Portland: Audrey's Blessing

The first weekend of November we went up to Portland to see my
new niece and be apart of her blessing day.
 I was instantly obsessed with her!
She has this full thick head of dark hair, and I just wanted to eat her up!

  The night before we all gathered at Red Robin to eat.

Then after church we gathered at her clubhouse for a luncheon.

Such a nice time for us all to visit.

My brother flew in from UT, my BIL flew in from China, my mom & stepdad from Oklahoma, my stepsiblings drove from Seattle, my stepdad's sister & husband and all of Kyle's family from Portland were there to show their support.

 I mean, you guys, look at her....

what a living doll!

proud parents:

my sister Melanie & Kyle

Glamour Shots!

 We also sneaked some time in for family pictures...

more to come on that!

Pumpkin Carvin' & Trick-or-Treating

Grandma and Grandpa Thompson do an annual pumpkin carving and s'mores over the backyard fire pit. Cole wanted to do iron man face, and Ella wanted the wolves howling at the moon... thought they turned out alright.

 Then on Halloween night it was Kade's 10th birthday the night before, so Kiley does a family party for him and then all the cousins go trick-or-treating together. How fun for them!

 Ella wanted to be a vampire, Cole is Spiderman, and Brock is a dragon.

 It was fun to see all their excitement! It was Brock's first year understanding what it was all about. 

 After trick-or-treating we came back to Kiley's for cake & ice cream.

What a party!