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Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch with the Whitakers and each picked out the pumpkin we wanted. John 5 loves pumpkins and was elated to be around so many. Of course on the day we went there was literally a wind storm and there was so much dirt blowing everywhere the poor kids had to close their eyes. When we got home we all brushed our teeth to get the layer of dirt off. Looking at the sheep

John and Parks talking about the goats.

You can see the wind blowing the corn stalks over.

Happy Birthday Sophie!

On September 16 Sophie turned 1! I honestly can't believe she's one. It went by really fast. Sophie is so sweet and fun to have. She loves her brother so much. I thought she might be walking by now, but not yet. She stands on her own and loves to walk while you hold her hands or she is pushing the laundry basket. She thinks it's hilarious to crawl away from me and have me chase her. Thankfully she'll still eat anything and takes her meal times very seriously. Her hair is just long enough for me to put in little piggy tails, but she somehow always pulls them out. She is feisty and sweet and still loves to cuddle.

Happy 3rd Birthday John!

I know it's October and his actual birthday was August 24th, but I am still going to post it 2 months late. More pictures to come.... John 5 and Grandma Dunlap

John 4, Kates and Sophie enjoying the game

Grandpa and John with Archie, the big red blob - the Reno Aces mascot, for some odd reason which I don't know.

my summer garden

So I actually planted a successful garden this summer. I was amazed. I read this book that my mom gave me called Square Foot Gardening - great book. The guy who wrote it is a genius. This was the very first harvest. And it was unfortunately the only picture I took of all the yummy things I grew.

Karoline's Blessing

Here we are at Karoline Teerlink's blessing. It was so fun to see Heather and Chris and John loves seeing his cousins. The Dunlap and Teerlink Families

Grandma and Grandpa Dunlap with their growing brood of grandkids

That's my sweet child glaring and refusing to look at the camera.

more fun with fireworks

John getting his first experience with sparklers. Are you surprised that he loved them? I thought he was going to singe off his eyebrows a couple of times, but he managed not to cause any permanent damage to his face. john and amelie loving every minute of it

at the end of the sparklers we had our own unbelievable fireworks display, complete with the mo-tab singing the star-spangled banner for background music. we're so patriotic. john didn't quite make it through the show.

here's dad showing him the proper techniques for sparklers

what? don't put it so close to my face? why?

4th of July!

We spent the 4th in Oregon this year. It was a blast. John had never seen the parade in Ashland - it's always a crowd-pleaser. Luckily there was no one naked in the parade this year. There were some pretty cool entries though.

Here's John with Grandma Bounds and Remi - she loved the parade too.

chores and a new house...sort of

Saturday morning chores with dad - get out there and mow the lawn He's working really hard to push that mower - the grass was pretty tallI got this sweet playhouse at a garage sale I went to with my friend Hailey. John freaked until he realized that these babies cost 200-300 bucks new and I got it for 40. What a steal. And of course John 5 LOVES it. He goes in there and Remi follows right behind him. He ate dinner in there last night at about 9:15 at night. we couldn't get him to leave.

we love when cousins come to visit

My sister Mendi and her family dropped by for a visit on their way back to Roseville from Utah. We were very excited to see them but John 5 was especially excited. He loves having visitors, as I am sure all kids do. Here's John and Amelie riding bikes and cars in the backyard. Sophie and Soleil. They are 2 months apart. As you can see my children always have noticably large heads than Mendi's kids.

Everyone loves bathtime pictures

meet the newest member of our family...

meet Remi. our little girl golden retriever. i got her when i was in oregon and john was on a fishing trip in mammoth. he got to go fishing for the weekend and i got a dog - that's a pretty even trade in my book.

lots lots more

just a happy little girl
sophie double fisting her food - she can't get enough in her mouth fast enough...

john and courtney

fishing with dad