AHOY

Exploring this theme as our Christmas Card...wanted to see how it played.

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For Trev

Dear Trev & Robin,

Kids are the funnest thing you will ever call your own.

Congratulations!

Jace, Lori, Marina & Elena

ASLosers

Another fine day of football in the Eug. Campus shots are easy in the fall. Deady hall in the mid day sun.

The captain of the Epiphany, and my sanity, after a quick haltime break with me on the concourse.

What on Earth is in that bottle? Half time sunset.....the game looked good but tight at this point. Anxiety ratcheted up some...would the fabled 2nd half ASU team show up? Or even if they did, would they like what they'd find in the Oregon team on the field...we know now. The 2nd half was a total 10. Loud as ever, and the Oregon defense was as huge as JStew.

When the dust settled, and my ears, vocal chords and hands stopped ringing, we moved clear of the Pac.

Night comes on to Autzen. Sweet walk back over the river to campus for a celebratory prime rib feast at the OES with the crew....a slice of Sy's and I-5 any other night, but this one was worth the wait.

3 more big games....

Viva La Halloween

Halloween was really fun this year....the girls both finally "got" the pumpkin thing and were into pulling out the guts and all that stuff. Marina wanted to be part of the whole process...including making sure that the right mood came through on her pumpkin.

Elena just wanted the whole thing to hurry up to the point where I would light hers on fire so she could see it in the dark.

I think things turned out alright myself.....

The resurgence of the princess patrol broke out again for the big night. We actually strayed from our neighborhood and went to some friends of ours that we met during Marina's pre birth class thingy. Forgot how cool all that crowd was. They live on Alameda, which I've never trick or treated at....it was nuts. Like Peacock Lane for Halloween....literally there would be 15 kids at the door, and another 15 waiting to get up the steps, with another 15 running towards the house from both directions. Totally impossible and a little worrying trying to keep your eye on your 2 year old in the candy feuled mayhem.

I think Elena could do Halloween every night. Dead sprint from start to chocolate mouthed finish and ultimate collapse

Boo.