Finally Furnished House!

Jess and I finally have furniture in our house :) To celebrate, we hosted a Pre-Thanksgiving dinner party with some AmeriCorps and OES friends.

Couches generously passed on from Veronica and Teresa


Go Blue


Picnic table Jess rescued from the side of the street!


Cherry-chocolate Cake Balls


Wine and appetizers


Veggie Feast!

Happy Halloween

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Spooktacular

Tonight was a family Halloween party at my school (Spooktacular). I made a costume without spending any money in about 4 hours. Check out the photos documenting my creation of the beloved "box-a-saurus," aka Trash-a-saurus Rex or Recyclo-raptor.

Making a puffy tummy full of recycled scales

Check out that sweet tail!

At Spooktacular with one of my favorite kindergartners :)

Pumpkins

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I went pumpkin picking with Jess and some friends on Sauvie Island

Loving the fall and Oregon.

Check out those mountains :) And Jess with her perfect pumpkin!

Some summer photos

4th of July baseball game and fireworks at PGE Park

I bought day-of tickets to see RENT (with 2 of the original cast members)

New sock monster!

House sitting

Noctilucent clouds

Hillsdale Farmers' Market