The Barquist Family

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Wild West Picnic

Colt & Ollie had a Wild West Picnic at their preschool. It was fun to actually use their dress up clothes for this day.

We found Ollie Cowboy.

You can barely see the Colt cowboy in this picture.

A few blurry pictures. Colt & Ollie working on a sticker project.

Below: Sitting for circle time.

It will be fun to see how they both grow this year and how they do in the same school.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Brad was trying to figure out what to do about going to the Sounders game. He decided he would take Brody. Then a friend of his offered him 3 club level tickets so Brad took Brody & Colt and gave his tickets to a friend.

The boys had a blast and the Sounders won 2 - 1.

They were super tired the next day.

They were fascinated by the train so Brad got a picture of them.

Brad's friend Lance (on the right in the background) and his son.

They also liked this picture of Ichiro.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Labor Day Weekend

We went down to Central Oregon for our annual Labor Day Weekend family reunion. (Brad's family) We camped at the Ranger Station and Ollie keeps asking when we are going back.

My camera was not being very cooperative and I wasn't being very diligent about taking pictures. Here are the few I took.

Playing Washoes

Playing Bingo

Uncle Mark made a little fort for Ollie. He loved it!

A picture with Nanny.

(Andrew is missing in this picture)

There were a lot of other people taking pictures so I'm hoping to get them soon.

Friday, September 6, 2013

1st day of 1st Grade

Brody had his first day of 1st grade. We met his teacher the day before and he was excited to go to school. He also knew a few people from his class last year so that helped.

Brody & Ollie

We tried to get one with Darby but she didn't cooperate that well.

Colt was getting his shoes on and had to meet us at the bus stop (we didn't want to be late for the first day). We did get one picture with all 4 of the kids.

Waiting with our friends.

It will be an adjustment for all of us with Brody being gone all day. But I know he is going to have a great year!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

35 weeks

My friend was encouraging me to post a few belly pictures. I'm not very good at documenting my pregnancies and I'm sure I will be disappointed about this later but for now it's just not at the top of my priority list. So I'm thankful for a little prompting to get these pictures done.

These pictures are with my phone and Brad's phone.

(My camera is having issues)

Our c-section is scheduled for October 3rd. It's nice to know there is a definite date where we will meet our baby. (although I have to remind myself that I still could have the baby earlier)

I have a few pregnancy "issues". A vericose vein has been bothering me for a good part of this pregnancy but I never thought I would make it this far with it. It seems to be manageable now.

I sit around A LOT during the day. I feel guilty sometimes but other times I try my best not to worry about it.

I still have no clue as to the sex of the baby.

We have a boy name picked out but no girl name. (prayers please...I'm serious. It stresses me out and has been known to cause tension between me and Brad)

I am SO THANKFUL to be pregnant (I know many who are having trouble).

I'm getting sad knowing this will be our last one. So I try to savor every little kick, turn or bump I feel even when it wakes me up in the middle of the night. (I'm going to be an emotional mess this next year knowing every milestone is the last one)

My house is a mess and disorganized and I have a gazillion projects I want to complete in the next month. But my energy gets lower every day. I'm trying not to stress out about it.

I'M SO EXCITED!