Shannon's Best Friends' Wedding

Shannon and I flew down to Utah for a couple of days. Her best friend from up in Pullman ended up marrying our cousin from down in Syracuse. Shareena wanted me to do her hair for the big event as well, so here's some pictures of the big day!

Fall Festival

With the sun shining bright, and a nip in the air the Carter clan bundled up and headed to Red Barn Farms for a day full of fall fun. There was a jumping castle, amphitheatre, hay ride, pumpkin patch, hay bail maze, and much more. Shannon and her friend Crystal along with her little guy Austin joined in on the fun.

Labor Day Trip to Seattle

As soon as Labor Day was here, we packed up the van and headed to Seattle to see Brady's sis, Lori. On the way, we stopped in Leavenworth for lunch, shopping around, and Cold Stone ice cream! Lori had a great dinner for us when we arrived. The next day, we all dressed in our Cougar gear for the football game. The game was played in Qwest Stadium where the Seattle Seahawks play. The crowd was soooo loud! The experiance was fun, but the Cougs lost big time!
On Sunday, we went on Ferry ride and played at the beach. Before we headed home, we stopped by the Pacific Science Center for some science fun. The huge robot (above)played Tic Tac Toe. Water shooters, dinosaurs, butterfly forest, and many experiments

transported us to science world of learning and fun!

Golfing Trip

Photos by Jace: So we bought a new cool camera. We gave our 8 year old camera to Jace. These are some pics of Jace's handy clicker finger. I haven't figured out how to download our new camera yet. But, beware, there are over 500 pictures on it! (And I've only had it a month and a half!) NO you're not sitting to close! That zoom button is FUN!

.:Lily:.

.:Our Newest Addition to the Family:.

The Volcanoes

My Mom and Dad joined us on the Volcano tour. We started at Mt. Rainier. The first day was gorgeous. Mt. Rainier was shy the second day and hid behind clouds and fog. Hey, you would be self-concious too if you were 14,410 ft. high!
Mount St. Helens was our next volcano. Although she blew her top off, she is still active and spewing smoke. Watch out!
We had a blast with G-ma and G-pa Sommers. Thanks Mom and Dad! We loved our Volcano Tour!

Glacier National Park

With our friends and nieghbors, the Galloways, we took off for Waterton Park in Canada, and Glacier Natl. Park in Montana. Majestic scenery was accented by beautiful wildflowers. Hikes to waterfalls, boat tours, sleeping in a cabin, swimming in the pool, smores, a parade, fireworks, hot tub, and bug bites were all included in our adventure. Not to mention the Brady and I heard a bear growl on our evening hike in bear country. We made it out alive, thanks to noisy kids and breaking out in song. "The Hills are Alive" never sounded so good!