Thank you Poppy & Gramma!

"Thank you Poppy & Gramma for sending Ava and me stickers!" Adam LOVES getting mail & loves it even more when it's from Gramma & Poppy...& especially when there are stickers! So...these two little munchkins wanted to show Gramma & Poppy their pictures they made with all their new stickers! Ava looks so grown up in this picture!

Flower Girl

Ava loves to walk around in her flower towel while brushing her teeth after her bath...she is one cute nudie!

HUSKIES WIN!!!

Go Huskies! We are sure loving all this excitement with Husky football! So much we wanted to bring the kids & yes, we are a little crazy! BUT...they did great! Adam really enjoyed it...his favorite was jumping up & down with Mommy (a lot!) during the last 3 minutes of the game! (Good thing we were still there...Kev wanted to leave, but I wanted to stay...Kev gave me a kiss at the end and thanked me for making us stay!) I have been to 3 games this season...& yes, those have been our 3 wins so far this season...too bad I'm not going again until Cal...I hope they can do it without me!

We headed to the Stadium early, as Adam is in "Dub's Club" (the kids club of Husky athletics), for an official tunnel tour...what fun! We thought just Adam was going to get to go, but turns out, we all got to go!

Watching the football players warming up...

One day...

About to go in the tunnel...

As we were strolling down the tunnel...look who came along...JAKE! What luck! Adam was so excited (okay...Kev & I were so excited!) Jake reached out to give Adam & Ava five! (Too bad we were first in the group and didn't really see him coming...so I wasn't ready with my camera...ahhh! But I had to still get a photo...so there he goes on down the line...still a very nice angle of him...ha!)

The tunnel is lined with posters from all our bowl games...I had to get one in front of my "Conception Bowl"...9 months later, here I was! (Warren Moon would have been my name if I was a boy!)

Adam running down the tunnel...the same tunnel as his Poppy & Grandpa (& a couple Great-Uncles too!)

And into Husky Stadium (the crowd goes wild!)...

Watching Jake throw the ball...

"Look Mom, there's Jake!"

Ava with the Husky Cheerleaders...

Getting ready for the game to start...

We are so excited! (Well, Ava just wanted to keep sleeping!) What a GREAT comeback!

What a fun day we had! Adam really wanted to see "Harry the Husky" up close...but I must say, he is one hard Dawg to find! Oh well...something to look forward to for next year!

Nice Helmet!

This is Adam's "football helmet" (not so sure I like this idea!)...he talks a lot lately about playing football and "hitting those guys down for Jake"...ha!

The Pumpkin Patch...

Off to Remlinger Farm to get our pumpkins...what a gorgeous day!

A Truly GREAT Dawg Saturday!

What a great day for us Huskies! It's been a LONG time since we have had these feelings of excitement & jubilation & WE LOVE IT! It was SO fun to be at the game! I actually had tears of joy when we made that last field goal...but still SO nervous giving USC 3 seconds left to score on us! And when that last tackle was finally made...EVERYONE & I mean EVERYONE was jumping with JOY...WOW, what a feeling! And a little extra sweet being from Southern California! GO DAWGS!

The "Sea of Purple" begins...
And grows...
And grows!

After, OSU beat USC last year & watching all their fans storm the field...my Dad & I chatted afterward and wondered..."Will we ever see a 'Sea of Purple'?" We would have never dreamed it to be this year with our own game vs. USC! We're seeing it, Dad, we're seeing it...& we are loving it!

LOVE IT!

I am so sweaty in this picture, from all the jumping up & down, but I had to include that fabulous looking scoreboard!

A view from the South side...thanks Jodi!

It was even so fun leaving the stadium...as we walked down the ramps, a few would start "Woof"-ing & all would join in and it just echoed so loud...ha! I think a lot of us were still in disbelief & shock, yet feeling so happy & giddy...again, not a feeling we have had in quite some time!

This was actually a half time photo...but even more excitement for the day...all of our seats are just so close this season...which makes for better half times...chit-chat-chit-chat!
Well, the Sark era has begun & WE ARE LOVING EVERY MOMENT! It's still so early, with a long way to go, but it sure feels good to have this excitement for Husky Football again! Go Dawgs! Woof!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Girl!

Ava seems to be imitating Mommy's trips to the grocery store...shopping cart, purse on arm and 2 little munchkins (Elmo & Curious George for Ava)...the only difference...I'm not this excited about it!

A & A...

Every morning Adam is the first to hear Ava wake up (no surprise, as I do have my dad's hearing...scary!) and he loves to run in there first to say "Hi Ava! Did you have a good sleep?" And then Ava reaches over to hug him! Today, I was prepared to capture this sweet moment! Then they snuggled while watching their morning cartoon with their morning milk...similar to those of you who need your cup of coffee & chance to read the newspaper to start your morning!

To end the day...a bath together...love those buns!

To say the least, these two sure love each other & love doing things together!

Adam's 1st Day of Preschool!

Today is Adam's 1st day of preschool! He has been so excited to go since we signed him up last January...but the nerves seem to have come out yesterday, as all day he said he didn't want to go. When Kevin went to tuck him into bed last night, he said he couldn't go to preschool because he didn't know how to draw a dragon! Ha! He's never even mentioned drawing one before! But off he went to preschool this morning looking so sharp!


To say the least, Adam LOVE, LOVE, LOVED preschool today and can't wait to go back tomorrow! I guess all those worries of knowing how to draw a dragon have left us for good! When we were there today, Adam turned to me and said..."Mom, this is so much fun!"

Dawg Saturday!

Hello Dawg Fans...welcome to the 1st Dawg Saturday of 2009...Go Huskies!

Adam & Ava's New House!

Adam & Ava LOVE their new cardboard house! The before... And the after decorating job...looks great!

A Halloween Sneak Peak...

Adam's choice for his Halloween costume...Iron Man! He LOVES his "muscles"! He has looked at a catalog of costumes daily for the past 3 weeks & this always seems to be the favorite, even though he has never seen Iron Man before...and then when we saw it at Costco, it was a must! I figured I better post a photo now, as who knows if it will last until Halloween, which yes, is still 2 months away!

Kevin's Biggest Nightmare!

From the moment we found out we were having a girl, this has been Kevin's biggest worry!

Kick it!

Forget becoming a football star...here is our next Jon Bon Jovi...Kick it! (I loved his song he sang for me...not your traditional children's song...but his own made up song (definitely a family trait!)...oh, I can't remember what it was about...but it was a classic!)