While Cristian and Ava were at school today I thought it would be fun to try and take some pictures of Carter. Well, this was no easy task because this boy is on-the-go.
A lot of them were blurry (like this one) because he's walking all over the place.
A lot of them he's smiling big but not looking at the camera because he thinks it's hysterical to run away from me :)
So we tried sitting down for a couple :)
While Nicole was in town, we also had a chance to have a girls night out one evening. The three of us were going to eat a late dinner and then see a 9:30 movie, but we ended up talking and lost track of time and missed the movie. But it was great to just have a chance to sit and relax and catch up with these girls! Nicole and I did end up meeting a different night to see the 9:30 showing of, Love Happens... it was an OK, but good movie. Fun that it was all filmed in Seattle!
Last Wednesday we went to the fair with my friend Nicole and her two daughters while they were in town visiting. The girls had a great time! Ava and Emma were especially buddy-buddy on this trip! 
Carter loved checking out all the animals.
Look at this cute little guy!
so cute!
Ava and Ellie in the petting zoo
Carter wasn't quite sure about this bunny that kept trying to hop out towards him
Petting the goats
Carter got a big kick out of walking around with the animals
Emma and Ava on the foot massager
I love this series of pictures... you'll have to click on this one to see their faces
I think this giant slide was Ava's favorite ride
Wheeeee
Vroom Vroom
Coming down from the fun house slide
Ellie, Emma, and Ava (who was trying to buckle the seat belt) on the truck ride
On the dragon coaster
The water on this boat ride was disgusting, but Ava enjoyed the ride!!
She looks like such a big girl
All the girls on the hot air balloon ride
On the rockets... too bad they're not looking at the camera
playing a fishing game
they were so excited to win these stuffed red dogs
Another slide
On our way out we got the girls some ice cream to help cool them off on our 88 degree, late September day. Although Nicole is used to that living in AZ, it felt really hot to us! What a beautiful Summer and early Fall we've had!
Monday we got Cristian out of school early to go play around at the fair. Ava got to go on a pony ride which was a big hit!
She smiled almost the entire time she was on the little pony
Her pony's name was Honey
Big Smile from my Big girl
Carter enjoying a taste of Aunt Lisa's ice cream cone
Cristian and Ava going down the slide
Wheeeee
Cristian's audience
Yay Cristian
The Mutton Buster
Ready to ride that sheep!
Holdin' on tight
He did a lot better the second time, he rode it about twice as long as the first time. He took 4th place out of about 30-35 kids.
Enjoying some more rides
My parents elected not to go the game (they had just been on Thursday and wanted to get some yard work done), so we brought our friends Geoff and Alison and their two kids with us. It was a great game! Mariners won 7-1.
Cristian and Kaylee
Silly kids :)
Looks like a Verizon Wireless commercial :) (Ava, Trenton, Kaylee, and Cristian)
Cristian got a ball from Adrian Beltre, and after he caught it, he immediately took it out of his glove and gave it to Kaylee. He told her, "you can have it Kaylee, I have a lot of them" I was so proud of how thoughtful he was!
Derek Jeter, my favorite Yankee. Now, I know a lot of people don't like the Yankees just because they win all the time... but I truly am a Yankee fan at heart. Of course the Mariners are my #1 team and I want them to beat the Yanks!!! But because the Mariners aren't going to make it to the post season this year... come October... I'll be sportin' a Yankees shirt and cheering them on hoping they win the World Series!
Got to see another Griffey homerun!! #627 in his career! Speaking of which, I hope Junior sticks around another year! He is definitely a fan favorite.
He always poses for pictures :)
The kids with the Moose... poor Ava is in the picture, but Trenton is taller then her so you can't see her :(
Here's all 4 of them
The 9 of us :)
