Amazing Fall in Maine

Not the best family picture...it still alludes us. But here we are hiking up Gorham mountain in Acadia National park...it's our favorite place ever! Isaiah was not feeling good at all but was a super trooper and did the whole hike! Notice even though he is a big 10 year old, he still wants his mommy. Check out classic Elijah and of course Hannah Bear on my back.

Bubby looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. BEAUTIFUL.

Hannah may have been born in Washington but she was made in Maine and she is a true Main-ah. She climbed up parts of the mountain by herself. She loved it.

Look at her go! She was born to climb!

They are still adorable in the matching outfits.

Oh yeah I love fall in Maine!

Isaiah taking a rest and looking out over the ocean.

Look at that ocean!

Could we have gotten a more amazing day to take in the foliage?

Sand Beach in the left corner.

Hills of changing leaves.

Just love the red and orange.

The day was warm and perfect.

Friends & Family

There were so many people to see on our trip back to Maine. It was almost impossible to see everyone. We did our best. It was amazing to see everyone. I especially loved seeing all the kids who have grown so much in the past year in a half. Here is a photo parade of all the amazing people we got to see on our trip.
Isaiah and Taylor! She has grown so tall! They LOVED hanging out with each other.

COUSINS! Taylor and Miguel!

Grammie helping Hannah Bear walk. She really "took off" walking in Maine.

The cutest little face ever. "Baby" Miggy! My favorite quote from him was when we saw his baby sister on the ultrasound. I said "wow the baby looks so much like you Miguel" and he said all distraught "No it doesn't, that baby looks like poop" HA the things kids say.

More Cousins Taylor and Alannah!

The oldest Grandkids Alannah and Isaiah.

Alannah and Hannah!

Me and Fle in front of the Bean Boot in Freeport. It was an amazingly beautiful day for a fall drive to do some shopping.

Isaiah and Miguel at Governors.

Peter with his RED hotdogs! YUMMMM

Celebrating Angela's baby! I threw a little shower for her and was super happy to see some friends. We go back many years. From left to right Stephanie, Becky (thanks for opening your beautiful home), Angela and baby, Me, Felecia and Noah, and Aura.

Hannah and Nana (Peter's Mom)

Hannah and Noah meeting for the first time.

Ok so this wasn't the best of the 3 pictures I took but it's so Elijah I had to post it. Here's Peter, his dad, and the kids.

Becky, me and Lisa!

Lots of fun at the cornmaze! From left to right Naomi, Peter,Penny Ethan,Mayline,Serina,Paul,Peter, Isaiah, Elijah, and Lia

Peter and Bob

Hannah and Eliana! These two girls are "answered prayers"

Longtime friends, Lia,Naomi, Isaiah, Elijah, Emma and Ethan. The older kids have been friends since the womb practically!

Amazing wonderful friends...Emma, Eli, Eric and Elissa

Peter and I we celebrated 11 years of marriage in Maine

Lots of friends squeezed on on hayride!

More friends! Isaiah, Alyssa, Calli, Isaac, Isaiah and Noah

Amy and I. Not nearly enough time spent visiting Amy!

Stephanie and I and the BIG FLUFF!!

Hannah and Levi

And the friends keep on coming. Joseph,Isaac, Isaiah, Davey and Solomon.

Hannah Bear warming up to Grammie and Papa's hand.

I love this picture. Hannah loves the Papa

A bast from the past! LHS girls! I got to visit with some high school friends. Jen (my bff) Cyndi (whose bed I threw up in) and Sue (who actually goes to my moms church now...small world) and me! All grown up with tons of babies!

Hannah and Sue's little girl

Hannah and Isaiah (yep Jen's little boy is Isaiah,she also has a son Elijah TOO funny

My brother Jonathan had us over for the BEST chicken parm EVER! So good!

Hannah Bear in her favorite spot at Grammie and Papa's house.

First thing was first...get that girl to the church!

So the main reason for going back to Maine was for my sister Christine's wedding. She's been planning it for about 2 years. I knew when we moved out to WA we'd be back for Oct 2! So we had lots of wedding stuff to do the first few days. And sad to say because I was so busy and in the wedding I don't have a lot of pictures. Oh well there were so many taken of that day I am sure I'll get a few for my wall.


What a gross picture huh? But Thursday my sisters Christine and Mary and I made hundreds of Gram's chocolate chip cookies as favors for the guests. They came out awesome and it was such a sweet personal touch.

Getting our nails done the day before the wedding. I loved it.

Christine did all the decorations herself, right down to sewing the table runners. Everything was so personal and elegant. It was fun to help decorate and see it all come together.

This is my sweet baby baby sister Mary. Isn't she breathtakingly beautiful? She was the maid of honor and wore a special red dress. I can't express how much fun I had hanging out with her during our whole visit but especially at the wedding.

They're married! The brand new Mr and Mrs. Check out the church!!


Speaking of married here are my parents. They will be married 40 years in April. Amazing! My mom always looks beautiful but she was especially glowing this day.

My dad and Christine. He was so stinkin' cute because part of the dance was done to "My Girl" and he totally busted a move. I loved it!

Cutting of the cake. The cake was done by my cousin and reminded me so much of my Gram. It was so good.

Who is that little lady in red? Hannah Bear and Mommy. She didn't recognize me at first. Amazing what hair and makeup can do to you!

Christine and Mom....I love this picture!

Flying "home"

We've been gone for two weeks back to Maine! I took a vacation from blogging and now I am regretting it as I upload 300 plus pics from my camera. But I am going to enjoying blogging all that we did and saw. First up....the plane! We flew JetBlue direct from Seattle to Boston....awesome no lay overs and with 3 kiddos that's the way to go. Hannah did ok on the way there and much better on the way back. The boys loved it. They watched movies and played DS and looked out the window. 5 1/2 hours or so later we were on the other side of the country!! Amazing!


SeaTac airport is awesome. (Sorry Logan) They have a great play area for the kids. We hung out there before we boarded.
Hannah LOVED it.

The boys on the plane. Isaiah had window seat on the way there and Elijah had it on the way back. Both days were clear and beautiful.

Hannah Bear sitting in the empty seat for a few moments on the way to Maine. She doesn't look impressed.