Christmas Card Give-Away

I heard from my friend, Emily, that Shutterfly is doing a 50 Christmas Card give-away to those who blog about it. I have never actually used Shutterfly, but in checking out their website, I am very excited to become more familiar with them. I used to scrapbook, but since having more kids, I kind of stopped. I have always been intrigued by digital scrapbooking and things like it because all of my pictures are already on my computer and ready to use. We do Christmas cards every year, but with Shutterfly, I can customize them to my style, which I really like. Sometimes the generic templates just don't seem very personal. Here are some samples that I am excited to choose from:

They also do baby announcements, which for me, will come in handy come May! Here are some samples for those too:

So sign up today to get your free Christmas cards and maybe, if you're lucky, you just might get one from us! :)

San Juan Islands

You may notice a recurring theme in these posts--that Brandon isn't in many pictures. That is because he works ALL THE TIME! We are so grateful for his job and can't wait until one day he can join us on our adventures. Blake and Shawna came up Labor Day Weekend and we had it planned that we were going to Deception Pass. Well, on the way, we changed plans and found ourselves in Anacortes waiting in the Ferry line for Friday Harbor. I had never been, so I was excited. The wait was pretty long, so we got out and explored the area.

Hallie's absolute favorite thing to do is throw rocks in the water. She even tried to get in a few times.

Grandma and Amy hanging out at the beach.


Grandpa found some rocks with barnacles on them and the girls loved them. They had to bring them home, of course.
Finally on the ferry. It was WINDY!


SOOOO beautiful.

Hiking to Cattle Point. The tide was in, so it made it interesting. Hallie walked the whole way.
Some sea urchins.
Cattle Point
The next place we went to was my favorite: Lime Kiln Point. A weird name, but it had a beautiful lighthouse and lots of rocks to climb on.
The girls were intently whale watching because there were signs for it and they were very disappointed that we didn't see any. We did see a jellyfish though!
A little piece of heaven.




At the end of the day, we went to Friday Harbor for dinner, no fish and chips for me though!
It was so much fun and I can not wait to go back! Next time, I'm going on a whale watching cruise.

Life in Washington

Here's a little bit of what we were up to in September:

Lots of time on the tramp

Grandma Price came to visit, and of course, the girls had to show her how it's done!
We took Grandma to Deception Pass. It was so cool. This is the part where the ocean and the river meet.


We went on a hike and Hallie was the leader the whole way.

At the beach with Grandma.


We also took Grandma to the Mulkilteo Lighthouse. Too bad it was closed. When the girls and I first went looking for the lighthouse, I was expecting something much larger. It is still fun though.
Ringing the bell.
This is the Ferry to Whidbey Island

Brandon celebrated the big 33, and so of course, we had to party!
It was so fun to have family come up and celebrate with us!

3 Grandmas for 3 Girls!

Hallie got her 1st pigtails

And we went to the Puyallup Fair

The girls went to the petting zoo,

and rode tons of rides.

We also discovered a cool place called Kayak Point.

It has a really cool pier, firepits on the beach, tons of picnic tables, a big playground, and even camping in teepees.

We are loving it here and can't wait to explore some more!