We Heart You!

Thank you to everyone who made donations to our Heart Walk Team. We definitely made our team goal and Pete's company {Johansen Mechanical} met their goal. I heard that the American Heart Association was pretty sure they had met their goal of raising 1.8 billion by the end of the day. So, WOW!
It was a cold, early morning - but it did not rain. There were thousands of people at Seattle Center and we all walked downtown to 2nd Street and completed a 5k loop. It was kind of uphill both ways somehow. Zoe sat in the stroller most of the time, with a ride on Daddy's shoulders. When we first started the walk there was a marching band from UW and some fire trucks and stuff and Zoe walked/skipped with us in the "parade". And then she got tired and bored. But we made it back to the finish line without too much complaining.

Heart Walk!

Piano Art

I wanted to show you the awesome canvas-transfer print that I got to hang above our piano. It's 4' x 16" and with a coupon was only $60 at Costco. I love it! Someday I would like to put a frame around it.

Geology Time

We were at Michael's getting some candle wax [more on that soon], and Zoe picked out this science kit where you break apart a block of sandstone and look for polished rocks inside of it. I asked her if she knew what it was and she said that it was a rock with gems inside. She loves the goggles and wears them around the house saying "I'm a scientist!" I asked her if she would like to be a scientist for Halloween and she was excited about that. Hooray for an easy costume!
There were 11 little polished rocks that we found. They were not the "jewels and gems" that Zoe was expecting. She kept saying, "that's not a jewel, that's just a rock." I think she wanted a big, pink diamond - but don't we all?

FORTY INCHES TALL!

We measured Zoe on her tree tonight and she is exactly 40 inches tall!

Pears & Crans

I canned some cranberries & pears. And I got these SHARTMAN labels from VistaPrint [for free!]

park & cookies

We went to a local park last Sunday for some fresh air. I am trying to find the park we went to once with the big rock that Pete & Zoe climbed. There was a nice walking trail and lots of pretty trees in the fall. Can I complain about there being too many parks in Lynnwood...? We'll keep looking, because this wasn't it. But it was still a nice place.

Zoe & I made ghost cookies when we got home while Pete went golfing. He got through 12 holes before a torential rain storm. He was SOAKED. And he is sure that if he had a fancier golf cart with an umbrella holder he could have finished the game.