closer to home

we started getting on the boat earlier and earlier and meeting other people with boats on the lake. we became boat people.

 the bathrooms started coming together

 we tried out some new restaurants that have come to town, this time at twisted root.

 EM loved the fair this year, lots of time on the merry go round and at the petting zoo. loved the little deer especially.

 at some point in october we moved in.

 EM was robin hood for halloween. margaret and i made her costume. i thinks he had a moment of cognitive dissonance when she first put on her costume. her invisible friend is named robin hood and it is also one of her favorite movies. too many worlds colliding for a 4 year old.

 she used to be terrified of sliding, this time she was cutting in front of shorter kids to get an extra turn.

 fun at a "harvest" festival

 her name, she thought the "s" was as important as her initials so she included it.

finally, her first dentist appointment. she did not like it but was extremely cooperative. here she is holding the watering tool. the hygienist asked her to hold it once and it resulted in her holding it the entire time.

september to remember

my dad celebrated his birthday while he was in china. i wonder if this is what birthday celebrations look like there or if they think that this is what american birthday celebrations look like. i don't think i have ever seen a bowl of apples or sweet potatoes fried in honey at any party i've ever been to. also that hat.

abalone candy. nope.

 we got countertops!

 jeremy and i hadn't traveled all summer because of the house so at the last minute we decided to go backpacking in the tetons. really beautiful, so fun, always a little fear of the grizzly.

 and when we got back, we were increasingly behind on finishing our house that we decided to buy a boat. this was our first time out, jeremy jumped in and em wanted to get in too.

 the local news invited me to do a fashion segment on one of the day time shows. it was fun, i hope the people in the nursing homes liked it.

when doves cry (die)

em was jeremy's retriever, they sat in lawn chairs in front of our house. classy.

 things started to come together, this is the kitchen area before installation

 life changing moment, who knew EM loves high school football games.

 our good friend jacob who makes jeremy look like a christmas elf.

this is all getting a little foggy

we moved out at the end of august. it felt a little sad, and then i pretended i was felicity moving out her senior year.

 em learned how to balance on her bike! it is weird that as soon as kids can ride this bike, they don't need it anymore. she said she will ask santa for a pedaling bike for christmas.

 we moved in with margaret and jerry. it was pretty fun, save the pressure of using this tiny chipped knife that margaret's mother gave to her.

 fun eating sandwiches in austin!