Bloktoberfest {1st Annual}

I'm feeling a touch nostalgic to be posting about attending "Bloktoberfest" knowing that just a couple short years ago we were at the real deal in Munich.  However, what Bloktoberfest may have lacked in liter beers and sauerkraut, it made up for in BONFIRE.

My brother in law (ever the big machine man) dug a 14ft x 14ft hole in the ground and used his excavator to fall entire trees directly into the bonfire while it was burning.  To top it off, someone dressed up as a white trash mullet man intermittently threw 5 gallon jugs of diesel onto said fire creating explosions like you wouldn't believe.  It was quite the {dare I say...white trash?} party of the century and, basically, a really good time. And looking back, I think we're all pretty lucky that a) no one got injured, and b) no one called the cops.

Thanks Ryan & Michelle for hosting.  Can't wait for next year.

There really are just not words to describe how big this fire was...

Trick or Treat

We had so much fun downtown Walla Walla this afternoon trick or treating!  Our little cow totally got it, she was all about getting her bucket filled up with candy.  She'd go up and kind of shyly (Hadley, shy?) say "tick o tee" (trick or treat) and "dee too" (thank you) and "wo co" (welcome).  Such manners :)

Her costume just kills me...cutest thing I swear I have ever seen.  This is only a fraction of the pictures I took:
 

Buddy rolled along for the ride in his matching cow costume...which getting on him was sort of like stuffing a sausage.  I got size 6-12 months but the little butterball is busting out of it already! Whoops.
 

Here is the only pic I got of them together, will do better on Sunday when we do the real trick or treating. (And yes, Hadley is having a snickers.  It was the only way I could get her to sit down. No judging!)

Love that daddy

Sunday funday with the daddy....

Toofer

As Andy would say - Coen got his first toofer today! I am definitely one of those people that would never believe you if you told me your child was teething at 4 months of age. Honestly, I didn't know this could happen. Anyone who is a doubter, as I was, is welcome to come on over and feel the little culprit first hand! I guess we know why Mr. Coen was waking up 10x a night...and why he routinely tries to shove "Clophie the Giraffe" all the way in his little mouth. For the record, he only woke up once last night. I love this kid!!

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