Fair and Family

 At the end of September we went to the Central WA State Fair held right here in Yakima.  In the last three states we have lived in, we have been near the State Fair grounds so we've made it a yearly tradition.  After having gone to the Central WA State Fair, I'm not sure if we will be continuing that tradition here in Yakima.  It wasn't that the fair was very bad, it just wasn't very good.  Plus, it cost much more than any of the other fairs we've gone to in NC and OH.  The combo of high price and low quality helped us decide that it was definitely not worth the price, but the kids did enjoy themselves while we were there.

 We were pretty darn cheap and let the kids each pick one ride to go on.  Tate picked the pony ride and rode that tired little pony right into the mulch it was walking on. 

 Luke's only ride was in the BOB stroller, but he seemed pretty content with that.

 We kind of wished Grant had picked the pony ride as well, so we could have headed on home after that but Grant had other plans in mind. 

 He wanted to race around a tight curve in a little blue corvette.  Unfortunately, only the back seat was available, but at least he could steer with two steering wheels!  He was in heaven!

 We have been fortunate to be able to spend some time with family over the past few months.  Here, my mom got to read her lucky grandchildren a fun Halloween book.  My mom was at Christine and Sam's house while Ryan and I ran the Tough Mudder (post to come), so we were glad the kids could spend some time with her and their cousins!

I love this picture of Luke and Nana

 In early September, we headed down to Utah for Ryan's family reunion.  We also visited Nana for a few days, which is always a nice time.  Nana will be 90 next March and is still living on her own and getting around well (and always attempts to make sure I don't do the dishes at her house so I can rest--don't worry, I sneak and do the dishes anyway :). 

 I was a bad photographer at the Wood family reunion and only got pictures of the cookie decorating contest put together by Wendy.  It was so fun to be with the family and the kids had an absolute blast with their cousins.

The family rented a huge cabin in Heber complete with game room, movie room,  bunk bed room for the kids, hot tub and tons and tons of space for playing.  The boys ran around with their cousins all day long (and well into the night) and the adults enjoyed catching up.  I actually spent a good portion of each day following Luke up and down the three flights of stairs.  Ryan and I are in charge of finding the rental home for next year and we are hoping to head to the beach.  We'll see if we can find a good deal!