Day After Thanksgiving

I have so many pictures of this very pose... cousins on the couch, watching cable(we don't have it at home).

Annual trip to Alan Acres in Stanwood to get our Christmas tree. This is the first year, in the history of the world, I think, that we didn't freeze or get dumped with snow or rain.

Thanksgiving at Oma's and Opa's

Many cooks do NOT spoil the broth at Oma's. Everyone helped to make this a wonderful feast and good time. The cousins played until they dropped, and the adults ate until they couldn't walk. Then, as per our annual tradition, we headed to Alan Acres farm to get our tree the day after Thanksgiving. And Logan and Michael even made it on the evening news.

hayride!

We made our annual trek east of the mountains for the great hayride. Now that the boys are in school, we weren't sure if we were going to be able to make it, but Brian and I took time off, and the kids survived missing a day of school. As always, we were not disappointed. Cutting roasting sticks down at Uncle Erne's is always a highlight. Gramma's chili, a close second, and Debbie's hot chocolate "secret" takes third. Yes, we love the hayride!

More halloween... finally

Well, I'm finally getting around to updating this b log. We had a great Halloween(if memory serves. Trick-or-treating downtown with our friends Jay and Marcia and their kids. The school Halloween parade added to the fun. Michael ended up taking his mask off after about 5 minutes, though, because his classmates kept punching him in the face. Guess they wanted to see what it felt like?

Halloween

And... I go from discussing themes in Hamlet and symbolism in To Kill A Mockingbird to this. Is life good or what? My students are the best and cutest-ever! Well, a few exceptions do pop up every now and then.

Brian takes a dip

We innocently walked past our church parking lot one fall afternoon to take in a Back to Sunday School rally. My gracious husband couldn't say no to a desperate youth leader who needed a body in the dunk tank. What a sport. Needless to say, Logan had a blast throwing pitches at his dad.

Logan's Field Trip to the Anacortes Forest Lands

I was lucky enough to be able to chaperone Logan's walking field trip to our forestlands in September. Each student was given a plant to identify on the walk, then they stopped to draw and journal every half-mile or so. We spent about 3 hours in the forest. I LOVE this town!