Saturday, October 6, 2012

Best Dressed Baby on the Block!

Kylie has received a ton of CUTE clothes from friends and family. Here are some highlights!

Friday, October 5, 2012

Halloween Preview!

While Autumn took a nap today, I whipped up a costume for Halloween!


CANDY CORN!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Coeur d'Alene Lake Cruise

This morning we drove out to Hayden to have breakfast at Rustler's Roost (a childhood favorite of mine). Everything was exactly the same as I remembered, and it was delicious!! After breakfast, we returned to the hotel and took a cruise around the north end of the lake. 

We had to make a mad dash back home since the bridge was closing at 7:00. Even Kylie cooperated, and we made it home with time to spare.

 YUM! I love any restaurant that includes biscuits and gravy as a side dish to EVERY menu item!
We also had to get the massive cinnamon roll that included approximately 14 gallons of "butter sauce".

Recipe for "butter sauce":  Melt butter. Done.

 Cruise time!

 Our trusty ship!

 Ms. K napped almost the whole time, and was cutely bundled in leopard print.

 The aptly named S.S. Coeur d'Alene!

 We're on a boat! Haha!

 Lookin' good! Yeah!

 Kid Island Bay!
Jacquelyn and I used to go play on this island for hours when we were kids.

 The best house perched on a rock that we saw all day.
@ Arrow Point

Goodbye Coeur d'Alene
Thanks for a great birthday!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Coeur d'Alene Day 1

We started off the morning with room service, followed by massages at the spa. Kylie and I walked the boardwalk, beach and city park while Autumn was being pampered on her birthday. Afterward, we had lunch at Toro Viejo (the Old Bull lol!) and shopped our way through downtown. Autumn finally got to have SUSHI for dinner at the resort. Here are the photos!

 Views of the hotel and floating boardwalk.

 Tubbs Hill!

 Me & Miss K!

 Deserted beach views

 Mexican lunch!!

 We didn't actually eat here, but the Maple Bar-ger piqued our interest! 
What we shoulda did was find out when this place was open and gone back there!

 Our planned cupcake stop was CLOSED!! 
AKA "the saddest thing I have ever seen" according to Autumn.
Luckily, there was another cupcake shop across the street!

 Cuties!

Mysterio predicted that Kylie will be the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey when she grows up!

Sushi! How I've missed you!
Yum-O @ Bonsai Bistro!

 Goodnight!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

To Coeur d'Alene

For Autumn's birthday this year we headed out to Coeur d'Alene for a mid-week stay at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. It was a welcome retreat from country living complete with massages and dining out!

We took our time and stopped for coffee at Miss B's Haven in Kettle Falls, and again at Paul's Coffee in Chewelah, and had a side excursion to the Spokane Valley Mall.

We checked into the hotel, had dinner and settled in for a quiet night.

Photo booth fun!

 Welcome to Idaho!
Kylie's first state outside of Washington.

 View from the hotel.

 Say cheese!

Sunset from the floating boardwalk.

Grapes!

Today Julie collected grapes from the yard, juiced them and then made jelly....

...because that's what you do in the country if you want grape jelly.

 Autumn and Miss K

 The vineyard just outside our back door...who knew!?!

Mmmmm...grapey!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Rotary Trail

Today we headed out to the Colville golf course to walk the Rotary Dominion Meadows Trail. We're starting to get desperate for things to do around here, so this was the highlight of our rather boring day...

This trail had A LOT of rules!

 Ooh! Trail-y!

Ahh! Meadow-y!