grandpa visits

grandpa came to visit us for the weekend! grandma was supposed to come with him, but was sadly under the weather. we of course visited a pumpkin patch (if you come here in october, it's just going to happen, totally unavoidable) and carved our pumpkins that evening. we did some other things during the weekend, but i did not document them. we love, love, love to have visitors and beckett and heath are so excited whenever family comes. grandpa should probably come back soon and bring grandma with him... since she missed the pumpkin patch! tragedy! here are too many pictures of pennebaker boys in pumpkins. this patch is SO picturesque... there are just no ugly views here people. 

brian baker visits

the second we got back from the east coast, brian baker came for a visit and we went over to the king's house to have dinner and see him! he comes back to washington every few months for work and we love to see him, but we wish he would start sneaking his children and his wife in his carry ons so we could see them too! so, this time as we were hanging out i said to myself, "cortney, there are adults in your life too, not just a bunch of parentless children. take photos of the adults too this time." and i did! for one picture. it's true. i don't know. i'm the worst. come back and visit us again soon, brian. and please bring at least five other family members with you. 

flashback

heath wanted a solo picture. they're besties.

just a little camping

yiayia and papou came to visit for a few days and took beckett on an overnight camping trip. they went to tolt macdonald campgrounds... not too far from us, in case camping got a little overwhelming, but they said beckett did great. beckett loves camping and loves family and was too excited for a little personal time with his yiayia and papou. they wore him out with hiking, and tadpole hunting, and s'more making, and tent building. we're so grateful for fun, active grandparents that come and take our sweet guy on tiny adventures. 

cousin clayton comes to town!

kate was up in washington for a bachelorette party and came a few days early with clay so we could have some fun cousin time. clay and heath are only two weeks apart in age (i'm sure you know that) and that is really a negligible amount at this point. except that clayton towers over heath and is significantly heavier! developmentally they are very similar though, and they are starting to actually adorably play together a little bit. beckett also loved having clay around. i thought he might feel a little left out being the solo big guy, but he just only had a thousand hugs to give out and thought the "babies" were so cute. i do LOVE seeing these cousins play together and i do HATE the distance between us. thanks for coming to visit guys... we loved having you!

these boys were quite the bathtub trouble makers. they thought throwing things out of the tub was the most funny and eventually clay just penguin belly slid himself right out of the tub. beckett had no interest in getting in this tub. he took a shower in the other bathroom because he is a teenager. 

we took the boys to a beach park, which was a super fun idea in theory. in practice... it got complicated. you'll notice a lack of actual beach pictures. we survived and lesson learned. ha!

they eat together at the head of the table, of course!

clayton wakes up and has breakfast way before heath, so by the time heath was having breakfast... clayton just really needed heath to share with him. these pictures show the scenario play out pretty accurately. ohmygosh, these boys!

one final park trip before clay headed to olympia for some grandparent time. do you like our weird obsession with putting the boys in matching clothes? i do.