Playing catch up

So too much time has elapsed since the last post and now ... where do I start!? I think I'll just do an abbreviated photo documentary. To mention a 21 month milestone, Toriana can now climb into the car and into her carseat completely on her own. Ok, so with no further ado:

First, here we are in Virginia, at "Mt. Tabor" where Toriana is playing with a toy that my generation all fondly remembers in this same living room at my grandparents!Great Grandma Ramona reading a story to Toriana on the back porch ... While we play croquet for old time's sake!At a pumpkin patch near my parent's house - the weather went from HOT and humid to COLD and rainy, windy in just 2 days!Kimberly's daughter Lilian played in this box with Toriana for a long time - Toriana loved it!!

Out for pizza with "cousins" Caroline and Logan Another day, some different weather ... a day at Claytor Lake State Park Playing in the sand with Nana
Somebody caught a fish!

Sitting on the stoop with Papa ... My Dad's 60th birthday - a Cat in the Hat party! (he's always loved goofy hats!)
Toriana is 20 months here and Dad is 720 months, he figured out!

Kara made an awesome duo of theme cakes! (And created a doozy of a hat!)

I borrowed a hat from my Dad's closet Back in WA - at the Imagine Children's museum in Everett - a fun place! Toriana with Jonathan in the construction room - their favorite spot.

Trevan and I ran a marathon relay (with 4 others) in Leavenworth - here Toriana sports our medal and looks like she, too, had a hard run! Off to a picnic lunch at the pumpkin patch, with some other runners

Fun times with cousin Jakob the following weekend when they stayed over the night of the exciting Husky last minute miracle winDown to Maple Valley to meet the 8 labradoodle puppies - and to see the cousins - fun! Jonathan gets a puppy cuddle

And then we got to help celebrate Danny hitting the big TWO! Next up for our field: Alex in Nov., then Jonathan in Dec., then Toriana in Jan.- wow!

And Toriana's good buddy Gwyndolyn and her Mommy just came for a visit so here are 2 pics of the little munchkins when they were actually sitting still for a change! They had SO much fun together - it's neat to watch this little friendship blossom and to look forward to seeing them grow up together (too bad they live 5 hrs away but at least we can see them when we visit Grandpa and Grandma Z)

This picture just makes me melt! =)