October

Well it's been three weeks since our last update and the foliage has pretty much come and gone. We did take a lot of small hikes to try and see some more of it and I did a lot more exploring over in Pawtuckaway where there was some good color and interesting stuff to see. Brooke has been busy with school and freezing her but off at soccer every Saturday morning at 8 am, even in 31 degree temps. Emily is talking up a storm now. She talks so fast and so much when she gets going it's tough to get it all but you can actually carry on a little conversation with her if you pick up on the right words. Jen and I celebrated our 6th anniversary with a nice night out at the Oar House and are just keeping busy with the kids and work.

"Frankenstorm" has moved trick or treat from Tuesday to Sunday this week, and we had plans to go to Vermont anyhow but gave Brooke the choice of which she'd rather do and she immediately and emphatically said "Vermont!" so tomorrow we're off to Vermont for a quick visit. we're excited to go but what kid doesn't want to go trick or treating?! Apparently one that really misses her cousins and on top of that can't eat 95% of the candy anyhow! We might get to do some up there anyhow so that's good, because I'd really hate to see them miss it completely even though it was her choice. I guess maybe the day is lacking some of the excitement when you freeze for 3 hours in the dark going door to door and end up with a couple dum-dums and a roll of smarties as your reward. That kind of makes me sad for her but she still loves the costumes so all is not lost. Maybe by next year she'll outgrow the allergy.

Nothing terribly exciting to post about but I do have a bunch of pictures from the last three weeks to put up. There's four different albums. One from a hike up Blue Job Mountain, a hike to Fort Rock I took the girls on when Jen was working and a walk around the Raynes Farm in Exeter. Another has pictures from another hike I took the girls on up in the mountains when Jen was working a few weeks ago through the Big Pines Natural Area and up Great Hill plus pictures from a quick trip up Stratham Hill we all did that was Emily's first hike all by herself and some from other random stuff over the last few weeks. The third album is a collection of pictures from three different hikes in Pawtuckaway I did over the last few weeks trying to get some foliage shots and the 4th and final one is just a bunch of random stuff from the last few weeks like pumpkins, playing in leaves and the Halloween parade. There's a few other pictures mixed in here and there also of random stuff but that's what we've been up to in a nutshell. To see the pictures click on the links below. That's about it for now. Check back again soon.

Album 1 - Stratham & Great Hills
Album 2 - Blue Job, Fort Rock, Raynes Farm
Album 3 - Pumpkins, Leaves, Soccer & More
Album 4 - Pawtuckaway State Park Hikes & Photos