Zoo

This past Summer we also enjoyed our Zoo Membership passes. Hobbes absolutely LOVES the zoo. He loves seen the underwater exhibits. This first picture shows a seal that would swim circles around the tank and come up right next to the glass. All the children would squeal with excitement. It was very fun to watch.

Here's an failed attempt at getting a picture of me with Hobbes in front of the penguins. He obviously didn't have time to stop and take pictures. He just wanted to run around and see the animals.

Hobbes running into the African area.

He loved seeing the giraffe.

Here he is pointing out the giraffe to Daddy.

Looking at the lazy zebras with Dad.

Ultrasound Pictures

I know, I know, I'm super late in posting these considering the baby is due in 1 week. Oh well, better late than never, right?

Here is the baby's profile.

Here is his face. I think this shot is pretty freaky looking. It looks like it could be a scary Halloween mask or something.

Here is a picture of his right foot.

And here is the proof that he is a boy.

Fall Leaves

I couldn't help but post these pictures of Hobbes playing in the leaves. He was pretty good about helping rake them up and put them in our yard debris bin. However, once the bin was full he was all for jumping in the piles and dumping leave on his head and on the bushes. What a fun memory!

Halloween 2009

Here is my baby bump at the end of October. Almost 6 months along.


Here is a before shot of our pumpkin.

Hobbes had fun watching and trying to help Brendan carve the pumpkin. He even got his toy shovel out of his toy basket to help.

And here is the masterpiece. Way to go Brendan! He's so much more talented that I am. I would have butchered the pumpkin.

Hobbes was Batman for Halloween.

Brendan's Dad [Shayne], Brendan and I took Hobbes trick-or-treating around our church building neighborhood. He was too shy to say "trick-or-treat" (when he says it, it sounds like "pick-or-pete" or "pickled-feet") to strangers. He at least said "thank you" a few times.

Everytime he saw a house that had a jack-o-lantern outside he would say "trick-or-treat" and start walking up to the door. For weeks after Halloween if he ever saw a pumpkin he would want to go trick-or-treating at the house.

He caught on really quickly and loved the idea of getting tons of candy from people. Many people would just lower the bowl to his level and let him choose what item he wanted. That's when he would grab a handful (really only 2 or 3 candies). He seriously got more candy visiting 12 houses than I remember getting when I would visit 30 as a kid.

I am proud to say that it took Hobbes almost 3 months to finish off the candy. I must admit that Brendan and I both helped out with our share of it and I gave some of it away to my Primary class, but Hobbes did get the bulk of it.

Children's Museum

This Summer, Brendan, Hobbes and I have enjoyed visiting the Portland Children's Museum quite frequently. Our libary has family passes that you can rent out for 3 days. I think I put the pass on hold over a year ago and it was finally our turn to use it this Summer. Boy was it worth the wait!

Here are some pictures of the fun we had.

Brendan had just as much fun as Hobbes did with this water exhibit.

Hobbes had tons of fun playing with this enormous train layout. The picture only shows a small bit of the track.

Tillamook Part II

So I'm trying to catch up on a lot of things before the baby comes. Our Blog has been on the list for quite some time. I'll try my best to bring everything up to speed. I apologize for the lack of detail in the posts. That's what I get for procrastinating, a mediocre product.

Our second trip to Tillamook started by picking Liz up from the airport. It was so fun to have the whole family there, anxiously waiting in the airport for her to come walking down the hall. It brought back a lot of fond memories of my own mission and the bittersweet moment of coming home.

Here are Mom and Liz hugging after 18 long months.

Here is the whole family before Sacrament meeting on Sunday.

Welcome home Sister Snyder.

The trip was filled with spending time catching up with family and having fun. We got to eat lots of yummy foods, from Turkish cuisine to Brazilian beans and rice. We also spent a lot of time having fun outside. Oh it is so good to spend time with family!

Tillamook Part I

Hobbes and I visited half the family in Tillamook last week as we all gather for Liz to return home from her mission in Brazil. We will be heading over there again tomorrow after picking Liz up from the airport.

During our first trip there our days were filled with playing in the water, running around outside, chasing Misty the dog, and catching up with family. One morning Grandma Snyder asked some of the cousins to help her pick raspberries and strawberries in the garden. If people were going outside Hobbes wanted to tag along as well. After that first visit to the garden Hobbes couldn't get enough of it. He was always out there opening the gate and going in the garden. He wouldn't touch anything, he just enjoyed walking around in between the raised beds. He even convinced his cousin April Kunzler to join him.

But I think his favorite thing was having Grandma read him books!