September and October

So far we have been to 2 pumpkin patches. Compared to the pumpkin patches we had in Arizona, these were 5 star quality. Dahlia's favorite part were the barns where she could look at and talk to the animals. She told them lots of stories =) She especially loved chasing the chicken.

Pumpkin patch #1

Pumpkin patch #2

August

The big event in August was Dahlia's first birthday! It seems like just yesterday she was I was holding her little 6lb 13oz body for the first time. For her birth day we celebrated in the morning with a Dahlia dance-a-thon, Coldstone with raspberry sorbet with graham crackers on top and a doctors appointment in the afternoon, and cake and chicken toquitos at home in the evening. Later that week, we had a Luau. We had guests from Rwanda, Texas, Southern Oregon, and even Forest Grove =) If she had more words she would be asking for her next party already.







Dahlia playing with Dadda's CLEAN underwear

Dahlia playing with one of mommy's sirts


In August we told our family that Dahlia's going to be a big sister. We met our parents for dinner at Claim Jumper. Paul and I had painted plates with our stick figure family on it and added a big belly to my stick figure. When we got to Claim Jumper we asked them to serve our appetizers on them. It took a couple of the parents a while to figure it out (we won't name names) but once they did, oh man!!!! The next day we told everyone else with little tiles that we painted with the Lewis grandchildren in stick figures and added one to make 5. They will be keepsakes for everyone.

July

July started off with a bang! It seems like the summer season is the busiest season out of the year (at least for us) and we don't even have kids in school yet. Here are a few things we did...

~ 4th of July

~ Dahlia started walking!

~ Yearly Meeting

~ A lot of park trips

~ Dahlia discovered she loved the taste of dirt (yummmmm)

~ We found out that Dahlia's going to be a big sister!

Buying food for Youth Yearly meeting.




Pigtails!

My how time flies!

from this...



...to this in a few short months!



Sorry to those regulars who check this every day even though my faithfullness to update isn't consistant. Life has been a bit nuts. In the midst of it all I tried to take pictures of as many mile stones as possible. Here's just a few.

Drive-In

This was my first time at the drive-in. We saw Kung Fu Panda. What part I saw was very funny. Since I was born, I have been a very light sleeper, so for me to fall asleep in daddy's arms at the drive-in with lots of noise, is just short of a miracle. I didn't even budge when they put me in my car seat and snored all the way home. Granted it was midnight, nontheless, I still fell asleep.

Auntie Amanda's graduation

After graduation Auntie Amanda went to Twin Rocks to work for the summer. In August she will come to live with us (yeah) and go to PCC (woo hoo) for a year while she establishes her residency. Sorry there are not a lot of photo's. Mommy was in the nursery with me during the actual graduation, so she didn't get any pictures. But here are a few pictures of her party.

Rearranging the the cans