An Evening at the Puyallup Fair

We celebrated my Mom's birthday last weekend with a trip to the fair. As soon as Leila woke up from her nap, we hit the road. This is the first year in six years that we had to pay for parking (we used to park at Kalles). Wow, $12! Oh well.

We had a great time, ate some scones, rode some rides and visited the flag guy...always Chris's favorite stop.

The Chiquita Banana company had a photo spot. Maybe this should be our Christmas card?

L's face is funny in this photo.

The Giant Slide....a Daddy-Daughter Tradition!





L makes me laugh! She was just chillin'...

Happy Birthday, Madre!

Mom and Jim came up from Portland last weekend to celebrate her September 13th birthday. It is becoming a tradition that we do the Puyallup! This year, the rain held off and we had a great time. Sunday morning Mom opened her presents. I think she was very pleased with her gifts! Happy Birthday!!!

Hard to see, but a gingerbread table runner with snow mitten fabric on the reverse side. Then on the floor is another runner with autumn leaves and it reverses to haunted mansions and jack-o-lanterns.
Mom has been so excited to get this purse. I have had it in red for several years and she has wanted one ever since. Glad to help, Mom!
Leila wanted to choose her own gift for Grammy....Scooby Doo band-aides and green (Mom's fave color), grippy socks. What a sweet girl! Gramma can't wait to see what she gets in November!
After Grammy's festivities, Leila wanted Daddy to make her a new marble maze (a b-day present she got from Uncle Nonny). This holds her attention forever!
What a great weekend celebrating a fabulous mother, mother-in-law, Grammy and friend. We love you, Mom!

ERHS Jags Football

Friday night was the huge "King of the Hill" football game against Emerald Ridge and Rogers High School. With Chris being the new theater teacher at ER, we had to root for the Jags. I must admit, I felt a little conflicted though as we were cheering against our alma mater. Unfortunately, ER lost (pretty severely I might add), but they scored 2 touchdowns!!! This broke a two year streak of going scoreless against the Rams. Great job boys! We also got to see the dance team perform at half-time. It was a lot of fun to see Jenna out there on the field with the girls.

Leila's favorite part of the evening was Jake the Jaguar. She probably said hi to him at least 10 times through out the night. Thanks to our friend, Jenni, we got this super cute pic of Leila and Jake!

It was so much fun to be at a high school game again!! The band, the cheer team, dance squad, crazy teens and Friday night lights brought back a lot of memories of fall nights from the past. Looking forward to our next Jags game!!

Happy Birthday, Papa!

We celebrated Papa George's (or GP's to Leila) birthday this last weekend. Shawn and Mike had the family over for a nice BBQ dinner. Luckily, we ate inside, as it was POURING down rain! Chris and Ken (Chris's aunt and uncle) were in town for the week from California, so it was fun to have them there to celebrate too.

Leila and Gramma.
Uncle Ken and Chris
Mike and me
GG and Aunt Chris

Happy birthday, Pop!

So Long, Summer

There are several things that signal the end of summer in the Tavern Home. Going to bed at a decent hour, returning to our classrooms for prep days, the season finales of Burn Notice and Psych and ____. But the one change in our schedule that truly means summer has come to an end is when Chris parks the Mustang. He keeps his '67 Stang at his parents' house in their new garage so we can have enough space in our garage for both of our cars. Thanks in-laws!

Sunday was the day. Chris took the car over and Leila was thrilled to ride along for the last evening drive. They were racing to beat the storm cloud that was threatening to dump on them. Luckily, they made it to Mike and Shawn's before it was too rainy. Mustang, we will see you when the sun comes back out!