Pumpkins and Halloween

Ahhh, more of fall.  Love it!!  Leaf raking and all.  Last weekend we headed out to the Fall City Farms Pumpkin Patch to pick out the perfect pumpkins - and to have some mini doughnuts too :)  It was nice to get out of the city even if it was just a little bit.  After our pumpkin adventure we went to my cousin Kate and her husband Peter's house for a great night of dinner and chatting. 

Yesterday, yes only a few days before Halloween, we finally carved our pumpkins.  And in the spirit of upcoming Halloween, had Sofie model her bee outfit. 

 



A Celebration Weekend!

What an amazing weekend! My mom, Tiena, was in town to celebrate her birthday which included a trip to the Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum (which I am now a volunteer), a delicious dinner at an amazing Italian restaurant and wine tasting in Woodinville.

Another highlight of the weekend - the Jeep is back in commission!! Very exciting! Tony spent Saturday working on the Jeep with my Uncle Stan. The Wolf family was in town for some soccer games so it all worked out perfect to have him help Tony tinker away until the Jeep was purrrrrring. Great to have the Wolf clan over here from Spokane for the weekend too!

By far, the best event of the weekend was welcoming Anna Rose Guo to the world on Sunday, October 17th. She was 7 lbs, 7 oz and 19 inches long. Adding yet another October birthday to the family. She is simply beautiful and we are proud to have another niece! Congrats to the proud parents Jason and Kristi.

Fence Project

Tony and I augured the holes, scraped out the roots and rocks, set the posts and poured the concrete. With some added help from our buddy Ben, we put in the rails and pickets. It has been a challenging project but exciting to see the progress we have made. The neighbors have been impressed as well and a lot of them have stopped by to chat. Just a few finishing touches left and we will be completely finished. It is definitely nice to have more privacy. Now for the shared fence with the neighbor? Maybe in the Spring.

Chain link before the project. We kept it up as we set the posts.

We found a body when we dug the holes - well a Barbie doll body anyway.

Setting the rails

Nearly finished! Some post end caps and some work on the gate and we are done :)

KICKBALL CHAMPS!

For the 3rd year in the row, The Comandos, are the Kickball Champions!!