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Hola!

map — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:28 +0000

I’m sure you’ve been waiting impatiently to see pictures from our recent trip to lovely Isla Mujeres. Well, I’m hereby rewarding your lack of patience!

Enjoy!

RAWR!

map — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:05:32 +0000

Ava was too sick to come along to the work trick-or-treat session last night, but Emmett and I had a great time. We practiced his thank yous, and he did a good job filling up his little pumpkin bag (I told him we had to make sure we got some candy for his sister, too). Even so, I think he missed having his zookeeper along.

And, in motion, where you can really appreciate the magnificence of the beast:

How he says “cashews”

map — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:35:26 +0000

“Car-shoes.”

Moments of cuteness

map — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:01:40 +0000

“Gosh,” I hear you saying to yourself, “I wonder what Ava and Emmett look like these days.” I’m glad you mused. These shots are from our trip to Sass Family Farm last weekend.

Hello again, hello.

map — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:34:03 +0000

Apologies to Neil Diamond.

We’ve had a fairly typical end of summer this year and are bracing ourselves for the onset of cold and flu season; the sniffles, congestion, and coughs have already begun, but no fever, yet.

Good times were had by all at this year’s apple cider weekend at G.G. and Poom Poom’s place in Decorah. I think next year Emmett will actually be big enough to turn the big crank on the press all by himself.

Even more recently, Ava and Leah marched in the City High School homecoming parade, which features a large presence from each of the elementary schools on the east side of town. There was enough red and white floating around to choke a horse…that doesn’t like red and white stuff.

Next up: Halloween! Or, if you’ve been shopping at any of the stores in town, Christmas! Poor Thanksgiving. It’s just not commercial enough. Will we even celebrate it 50 years from now?