pre Thanksgiving festivities

Not a lot of pictures to post from this weekend, but we still had a lot of fun!

Friday night Ben and I got out for a much needed date night. Even though we don't even have kids yet, it is easy to get consumed in the daily activities and neglect spending quality time together.

We went to Zen Sushi in Mill Creek because Ben has been talking non stop about sushi for about the last month. I'm not really a fan, so I settled for some yummy teriyaki. It was slightly embarrassing when they only had chop sticks out and about 1/2 through shoving noodles in my mouth before they slipped off, a waiter kindly asked if I needed a fork. I am thankful we are married and not on a 1st date- that would have been so awkward trying to have conversation while I slurped noodles.

After dinner we went to the "cheap" theatre (it still costs as much as I paid for a new release when I was younger) and saw The Hurt Locker which was about Iraq soldiers who are responsible for destroying IED's. It was an incredibly intense movie and made us even more thankful for the people that serve our country.

Saturday Jessie & Mark took some pics of us for our Christmas card. I was happy to find a Christmas card freebie which allowed me to order 100 cards for free (including shipping!) After pics, we went to Red Mill for burgers and then I hung out with my sis while Mark & Ben went to the bodies exhibit. It sounded like it was fascinating, but I lost interest/my stomach when they began describing the nervous system like a fuzzy loofah.

Saturday night we babysit for our friends while they went out on a date.

So excited for the short week this week! We're spending Thanksgiving with my sister & Mark. Ben and I have a fairly long list for Black Friday shopping. Unfortunately I will be working the crowds on my own, Ben has to work. I'll let you know if I survive!!

family

Can I just say how much I love living close to family? It is such a blessing to be able to drive 5 min. and see my sister, brother in law and little ones. I wish that everyone lived up here because it makes it so much easier to invest in each others lives.

Here are some pics from last weekend. We played some Hand & Foot, went to the zoo and snuggled with this little bug:

Fun with James

He'll be a great daddy...

Happy Halloween!!

It's hard to believe we've already said goodbye to October and it's time to take on November!

We had a great Halloween packed with all sorts of fall festivities!

Earlier in the week Ben carved a pumpkin for his work's contest. He ended up tied with another coworker at the end of the day and the last customer was forced to make a decision between the two. Of course, they went with the best one :)

Here is Ben and his pumpkin the "out of towner" minus the apple for the nose he added later.


On Saturday we met up with some friends at a pumpkin farm to go through the 12 acre corn maze! The maze was designed after a map of Washington, so it was fun to see little landmarks in the maze like the space needle, the Tacoma narrows bridge, Mt. Rainier, etc. We split up into couples and had a race to the finish. We got excited when we got to the end and no one was there. Much to our surprise, everyone had already finished and were busy exploring the maze some more!

Saturday afternoon we went over to Steve and Lindsey's for some pumpkin carving fun. I thought the ideas I had researched were sure winners, but I was surprised when everyone started busting out some amazing designs! Needless to say, we didn't come close to winning, but it was a blast spending time with our friends.


We left the party for a while to meet up with Mark & Jessie for some chipotle burritos. This was our third year going- it's a great annual tradition! This year, little Saisha joined our burrito gang, but she was a little too tired for a burrito this year!