Last Day of Hanukkah

Rachel has been learning about holidays around the world at school. Yesterday she asked if we could invite ourselves over to some Jewish friend's house so she could try some latkes. Well, I decided to try to make them at home with this result, lol!

Halloween in Outer Space

Every year the symphony puts on a Halloween concert for kids where costumes are encouraged for adults and kids. This year the theme was Outer Space...of course Cho Chang put in a appearance too.

Indian pow-wow

We attended the annual Indian pow-wow in mid-October at one of our favorite parks, Long Hunter State Park. It was during Rachel's school fall break and her friend Coco came along. The girls enjoyed shopping for Indian crafts, hanging out in the teepee, and trying some Indian tacos with fry bread. It was a most beautiful fall day!

Rachel's new activity

Our little "horse" is almost halfway through third grade, can you believe it?! She is in choir, tennis, and has been taking horse back riding lessons for a few months now. She is learning how to ride English saddle (no saddle horn to hold onto). It is quite a workout but Rachel loves it and her teacher says she is a natural!

40 is the new 20!

Hello All,

I thought it had been 5 years since my last update but it turns out it's only been 3 years. I guess time just kind of blends together as you get older..?

I'm putting up some pics from my fabulous 40th b-day party. We had chocolate cake, white cheesecake, chocolate marble cheesecake, and 2 carrot cakes. Flowers courtesy of Will and Mag. Wish you all could have been there. Here's to at least 40 more years!!!