fun pics from the last few weeks...

helping mom cook...she thought basting her forehead with the heavy cream she dumped on the counter was a good idea :)

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miss evie has been super into dolls over the last few weeks. she made the baby a bed in a tupperware container and even dressed her for halloween in the bunny mask (notice the bunny nose on the baby). so we call this "bunny baby"...she has been totally cracking us up lately with her creative play :)

she loves sitting and playing with her new table and chairs, sometimes she wants brian or i to sit with her. :)

deer and cow almost always either eat with her and sometimes even take baths with her, she is feeding deer some strawberries in this picture...

rolling around with best friend...i swear these two love each other more and more every day!

yeah, mom's ipod! she thinks its a treat when she gets to listen to it

playing dress up...for some reason she LOVES my half marthon t-shirt. i'm not sure why, but she always gets it out of my drawer and wants me to help her put it on. )

these were some fresh crab cakes i made that were sooo yummy! brian's family went crabbing the oregon coast the weekend we were at the ranch and brought us back a ton of crab. so we sat in the yard one night and cracked crab and then whipped these babies up, boy were they tasty.

a few weeks ago miss evelyn and i woke up bright and early and headed up to portland to watch gwynn and payton. it was dark when we arrived and the the kids were still sleeping. they were so excited when they woke up to see that "baby evie" was there. :) we had a busy day playing and enjoying the great fall sunshine we had.

gwynn showing miss evie how to play baby dolls...

packing around her babies, at one point she was holding one of them upside down :)

we got to take gwynn to school which was fun, but that meant the payton, evelyn and i got to play until it was time for us to pick her up.

mr. payton...such a handsome little guy!

picnic in the backyard after a long day of playing...

i think we are getting spoiled with all this amazing fall sunshine! i have to admit that i'm loving it! before we know it the rain will be here....ahh i love the change of seasons!

happy fall!!!!