Jultomten

Visiting the Man at Macy's...

He's not the Most Important Man of the season, but he is a fun one to meet.
(I think he was younger than Jay!)

Merry Christmas!!

Ballet in Boots

While watching the Nutcracker at World Trade...

Rodder

Can't believe Little Robbie is 4 months old!

Even R was shocked when we told him...

Here a couple videos, the first from a month ago, and the second from today.
Kinda long, but you see where he gets his nickname, Robert the Rhinoceros.

Harlemween

We had a great Halloween. We made pumpkins, and Emmi kinda liked the gooey mess. I forgot to take a picture until a couple days ago, but he was a pretty run-of-the-mill Jack.

Emmi was Lois Lane and Robert was a drooling Clark Kent. Probably the last year I can decide what E wears. We went Trick-or-treating in a cute market a couple days before Halloween, then went to the Pumpkin Festival and a ward party on the 30th.

Oh Yeah, Jay and I were also C. K. and L. L.

Emmi is in love with lollipops...

Our Super Family...

And what did we do on Halloween? We took treats to our neighbors and fed 6 missionaries. They had a cookie decorating contest, although somehow we forgot to take a pic of the winner.

The Blaze

Just north of NYC, they have a big pumpkin festival every year with thousands of hand-carved pumpkins. We went with some friends and had a great time before a thunderstorm struck.

Someone invited the Dementors.

Poor Robert ended up with a headdress.

I don't endorse all the super scary things about Halloween (like why this time of year it is perfectly normal to put fake blood all over your apartment windows with gory zombie's eating people on your porch that gives my 2-year old nightmares?), but I do enjoy the pumpkins and princesses and hayrides and superheros and Thriller dance, so I say
Happy Halloween!

"Treesha"

We have had a lot of visitors! My sister Teresja also came for a visit last month and it was great!

For all you that didn't believe Robby has a neck.

Caffe

Our dear friend Cathy stayed with us for a week after Jay's family left and she was loved by all.

Emmi was a little short on cash, so she had to pick up a couple part-time jobs as a nanny and a janitor. I really don't know what this has to do with Cathy, but she is wearing the same clothes in all the pictures, so it must be connected.

Maybe Emmi is saving up to have you back, "Caffe". Thanks for your help!

Families Visit--from August

We had a great time... what else can we say?