Happy Halloweiner!

Happy Halloweiner to all! I hate dressing up, I always have. I made the Fonz put on his leather coat briefly to pose for a picture. Notice my shirt - Halloweener dog. I love the great stuff you can find online these days!

We've had lots of trick or treaters. Jason is answering the door while watching college football and I'm working on stuff around the house. Looking forward to a low key day tomorrow!

And we're done....

We went to Rainier again today so I could help finish all of our stuff. We made our batches of homemade kahlua and I also baked our famous cakes in a jar.

Allyson stopped by to visit us. She played wonderful music on the piano she got from Grandma and Grandpa for her birthday. Fonzie was riveted.

Tripleberry

We finished up our annual jam sessions this last weekend. We made strawberry, strawberry rhubarb, tripleberry and blackberry.

Allyson's First Pumpkin Patch visit

We joined the crew on a visit to Lattin's Cider Mill. The mud was unbelievable but the freshly made apple fritters made it worth it. Jos and Geri were in town from Holland so joined in the merriment. I'm sure they think we're just crazy Americans going hunting for pumpkins in a muddy field!

Allyson's First Birthday Party

I am not too found of this new version of blogger which is why I have not been posting. Allyson's party was held a couple weeks back. Jason made her a toy chest, it turned out great as usual. I think she needs to patent this scowl, she has it down pretty good!

Redneck Defroster

We made cherry jam today and had left the lid off the water bath to cool down. Bill came in to make a sandwich. Gloria's microwave bit it in a power surge on Friday night so there was no microwave to defrost the bread from the freezer. Bill came up with his own defroster - the steam from the water bath.

Oh the things you see....

Is it a motorcycle? Is it a Pinto? I don't know!

Oktoberfest

We went to Oktoberfest at the Puyallup Fairgrounds on Saturday night. Jason had fun drinking beer, I was his driver. Jerry bought an AWESOME lion hat. They all had fun playing hammerschlagen. A polka band was playing most of the night. Eventually a different band took over and played some harder stuff. Who knew you could rock Back in Black on an accordian?

Redneck doggie back scratcher

My trip to High Point

I went to visit my girls and my college for Alumni Weekend and a Phi Mu reunion over the first weekend in October. It was fun but also bittersweet due to Dr. Warde's passing. I took a picture of my favorite meal ever - steak hoagie and a side of hash browns from Alex's House.
Picture of my letters on the building I lived in for 3 years.

A view of the campus from the University Center. A picture of a group of us on Saturday night. It's always so much fun to see everyone but so hard to come home.