Shameless Band Promotion!

Check this out!

C is in a great band. Their first official show is in December. So if you happen to be in Portland and dig a little sophisticated Hobo music, please join us!

I'll be the groupie in the back with a handmade band shirt... knitting!

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Oh so happy house!

"Some kid in that stadium is going to remember this moment for the rest of their lives." -C

Chris was there in '80. He was there during the '83 loss.

Our house bleeds red.

Another Busy Week!

It's been another busy but fun week. I finally got around to taking a picture of B's new scarf. I had tons of left over swish superwash yarn so I created a simple garter stitch scarf with stripes based on the Fibonacci sequence. The scarf is lovely but declared "itchy". Ah well, at least it looks cute and may one day be worn either by B or by one of her dolls!

C busted a move on the clubhouse. It has walls and a roof now. (roof pieces can be seen on the porch) He needs to do some finishing touches like putting on flashing, the door and a window but with good weather it should be done soon! The kids took advantage of the sunshine and spent some quality time playing house. They put B's plastic kitchen in there and decided it needed a moat. Ahhh childhood!



On Saturday night I took the kids to the St. John's spooktacular. It was super busy so we spent most of the time standing in line looking at all the costumes. It was like a precurser to Halloween and the kids got a kick out of wearing their costumes! I decided to dress up this year and spent $12 dollars and two hours creating a Pickachu costume. Oh, don't worry. Pictures forthcoming next week!


Today we baked halloween cookies. I was humbled when C noted I was using the wrong type of sugar in my frosting and had melted the butter rather than soften it. A man who can hammer AND bake. How did I get so lucky!

We also took some time to go to Sauvie Island to go through the corn maize. It was beautiful, the kids had fun and we now have some super cheesy pictures to add to our collection!

Atop the hay pyramid...


Children of the corn...


Farmer family...


And to top off my week we had a group pumpkin decorating party at work. Our group was assigned "rock group", so we created Kiss pumpkins. Gene is my favorite!



Even though I had a ton to do, it was nice to have some fun at work and bond with my fellow PA's. They truly are a group of great artists and great people!

Clubhouse and Bean.

It's been a while since I've blogged. I swear I'm suffering from pre winter blues or the I want to be lazies. But we did manage to have a great weekend.

It all started on Friday night when we picked up the bean. The kids were so excited to have her come and visit. Bean stayed with us for an extended time earlier this year and they grew quite attached to her. She is smaller then Noro, smells better and (as sworn by my daughter) has the softest ears EVER! She adjusted to her new surroundings after a day. Then the next, she was gone.


While I was busy reading and not doing much, my dear sweetheart was in the backyard building this...


I know! A Clubhouse. The kids are beyond excited and I'm blown away by his skillz. Now I can't help but look around the house and think, "hmmmm...i wonder what a miter saw and a compression gun can do here?"


Mostly we tried to be outside since this may have been the last weekend we see of the warm sun. We took hikes, chilled outside and BBQ'd.

More action...and pumpkins

What a week!

We took the whole family to the first pre-season Blazer game. It was fantastic, fun and totally worth the grumpy five year old that showed herself the next day.



Yesterday we went to Plumper Pumpkin Patch. It was busy but we had a great time posing for silly pictures.



There was too much happiness happening so we stuck the kids in the stockade.


But petting some animals, going on a hay ride, traversing many mazes and picking out pumpkins made everything much better.


Today we took a hike in Forest Park. Noro was delighted.


He's the big black blob on the right.

Then we finished the week with some pumpkin carving.


I'm actually ready for a nice relaxing week at work. :-)

sick weekend

What's worse then having sick kids? Having healthy ones when you, the parents, are sick.

This weekend has been tough. Both Chris and I have colds. Moving or functioning on any level would be impossible without massive amounts of drugs. But we somehow managed with minimal psychological issues forming in our children.

Though sick, we've been keeping busy. We bought Blake a booster seat. She absolutely LOVES being a "big girl".



It was hard to let the old one go, but it was time!

I finished up my sewing class with this little number.



It's a shirt...just in case you couldn't tell. It looks okay on, but it's pretty evident that I need more practice. So I did and created cloth party bags. Dinosaurs for the boys, princess for the girls. I can finally sew a straight line!


On the knitting front I finished the clapotis. The FO pics will have to wait until after Christmas. I needed a quick knit so i whipped up the Lady Detective Hat from Knit 2 together. I just need a decorative buckle to finish it off...



I also started the Mystery Sock Pattern by Through the loops. We'll see how it goes. I'm a big fan of two socks, toe up on one circular needle. I've never knitted top down so I'm curious to see what heel the pattern will call out and how I'll handle the stress!



If it's anything like the new lace shawl that I've frogged 3 times this past weekend, it'll be harsh! At one point chris walked into the room at precisely the wrong time and had to dodge metal needles as they hurtled past his head! Whoops.


The kids have had fun though. The boys got a little Blazer action in at the Family Fun Fest.


And they put on one heck of a puppet show that included a puppet eating shark and little critters that liked to show us their butt.



What a weekend!