Bi-Zi Farms as a Family

TJ and I loved our preschool field trip to Bi-Zi farms so much we wanted Dad and Russell to come for the day. On Saturdays Bi-Zi farms pumpkin patch is open to the public with lots of additional activities to do as a family. The pony ride and corn pit were two of the boys favorite places.

Feeding the goats!
Grinding corn into meal to feed the chickens!
Pumpkin Launching

Posing on top of the hay pyramid.
Dad and the boys in the hay maze.
Russell filling the dump truck in a sea of corn.
Hunting for the very best pumpkin.

Taking the pumpkins back on the tractor. The boys are a little tired:)Pumpkin Cleaning

Family Home Evening Fun

Monday night Carol, Christy, and Toby came over for a Halloween themed Family Home Evening. After eating a delicious soup Christy made, we got out all our candy and icing for a Halloween cupcake decorating extravaganza. Christy, inspired us all with her creativity and artistic eye. I used her cupcakes for my models. I'm a good copier. TJ made quite the creation and Russell just ate a lot of candy. I must confess, I've never had so much fun decorating food in my life. This will definitely become a Halloween tradition. Unfortuanatly Trevor was in Atlanta for this fun evening. I believe he would have totally gotten into the spirit of things.

The entire table was ladened with candy. We will have more than enough candy left over for our preschool Halloween cupcakes. I wont tell you how much this little night cost:)I felt like I needed to explain myself at the check out counter.

TJ making an original creation.
Russell eating chocolate chips and Fruity Cheerios.
I was so proud of my ten cupcakes.
Russell discovers an unattended cupcake.

Vancouver Pumpkin Patch

My preschool took their October field trip to the Bi-Zi Farms Pumpkin Patch. Most of the parents came along so I was free to spend my time with TJ and Carol, one of my dearest friends.

TJ and Carol on the tractor ride back to the patch.

Playing in the hay maze

TJ and his preschool buddies.

Class picture!

Washing our pumpkins.
This is TJ's second time to the Bi-Zi pumpkin patch. We tagged along with Miss Connies Preschool pumpkin patch trip last year. I put in the video from last year just so you can see how much TJ has grown over one year.

California Pumpkin Patch

While we were in California we went to Tom's Farms . They had a fun pumpkin patch for the kids to enjoy.

Trevor and brothers in front of the Halloween scene. I think Trevor was trying to do a GQ pose:)
Russell makes a very cute scare crow.
Lots of Adams on the hay bail. Luckily there were no injuries.
Uncle Trent in a covered wagon with all the cousins.

TJ did not go in the haunted house. The outside was scary enough.

Both boys loved the petting area. TJ stayed in a long time giving the animals only two pieces of feed at a time.

Grandpa Bob's Funeral

On Septemeber 24th 2008, Trevor's Grandpa Bob passed away. We flew to California for the funeral. Even though the circumstances were sad, it strengthened the whole family to be all together. We shared sweet experiences not soon forgotten.


The Adams family on Grandpa Bob's front porch.


Not quite old enough to really understand the funeral.


Finding strength through family.

Music Mania

This entry is going to do a little comparing and contrasting with three dancing videos.

TJ a little less than a year old

Russell one year old at the Portland Zoo

Russell and TJ in September 2008

Let's just say our boys got all their dancing moves from their Dad:)

Trevor's Birthday September 8th

I'm slowly catching up on the summer and early fall activities. All the traveling in August made for a blog clog:) This is a fun little entry from Trevor's birthday. The boys and I spent the afternoon decorating the house for the party. I invited a few of his good friends (mostly golfing and skateboarding buddies) for a little cake and ice cream. Most of these friends went with Trevor to the opening night of Transformers. That's why the Ho's bought "Bumble Bee" for Trevor's gift.

How many business professionals does it take to put together a Transformer?
Trevor brings out Voltron from his childhood keepsakes.
Lots of smoke from all those candles.
Wil and Trevor put Voltron together.

Happy Birthday to you!


Clean up time.