Iraqi Food / the Advent of Josh

How sweet, back in the days before election day! We went and ate some delicious Iraqi food!

Shortly thereafter, our excellent friend JOSH came from the NYC on his (now) annual trip, spreading joy and occasioning a trip to Astoria:

We went to the mighty column to throw those balsa wood planes and see what would happen.

blowing these up big so maybe you can see the silhouettes of the tiny planes...

Traveling with this Fox!

Oh yeah, Mike and Laurie, too!

Man, the girls are Josh enthusiasts.  Who isn't?

Oh yeah, Miki had a great soccer tournament.  Josh was impressed!  Now we're on to Futsal.

Josh made this gigantic pie that now Grambee (coming Tuesday!) will try to replicate.

SEE YOU JOSH!  COME BACK SOON!

Wickedness

Okay, our friend Laurie is not wicked at all. Very high quality apple picker!

Reading two books at once.  Harry Potter serves as a kind of dictionary for everything...

Punkins...

Four cousin sleepover:

And then, Monster March!

Oh Yes

Ella went to Miki's class' open house, and they both looked splendid

Meanwhile, these two:

Sweet Little Sunday Hike to Twin L

Mighty Deschutes: a river trip

Three wild days over Labor Day weekend with the Bradfords and Maggie Vining and Jon, Amy, Madison, Ma

Many proclamations, much "riding the bull," plenty of jumping off rocks:

Maggie's the only one who held her nose.

 Things in the rapids got too hairy to document, believe me!

Always nice to kick it with this bro:

All kinds of action

49! Clocks' hands speeding right up!

Perhaps a glimpse toward Halloween?

Or perhaps just some beardage:

According to Miki, Elsie taught her how to draw this dolphin: