Halloween

Here are the boys in their completed Halloween costumes:

Bucky Barnes and Captain America

We went to the Pumpkin Prowl last weekend. It was so much fun. Here are a few more pictures:




On Saturday, we took a hike at Carkeek Park and enjoyed some beautiful colors and sights of fall. This trail led up through a grove of Big Leaf Maples and we found some of the largest leaves we'd ever seen.





Gid started pointing!

Later, Jasper swept the apartment-


Tonight we did some pumpkin carving with our friends the Kilburns. The pumpkins turned out awesome. Sarah made some really, really delicious vegan pumpkin cupcakes that I will be dreaming about tonight.


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Max and Jasper's pumpkins

End of the season gardening

We've had a very successful gardening season. We've grown rhubarb, raspberries, peas, carrots, potatoes, pumpkins, dahlias, swiss chard, spinach, cosmos, and a variety of herbs. Kinda sad to see the garden go to bed... We will continue to harvest swiss chard and some of the herbs until the first frost. Here are some shots of the boys doing "work" in the garden with us:

sewing

This seems to happen to me every fall. The days get shorter, the leaves start to turn, the weather changes, and I become a homebody. I am overcome with the desire to cook and sew and nest. A few weeks ago, we spent the entire weekend re-arranging our small apartment. Thank goodness I'm married to the most patient man in the world who toiled all Friday night and Saturday (foregoing his weekly ultimate frisbee game - a major sacrifice) with me to move almost every piece of furniture we own so that my "vision" could be realized. I have to say that I am very pleased with the way things turned out. The space in our place is much better utilized now and I feel as though there is a better flow.

I've also been sewing quite a bit. Last time I was home in Corvallis my mom sent me home with some old patterns that she'd been holding on to since we were kids. I used one the the patterns to make Jasper some PJ's with dinosaur print:



The other thing I've been working on is Jasper's (hopefully I'll be able to whip something up for Gid in the next few days) Halloween costume. Almost done ( I actually finished the boots tonight but didn't get a picture of him wearing them yet):





Last week I ordered enough fabric to make quilts for Jasper, Gid, and Rob and I. Now, that is going to take me till next fall to complete.

Matt and Lucy's wedding

This weekend we went down to Oregon to see two good friends of mine get married. Lucy and Matt have been together since senior year of high school. They were both two of my dearest friends from Corvallis and it was wonderful to see them so happy and in love and wed. A whole bunch of the CV gang was there to celebrate. It was great to see so many of my good, old friends. Wish I could have hung out with them a bit more, but we ended up leaving the reception early to get back to our little babes. My dear mom and dad who had just flown in from Ukraine only hours before were watching our kiddos at the hotel. I started feeling really badly for them around 8 pm realizing they hadn't slept in over 24 hours.

Lucy and Matt got married at Timberline Lodge which is at the base of Mt. Hood. The scenery and view was spectacular. The ceremony was really, really touching. Everyone in the room was crying when the groom read his vows. Ahhh, makes me want to do it all over again. After the ceremony there was a cocktail hour and then a really lovely reception. I'm so glad Rob and I got to be there.

This is really lame- I don't have any pictures from the actual wedding. I have a shot of Rob and I, with the bride and groom in the background:


And a shot of Mt. Hood:


And a picture of Rob and Jasper the next day at Trillium Lake:

Wicked

Rob took me to see Wicked last Thursday. It was amazing! We both really liked it. Rob was so cute. He tried to surprise me, but I overheard a bit of a phone conversation he had about buying the tickets. I've been wanting to see this play for a really long time, so it was really sweet of him to splurge and take me to it. What an incredible story! So interesting. We both want to watch The Wizard of Oz again to tie up all the loose story ends.

Poor Gid with four teeth all at once

Little Gid has four teeth coming in all at the same time. He cut is bottom two back in July. Now his four top teeth are all emerging. The first on broke through about two days ago and surprisingly was not one of the front top- it was the the next one over on the left. He's a bit miserable, though. He's constantly looking for something to bite and drooling and his checks are all flushed. It's so hard on their little bodies when these teeth start coming in. Rob and I are feeling it too, as he's been waking up 3-5 times a night.... Looking forward to the teething stage to pass.