The annual cutting of the Christmas Trees occured this past weekend. We all headed out to Cox's Tree Farm and had our trees within 30 minutues of arriving.
Cooper got to ride in my sweet carrier I bought to carry Gillian. I think he liked it, despite the look on his face! (: 
Our little snow angel navigating her way through the tree farm.
All the cousins posing together
We had snow before Thanksgiving. This was Gillian's first time in the snow. I think it snowed last year, but she wasn't walking or big enough to play in it. She seemed to enjoy it this year and despite how bundled she looks, she can move and walk! (:
Alistair had a blast as usual. We were out for maybe 30 minutes or so and that was good for everyone!
Gillian sledding down the driveway in the Babyboggan. She thought that was pretty cool!
Alistair sledding on cardboard. We may need to invest in an additional sled or something now that he is bigger...and that there are 2 kids!
Another fun day together as a family! 
The first weekend in November we had the annual Martinson gathering at Eric and Gigi's. It was a fun day with lots of good food and LOTS of kids! We are certainly growing in numbers!
Thanksgiving Day we spent at Jeff & Michelle's house with my parents, Michelle's sister, her fiance and Michelle's Dad. We had a very nice, relaxing day with delicious food!
Alistair and Cooper sporting the plaids.
We took a break, went outside and built a snowman! It was fun, Gillian mostly ate snow - we all contribute in our own ways, right?
Gillian and Cooper being way too cute on his train! (:
Heather Taylor Hennessey was born on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 11:20pm. She was 8lbs 4oz and 20 inches long! Everyone did great and are now home getting to know each other as a family.
The weekend of Veteran's Day we headed down to Cape Disappointment State Park for a 3 night camping stay with my parents and Seth's. It rained and poured all the way down there. Once we arrived and set-up, the weather cleared and stayed clear through Friday Night! Katelin came with us to give her mom and dad a little break while waiting for the baby to arrive. I think Katelin had quite a bit of fun not to mention Alistair and Gillian really enjoyed having her around!
We had a new and unusual event happen to us the first night. I opened the door to our pop-up to put some items away and somehow let a bat in! It flew in circles and then would land. Seth came in and attempted to catch it, only to have it fly back into the trailer. It finally got out, somehow, but not before I snapped a photo! (:
Friday morning we heard the Coast Guard helicopter flying around down at the beach and eventually could head it hovering. We decided to head down to see what was going on. At first we thought there was a real rescue or recovery mission going on, but it turned out to be a training session. They had dummies strung to the cliff sides and were rescuing them, taking them to the top of the cliff, handing them off to a team on the ridge who would repel down and reattach the dummy for the next team. They had 2 helicopters swapping out with different teams and did this for about 4 hours. It was fun to watch and was the highlight for Alistair who talked about it ALLLLL weekend!
Beautiful morning on the beach!
Saturday we got up to rain, wet and wind - typical Washington Coast weather for November. We decided to pack it up and head to Astoria for the day. We went to Pig N Pancake in Astoria for breakfast.
After breakfast we headed into Seaside. We took in the aquarium, which the kids just loved. We were there for quite a while - highlights being the touch tanks and feeding the seals!
Once we got back to the campground, Seth, Alistair and my dad headed over to Waikiki Beach to check out the Confluence project and then to drive into town to buy my birthday present - oh yeah, Saturday was my birthday!
We had a birthday dinner that night for both of us. We had Papa Dave's Seafood Fettuccine, which is awesome and for dessert we had Turtle Cake - decadent and delicious!
While we were camping, the little cold I had decided to get worse and I was stuffed up, coughing and not sleeping well, especially the last night. So that morning, when the kids woke up at 5:30 or something too early like that, Seth got them dressed and left and took them up to the Northhead Lighthouse so I could sleep - he is awesome! (: From the looks of the photo, it was still slightly dark and foggy, oh and rainy!
While we were getting packed up, the kids kept themselves entertained. Alistair had the girls pushing him around in the police car. 
It really has become a season, not just a day. We decorate at the beginning of the month of October, we visit various pumpkin patches with different groups throughout the month, carve the pumpkins at some point and in the days leading up to Halloween, we attend various trick-or-treating opportunities. Then of the course the day of is filled with excitement and anticipation, sugar rushes and crashes and finally exhaustion as we undress our costumed children and get them into their jammies, wash their sticky hands and faces and attempt to get a toothbrush into their mouths. But Halloween is definitely a holiday for young and old and we all had a fun holiday!
Spaceman Spiff and Quackers - homemade costumes by the ever-talented Nana...never disappoints!
Alistair's classroom Halloween party was last Thursday. Gillian and Macey's little sister Maddie also got to be in the photo. It was a fun party. They had 3 different games and then had some treats.
The week prior to the party, we went with Alistair's class to The Farm in Snohomish. It was a fun, and beautiful, day!
Alistair and Natalie showing off their costumes. 
