Where did September go?

 So where did September go?  We have been so crazy busy that it just flew by!

We had our few weeks of summer linger into September...

...so we made sure to enjoy some summer traditions like eating big pieces of watermelon until the juice drips down to our toes!

And sitting on the front step eating ice cream cones while watching the neighborhood.

We were headed to a wedding celebration and managed to get both boys in a picture...Dylan must be standing on that hose because he doesn't normally look quite that much taller than Cole.

Mom and Dad got to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary by spending a weekend in Portland.  The boys had just about as much fun as we did staying over at Grandma and Grandpa's house!  Before heading back to our hotel we stopped off at Voodoo Donuts at 11.30pm to a huge crowd and a line down the block.  Right outside the front door of the donut shop was a 10 piece bagpipe band playing!  Needless to say it was an absolutely fabulous city adventure!

We had our friends Nicole, Matthew and Jonah visit from Yosemite.  The gang hanging out in downtown Corvallis.

We went to several festivals that Corvallis offers in September before the rains begin...one was at our indoor soccer park.  The boys were so excited when a big fire truck and medic unit showed up!

What boy or girl doesn't want to try on fireman gear?!

We helped Grandma celebrate her birthday...the boys helped make the cake!

They approved of the quality.

Dad went to LA for a week for work...and Nana came to help us out for the week.  When Nana is in town the boys can't wait to pull out the clay for another lesson hand building with clay!

Nana made us a gargoyle to help keep away the racoons and deer.  Seems to be working so far!

I had to submit a picture of myself to the boys school...since I am the treasurer of the board for the school.  I looked back to the last year of pictures we took and there are hardly any of me...since I am the primary photo taker in the family.  And the ones I did find of myself usually had the boys in the picture and we tended to be making silly faces.  Not the best for a professional photo...so luckily Nana was in town and took a picture of me.  

The boys started back to their school this month too...didn't get any photos of their first day.  It seemed old news for them.

But this weekend we did go to the fire stations open house...we have to take up every occasion to don fireman gear!

Cole tried on about 3 different coat-pant combinations until he found the ones that fit just right.

Today there was an open house at a local wildlife rehab center where the boys got their faces painted...happy boys!