O Christmas Tree

 Walking in a winter wonderland.

 The mushrooms turned out to be trees underneath!

 This is the just right one, in all its wild glory.

 

  Twirling in the tree skirt.

Thanksgiving Weekend

 watching sea lions

 (proof for Grandma R.)

 bravely climbing the artillery

 acting crazy in our fort

The changing face of Elsa

 Sunday, Nov. 11...

Saturday, Nov. 17... (hanging on by a thread)

Monday, Nov. 19

Paleantologist

Digging for rocks... just like digging for fossils. Thanks, Scholastic, for providing fun on a rainy Saturday!

Happy Halloween

Halloween Prep

Two-posts-in-one:

The gorgeous day we went to the pumpkin patch,

and three weeks later, with a cozy fire and Rufio the cockatiel, our guest who seems to like shoulders quite a lot.

taking advantage of "partially cloudy"

Dear Grandma and Grandpa, 

We hope you really meant it when you said to come over anytime. It was a nice weekend and we especially enjoyed the hot tub. We took a side trip to Guemes Island while we were in the neighborhood.

Love, Us

Soap

Guess I overdid it trying to kill the mosquito larvae in our fountain.

Camping

Labor Day

 Prettiest hike of the season, maybe...

 Elsa and Mom loved this little fairy land.

 Elsa thought sledding on the snowfield made the uphill worthwhile!

First day of school

What a view

camping

Paddling

 ...this is how you get home when your bike has a flat.

Zoo Day

BBQ

This is how we BBQ in a sudden rainstorm while pretending to be Laura and Pa Ingalls.

2 hikes

 Big Four Ice Caves

 Lake Twenty Two (creative name, eh?)

Sailing

 Grandma and Grandpa G. took us sailing this week.

 We camped and hiked and had a relaxing and picturesque vacation.

 (there are about 8 animals in that little hammock)