Monday, November 17, 2008

Fall Walk











Saturday we really wanted to go somewhere exciting to hike. It was sunny, but we thought the mountains would be cold. We also had a church party that night so we needed to be home in time to go. I was getting bummed about not going anywhere. Eric said lets just go to a park and take a walk. So, we went to Green Lake Park. It has a nice bike and walking path around a little lake. It turned out to be so fun. Rachel would run as she saw joggers and of course got so excited everytime she saw a dog. She also really enjoyed the leaves!

My Birthday!

Eric works in the evening so Trish, Onica, and Ilya came over to have dinner and hang out. It was so fun, Trish showed me how to roast a chicken. (which we laughed at the thought of her teaching me how to prepare meat!!) We painted our nails. This picture is Onica and Ilya reading Rachel her bedtime stories. They are so good with Rachel.



The Saturday before my birthday Eric woke me up with breakfast. It was so special. Rachel got me a few gifts (measuring cups and spoons, new bread pans, and a book). I got to go to Ikea later in the week and bought a huge storage unit for all my scrapbook stuff. Then Eric and I went to the Capital Forest. Rachel got to hang out with Will, Onica, and Ilya. We hiked in the rain. It was really fun!! And afterward we went to the Melting Pot, of course, for dinner.




Halloween and Trick or Treat




This is Rachel in her Halloween PJs. This was actually Halloween morning. We were dancing to the Monster Mash and other great Halloween tunes!






Here we have Rachel trick or treating with her friend Ilee and also eating the candy. We also went to the community center were they had pizza and carnival games. It was super fun!