We celebrated Thanksgiving in Pullman again this year. With Grammy and Papa living there now, it was nice being able to divide nights and meals between their home and Scott & Manivanh’s. The Avery’s of Newport Beach came up to celebrate with us. It was so nice having everyone together for the holiday.

Maui, showing off again

Going through some of Great Grandma Peck’s jewelry together

Here’s all our pics from Halloween and the events leading up to it! We went back to Muddy Boots Pumpkin Patch to do the corn maze with the youngest three.

Little ghost lamps my friends and I made at a holiday craft night

Pumpkin diving at the pool

Jonathan and I went to a Halloween party at our friends house. The theme was dead celebrities. Jonathan’s costume turned out better than mine. He’s Patrick Swayze from the SNL Chippendales skit and I’m Farah Fawcett.

With Blake/Caveman Lawyer

Barbie & Ken!

Grammy and Papa stayed with us while they were in between houses.

With Liam & Hudson

Layla Colette, Layla & Vivian

Silas, Reid, Landry & Cade

Here’s what we were up to in October. Avery went to Homecoming with his girlfriend, Erika. That’s Natalie & Henry with them.

We took Avery to see The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie 20 Year Anniversary Tour

Layla went to a birthday party at the ice rink

Papa, listening to Avery play piano   

Phoebe, bugging the cats

Kieron made lasagna and fococia bread at a cooking class

Saying goodbye to their electric baby grand

Maui, posing

Caroline and I bought matching charcuterie boards that look like paddles

With Simon and Laura at Sigillo

Kieron and Silas got to visit Avery at work

Moving out day for Grammy and Papa after seven years in Bonney Lake

Hello, Pullman!

Backyard view for now

At the signing       

Shopping at TriState

Here’s what we were up to in September. We bought a new car!

With Landry and Reid

Silas started playing the sax in the school band

Caroline and I took the girls to see the new Little Mermaid movie at The Club pool. They had technical difficulties getting it to play, so we went home and watched it on Disney+.

Layla loved her first season of cheer

Another day, another game

In September we finally got our little fast boat out on Lake Sammamish to pull the kids in the tube.

Silas enjoyed his first season of cross country

Here they are at a meet on the MSHS home field

Love this pic of these two!

Field Day at Layla’s school was rained out so they held it indoors

Performing stunts at home

Another XC Meet for Silas at Twin Falls Middle School
 

Clare’s 8th Birthday party

Over Labor Day weekend, Grammy and I had a girl’s trip to Whistler for a friend’s wedding. Pooja was our neighbor when we lived in Issaquah, and was the flower girl at our wedding. Her parents are good friends of Grammy and Papa’s. We had a fantastic time celebrating with the happy couple, who had a Hindi ceremony the first day and a Western one the second day, followed by a brunch sendoff on Labor Day. Congrats, Pooja & James!

The groom’s entrance

James is in the tan dancing to music

Shopping in Whistler Village

Day 2
 

With Phani & Seeta

A couple days before the wedding we attended a Mehndi party at Seeta & Phani’s house, where we got henna for the wedding.