Owl Outfit

Old-fashioned apple peeler

New Dress

Thanksgiving Art

On daddy's smartboard

Turkey hands, 2011

Up a Tree

Relaxing with My Scarecrows

This picture was taken *before* his trip to the "barbie shop" to get his hair cut.

Family Shabbat

This year, Abby's Sunday School class was responsible for leading the family shabbat last Friday. Here is Abby, with her note card, all ready to go:


Lined up with some of the other members of her class:

Getting last minute instruction from her teacher, Ms. Debbi:

At the NRAO Astronomy Festival

Father-Daughter Dance

Abby and Daddy at the Hawaiin-themed girl scout dance.

Apple Cake

They love to make their own snack.

Reaching for the Sky

Or, at least the top of the tree. Here is Abby trying to help Benji up to the branches:

And Benji trying to return the favor:


Abby finally figuring out she could stand on the bench and just barely touch the lowest branch:

Autumn Leaves

Hershey Park After Dark

Well, we did not actually make it into the park. Abby decided the rides looked too scary, so we did some special stuff in Hershey's Chocolate World instead. Here are the kids modelling their Halloween shirts outside the entrance:


"Packing" boxes of Hershey kisses:



With one of the mascots:



Making our own candy bars. We had already programmed our choices into the machines and got to watch them come down the assembly line:



Here is the laser printing our labels:

And the kids holding their final creations, including the wrappers they designed:

New York, part 2

On Day 2, we celebrated our niece Kaeli's birthday. Here she is all dressed up for her party:


The kids at the start of the build-a-bear party, with their empty bear shells:


Kevin, with nephew Gavin, who eschewed building a bear in favor of playing with this pink hairdryer:




All the kids with their finished bears. Wow, there was a lot of pink:

New York, part I

We made a quick trip to New York last month to celebrate some family birthdays. Here is day one. Pop-pop, sharing his candles with the grandkids:


And here is all the grandkids together earlier in the day:

Homemade Caramel Apples

They came out pretty well...

Down on the Farm

Enjoying a beautiful fall afternoon with some friends at Greenfield Farm: