Here’s what we’ve been up to in November. Avery has been down to visit pretty frequently.

Hot yoga date

We had a fun time at the Commodore’s Ball again this year

Getting ready
  

Commodore Ross and First Lady J.J.

The Grand 14 Bridge

With Past Commodore Rick

Layla was a flower fairy in the Nutcracker this year

With Tannon (their Company production was a sleepover theme, hence her PJ’s).

Holidays on Broadway

Nana came to visit for the weekend and see the performance

Ice skating with friends, Coco & Ava

October was a busy month with lots of Halloween festivities. Despite lots of beautiful days, it poured during trick-or-treating. Fortunately Layla and her friends were all dressed warmly in zoo animal onesies, but they got a little soggy! Kieron went to a friends house, put together a last minute costume and also trick-or-treated but I didn’t get any pictures. He was probably the tallest one out there, but I’m glad he had fun too!

Bob Ross, Benson Boone, Formula 1 Driver, Minion & Harry Potter

Avery sent a pic of himself in his costume he threw together for a party. He’s a ski bum.

Brave moms smiling in the atmospheric river!

Post trick-or-treating libations at Saints with Kristin and Mike

We went to our friends annual Halloween party. The theme this year was “In the Headlines.” We went as Amelia Earhart and D.B. Cooper.

With the moon and Bill Clinton

Blue Origin crew

Bad Bunny, Katie Perry, Amelia and one of the zebras that escaped in Snoqualmie

With Ann Bolyn, Monica Lewinsky & Barbie
 

With Bonnie and Clyde

Watching the Mariner’s playoff game

Halloween Bunco!

Some friends and I went to a Halloween Drag Show at Sigillo. We had a Barbie group and a Care Bear group.

Miss Texas, 1987 had some great routines!

Dr. Barbie, listening to Space Barbie’s heart

Weird Barbie, fully into character!     

Yajaira wrote prescriptions for some little girls who were awestruck by our group. They said sweet things like “you’re amazing!”

These little girls wanted their picture with us!

When Madonna comes on…

At the Haunted Soiree, in downtown Seattle

  

Donning our visors at a Becky Robinson watch party

Our friends invited us out on their wake boat on Lake Sammamish. Silas and Layla both loved knee boarding.

Cody, the mini doodle

Layla wanted to recreate an AI image I produced of Phoebe in a tutu and snorkel

Some pictures from Pullman

Goofing around

Jonathan, Kieron and Silas visited Nana and helped around the yard

Facetiming with Avery

Phoebe turned six! She got a birthday omelet.

Silas’ middle school band got to play at a high school football game

A night out at Saints with friends

My friend, Niki, came to visit from Arizona

Avery, home on a weekend

Layla and Millie at the ice rink

Trivia night with girlfriends

We hatched butterflies

Cross Country season was underway. Avery came to support Silas at his first meet.

Layla earned $50 for being the school photo model. Her picture was used on postcards and these signs at all the schools in our district

Halloween costumes arrived

Someone loves her costume
  

At the Wildcats Cheer and Football auction
  

Close encounters for the pets

We updated our kitchen a little with a teal island and gold hardware

Jonathan’s anniversary gift – a wood carved Salish Sea topographical map

We’ve been baking our own sour dough bread

We went to see The Head and the Heart and The Lumineers with friends in August. It was such a great concert. Definitely the best we went to this year, and so fun with friends!

We went to dinner at The Met

Y, being her sassy self


 

Latest home project – fresh paint on the kitchen island

At the new wine and book store in town

Layla had a sleepover. Avery is such a good sport sometimes.

Layla and her friends cheered in the Railroad Days parade

We went to Pullman at the end of the month to visit my parents and help with some home projects

Whidbey, hoarding toys

Took Silas and Layla to the water park to cool off

Uncle Scott & Aunt Manivanh’s garden

Biscuits and gravy by Uncle Scott

Layla and Millie, kneeboarding buddies