November- A Month of Birthdays!

I want to take the opportunity to save Happy November birthday to all of you with your special day this month. My Grandpa Kaake, Grandma Beard, Aunt Nancy, Ruth, and of course Cassie! are all celebrating this month. Whoo Hoo!

Last weekend we went to my Grandpa's 89th birthday party! We converged on his new assisted living apartment building. Mom & Dad, my sister and her guy, my cousins, and aunts all brought a potluck to the activity room.

Let me tell you, this place is NICE! A huge restaurant dining area, tropical fish by the mailboxes, a movie theater, and a classy lobby all add to the excellent atmosphere. Zoe especially wanted to stay and live there, and kept running around from area to area. G'ma and G'mpa's apartment is really nice too, well laid out to maximize their space.

This weekend we met Mom & Dad for breakfast and has a pre-birthday party for Cassie, as they are going to have their Willamette Pass house delivered on Monday, and they expect to be on site for most if not all of the week. Cassie is thrilled, and can't wait for her actual Birthday, Wednesday the 19th. She will be ten (10!) years old, can you believe it? I'm still struggling with the concept. . . . ;)

Halloween

Argh! It's been a Month since I posted, but not because we fell off the Earth or anything. There's a lot going on!

Halloween was great- we had about 60 degree weather for trick or treating, and about 70 or so trick or treaters. The girls had a blast. Zoe was a bat, and Cassie was a Zombie Student, a concept she envisioned on her own.

It was a great haul, as well as a lot of fun. We run into more and more kids we know from school every year, and the kids are so eager to show off their costumes and run around the neighborhood in the dark. I wish I had brought my camera out, but we did a lot of actual running, and it was easier without worrying about dropping it.

Love to you all! Watch for more pictures soon! Love, Us

The Pumpkin Patch

Hooray for pumpkins! I just love a holiday time where you get to play with huge orange veggies! I've always associated Halloween with my birthday, after all they are close.

We got into the spirit this Saturday with selecting pumpkins, going through a corn maze, observing various farmyard animals, and playing on hay bales. The weather was awesome- clear blue sky, highs in thee 60s, and everyone in high spirits.




Check out our photos of that, if you dare! But seriously, there's nothing scary here.