Elbe Train Ride

On Saturday we were all really excited to go on the Elbe Train Ride.  It's a really old train that takes tourists on a short ride to a museum and back.  Since it's Halloween they had a Halloween set up for the kids once we arrived at the museum and also a costume contest. 

 They had an engine that you could get in and ring the bell. 

Woodland Park Zoo

On Thursday we made the trip up to the zoo.  It was a great time to go!  All the animals were up and moving and Ad had a great time! 

 She absolutely loved the otters. 

Leavenworth

Monday I took the day off work and we went to Leavenworth for the day.  As we were getting ready for the day we got out the Halloween decorations.  Ad was so Happy! 

We practically had the whole town to ourselves!  It was a beautiful day to go and a great drive in the fall.

Ad loves to dance.  She saw this stage and heard the music and had to put on a dance recital.

Dash Point

On Sunday we went to Sacrament Meeting and then we had planned to go have a picnic at Dash Point.  It was a little rainy out that day but we live in the Northwest so a little bit of rain wasn't going to stop us from having a good time.   Which also meant we had the whole beach to ourselves. 

We couldn't keep her out of the puddles.  She was in love with jumping in them.

Northwest Trek

Mom and Robyn came up to visit us for a week so we started off the week with a trip to Northwest Trek.  We had no idea how cool this place was! It's kind of like a big zoo with a train that goes around.  It was a lot of fun.  We for sure will be going back!

 A little more walking than you do at a zoo but that means the exhibits are a little bit bigger for the animals to roam around in. 

 Ad loves having Aunt Robyn and Grandma here!

We ended the day in the gift shop with a classic sunglasses selfie! 

Broken Legs

Ad and I were out on the trampoline jumping last night.  As we were bouncing around I bounced her just right and she came down hard.  She started to scream a scream that I know she is hurt so I was super worried that I had hurt her bad.  When I picked her up she settled down a bit but when I went to put her back down she wouldn't bear any weight on her leg.  I took her in the house to examine the damage.  When I took her pants off one of her knees was clearly more swollen than the other.  After many phone calls I decided I should probably take her in to at least get it checked out. 

As we were driving to the doctor she was no longer crying but instead singing "we are going to the doctor, the doctor, the Doctor!"  I was a little concerned that she was not hurting  anymore so thought that this trip may be a waste. 

But since I had hurt her I wanted to make sure I didn't break anything.  When we got there she walked with a little bit of a limp but otherwise seemed fine.  I felt a little foolish even checking in, but I did anyway. 
As we were waiting her turn she was perfectly happy just looking at the books on the table and watching the TV.  After sitting there for 20 minutes and realizing she really probably was okay I decided we would leave.  The next day she was totally fine and the swelling went down almost over night.  

Sick Babies are No Fun

Whenever we go to Idaho we always seem to bring a bug back with us.  This time the bug was worse than usual.  Ad was up all night puking and into the morning.  I stayed home with our little nugget and hoped for the best.  After she got done throwing up she would look at me and say "mom I am so sorry, can I go take a bath and get the germs off".  Poor little girl.
She woke up and came into the room I was working in and asked if she could go to the doctor.

Glad that she had her "best friend" around to keep her happy.  

By the time Oley got home that night she was feeling much better.  Thank Goodness!  I hate to see the little bug so sick.

It was also the night of the Lunar Eclipse. 

We hadn't made it to the temple yet this month so we headed up on Saturday afternoon after we got the housework done.  Ad is such a big helper!

What I should have remembered and I didn't was that it was the night of the General Women's Conference and so the temple closed early.  So instead we spent the evening shopping in Bellevue.  As we were out for dinner a rather large group of people were talking about where they were going to church the next day.  Our little ray of sunshine stood up and started seeing I am a Child of God, for all to hear.
Next we stopped at Old Navy and she found all of us a pair of sunglasses that we needed to wear.  She brings so much joy into our lives. 

 

Oley and Ad were also able to find themselves some new treasures.  They were both so happy!

 Ad has been begging for Frozen shoes but I am not big into character shoes, so we found some flip flops that were on clearance and so we let her have those.  She loves them!