The Swarrell Life

Too darn late...again. Why do I do this to myself? Daylight savings (or losings) may be the death of me here. But really, that's not why you're here, is it? Me neither. Sorry for the rabbit trail, it won't happen again. Unless it does. We took a quick trip to Seattle this weekend to see my grandmas. They have not seen Teagan until now, since neither is traveling much anymore. Trinity stayed with Autumn's parents while we went, since 4 days of driving is enough to drive any (almost) 2-year-old crazy, not to mention her parents. So we took off Thursday night and stayed in Portland. Friday we visited my Oma in Silverdale, WA. We had lunch here and enjoyed our time with Oma immensely! This is great-granson #2, which is very exciting! I think Teagan ate a bad oyster or something. Now here's a cute couple, three generations apart. Amazing! Oma and me at lunch We usually wrap Teagan up to sleep in a swaddler of some sort, but if you give him a comfortable enough bed, who ...

Here's a few pictures to catch you up with our goings on... Football games. Our nephew Grayson plays football, so the family goes out to support him whenever we can. Go Bulldogs! Cute. Anything going on down there? Dad! Put that camera AWAY! Hair looks red. It's not. It's pink. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Go here and show some love.

Okay, so not technically a costume, it a cute shirt on a cute little kid. Happy Halloween! I am pretty sure that this wasn't on October 31, but the week before is when kids wear Halloween clothes. Why? Because you can't see this shirt if it's underneath his costume...silly goose! I don't know if this kid can take a bad picture. Must get it from his mom. Here's the costume: Dr. Teagan, paging Dr. Teagan! Here's how Teagan kicks off the party...by sleeping. Sheesh! Papa smurf and son, or at least feet of son. Gus thought he could hide from the camera... Nice try, gotcha! I have GOT to see the dentist...but at least Trinity is a cute sock monkey. The part had all kinds of games for kids, including bobbing for apples. Trust me, that wasn't a heated pool at all! Caesar + Salad. Are you kidding me? They won first prize in the costume contest. Super Olivia and Lisa. Technically I think Olivia was a witch, but she's always Super-Olivia to me. Ivy is a grandma to...

So, along with two other families, we helped organize and host a Halloween party today...it's too darn late to do a proper post, so this is your official preview for things to come. The real deal will come tomorrow... I chose this as the preview picture because, c'mon, things can only go up from here. Seriously though, we had at least 100 people show up for the event, it was fantastic! More coming soon...

My first thought: It's very cool that I had my first real conversation with Trinity over the phone. It went: Me: Hi Trinity Trinity: Hi (although she pronounces it more like, "Hai!". That means yes in Japanese) Me: How are you? Trinity: Good Me: Are you having fun? Trinity: Yes Okay, it's not the most sophisticated conversation, but it's a start. My second thought: Well, maybe I should leave the thinking to you guys. Take a look at these two pics and tell me there's not a resemblance. It could just be late and I'm a little punchy. Just sayin' 

Reads: "Work wanted: mediocre button pusher guaranteed to make a special moment seems like all the boring ones. Dependable and consistent; you can count on me to make an easy task difficult. And I'll forget your name." That's the ad I could post regarding my photography skills. You'll see what I mean in a minute. Last week was a heck of a week, it was Autumn's first week back to work full time and Teagan's first week of full time daycare. In the mean time, enjoy most of the following photos. ="" Here's the offending photo. I took a couple more in this post, but the majority of the pictures were taken by Autumn, which is a very good thing. I couldn't even get the picture in focus. Sorry Autumn. Here's a much better picture though, in a hat that's too small. Wardrobe malfunction? Maybe. Cute? Most definitely! Autumn declared that Friday was "Take Your Teagan to Work Day". She called dibs on Teagan and left me out i...