Christmas is Launched!

We can barely wait to turn on the twinkly lights each holiday season.  When the winter rains set in, and it gets a little colder and darker than we'd like it to be, the lights really make the season much more fun.  Since we weren't in charge of cooking the Turkey this year, we launched on Thanksgiving day.  AND, Mike got ambitious and pulled out the train set.  (Eleanor has never seen it before this year! It was a gift to me from my step-Dad when I was in junior highschool, and it hasn't been assembled much in the last 20 years.)

Pink Santa

Here's a funny photo from a visit with Pink Santa this Saturday.  He ate too many pink cupcakes.

Chanterelles

A friend took me mushroom hunting today, in some forest land about an hour and 20 minutes from home.  These are some of the Chanterelles I found in just 30 minutes of hunting.  Fresh dug this way they have an incredible texture.  The large ones pictured are as big as Eleanor's hand.

A weekend away for Stephanie

A day pass to Qua Baths + lots of couch and chatting time with friends... And I thought I didn't like Vegas!

Election Night Celebrations!

We had multiple election wins to bring cheer to our Tuesday night, so we decided rather last minute to head downtown to the campaign party headquarters to take in the celebration. 

Solo Recital

Just before the recital today...