Our first day of snow came a few days ago. We woke up to an even better blanket of snow this morning and have enjoyed it's beauty and even getting out in it. Noah and Winchester have had a ball mostly just tromping around in it. Hudson however has not enjoyed the snow as much because he doesn't care for his mittens and has discovered that snow and bare hands aren't a good combination. He has enjoyed looking at the snow from the warmth of our home much better.
Ben left for his final patrol on the USS Nebraska this past Friday. Last weekend, we grilled t-bone steaks in our wood stove (a Selph family tradition) and opened presents. It was a sweet time together with our boys before Ben had to leave.
We had a wonderful last few days together before Ben had to get underway on his last patrol. We headed off to one of Noah's favorite parks where we caught a fabulous view of Mt. Raineer. It was a good day and we cherished Ben's last bit of spare time together.
This year we are decorating early due to Ben's upcoming patrol. Hudson is loving the lights on the tree. He and Winchester both are difficult to keep away from grabbing the ornaments!
The boys enjoyed romping around the X-mas tree lot finding not only all sorts of trees but lots of mud too! Noah must have picked out 8 different trees that he thought would make the most perfect X-mas tree.
Great food, wonderful friends, and most importantly... a great God who has blessed us in so many ways. We are truly thankful!
It was such a treat for Uncle Kenny and cousin Mollie to visit us for our second Thanksgiving together from California. We had so much fun exploring around, making a giant ginger bread house, watching movies, playing Mexican Train, and eating lots of great comfort food!
Noah was the friendly fireman and Hudson the adorable Dalmatian. We had Ben's cousin and wife over (Tim and Elizabeth Wycoff) for the weekend and enjoyed seeing Jane and Hudson play together.
One thing is for sure about living in Washington, there are tons of leaves to rake. We enjoyed a morning of jumping in the piles and learning how to use the rake.
This past week we had Ben's sister and brother-in-law here with us. We spent the week playing and laughing, exploring and being adventurous, and making great memories. Zachary, Noah, and Emma Grace were especially busy having fun and expending lots of energy!
We are having beautiful fall days here. Not as much rain as usual so we can actually collect dry leaves this year. It has been such a fun season so far to observe God's creation with Noah- outside we see the leaves changing colors, we smell the pine trees and smoke from wood burning stoves, we see the corn and pumpkins growing at our favorite farms, we taste the pears and apples from the trees in our yard, and we finally get to use our rain boots for stomping in puddles! La bella vita!
