September's best days!

     It's been a special week with the cutest visitor!

First, we had another tray of yummy jalapeno poppers. A few had a real spice to them but the milder ones were delicious.

    

    And then we had Miss Reese come to visit. She's the cutest!

She's a fan of Joey's glasses.

She was not a fan of the wagon ride with cousins.

We had to get her, her own pair.

She was a fan of a bubble bath with cousins.

And Charlie had her own photo ops with little miss Reese.

And who's ever seen cuter piano players?!

And she didn't want to miss out on 'front-window observations' with the dog.

And I can't miss documenting my most recent set of gel nails. I'm loving the more prominent sparkly top-coat and the cute butterfly's.

Our time with Reese is nearly done. We're so grateful for any opportunity to be with her. She's adorable, fun and quick to laugh and play. What a blessing!

New things and fun adventures

       I treated myself to a new chair after realizing my old chair was literally breaking my body due to its lack of support. This new guy is even heated and has a “massage” feature. Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference. I’m pretty happy!

 

   Charlie just couldn’t go without some fun on Labor Day. Lucky for her our friends let her tag along on their water adventures.

And our cute Harley has officially started her school adventures. Preschool, here she comes.

And Charlie was feeling especially adventurous after watching “watcher in the woods“ and decided she was brave enough to hold our friends pet tarantula.

That’s a big, NOPE, for me! And not photographed is Kayli and Tanner‘s new van, super nice! And Carter’s Volkswagen golf is all gone and out of our hair permanently. He sold it on Wednesday and he’s now debt-free. Yippee!!

    And we had our annual BLT night with our great neighbors and the food choices were out of this world and the tomatoes got a special shout out in the blessing. What a spread! 

     Now we get to look forward to a visit from our girl, Reese! Can’t wait!

Oregon was the bomb!

We had a great trip to Oregon! We had very impressive accommodations and felt pretty spoiled.

We had fun with family.

And Elle and Chakri’s engagement party was even better than expected.

Elle’s going to be quite fancy for the big day!

And K. Falls never disappoints when it comes to sunsets.
 

The neighborhood we stayed in had the cutest, friendliest cat. 

And the boys definitely found fun ways to entertain themselves.

And the deer were making themselves at home outside my parents house. 

(Don't mind the neighbors nonsense in the background.)

    One final sunset pic to wrap up our fun visit. We’re so glad we could get away, even if only for a few days and only with a small group of kids. And we survived the long drive in the small vehicle. Greg drove the entire way, if only to avoid having to take a turn sitting in the back seat on the middle hump. Haha

More to come

     Our Oregon trip has been great so far but the big event is yet to come, so for now, here’s a photo of the porch at our Airbnb in Klamath. And of course, I can’t miss sharing a photo of my most recent set of gel nails.

Alpine days, birthdays & first day of school

      Alpine days was great and the final day with the parade, carnival and fireworks did not disappoint.

Fun times for these girls.

A couple fun parade entries.

In between parade & carnival fun.

Face paint for these three.

And we might as well get matching henna for us.

Dancing and Cheetos, the best day!

Another fantastic fireworks show.

     Sunday these two boys got to hold cute baby Mack, whether they wanted to or not. Haha

Perfect photo bomb from Mack’s dad sitting behind McClane.

    Then we got to do a little birthday celebrating with a “Christmas” gift for Beau.

She was pretty stoked about the mermaid jacket but I guess she already has the mermaid book. (But I bet her copy didn’t come with $25!)

And we have a visitor this week, Mr. Jinx, who’s cute but crazy.

    And then it was Charlie’s birthday and first day of 7th grade. She was pretty excited about her gifts and needed to open them first thing in the morning.

He’s seriously nuts.

More birthday fun.

When you forget it’s her golden birthday until half way through the day so you scramble for a way to make it special.

  

                                A few friends and family to sing and eat cake to wrap up her day.

First day of school!

9th, 12th and 7th

    And just as we’re moving out of elementary the Wendel’s are just getting started.

Beau’s beyond excited for kindergarten.

    

        So there you have it, a busy week with plenty of photos. I’m sure there’s more fun to come so stay tuned.