He is so sweet, so gentle with the girls and so loving. He just wants to be with us all the time. He responds to many basic commands and listens exceptionally well! We've now had him for 24 hours and he just keeps getting better and better!


He is the perfect addition to our family... we are definitely complete now! I just hope that our kitties come around soon... they are not as pleased as we are for sure!