Answer to Thought for Thursday

Answer to Thought for Thursday: Since 1562, the law has been that the gondolas must be black.

Thought for Thursday

Thought: In Venice, what color are all gondolas (except for those transporting officials)?

Take a guess then come back around 3:00 to find the answer.

BLOG ACTION DAY

BLOG ACTION DAY

Answer to Word for Wednesday

agoraphobia means an abnormal fear of being in crowds. If you want to read more, check it out here.

Word for Wednesday

Word: agoraphobia

Write the meaning in the "comments" spot
then come back to see if you're "write" - or not.

The answer will be posted around 3
come back then and you will see

Here Comes Halloween

Frankenstein stops to say "Hi"

Ghosts appear passing by

Witches fly through the sky

Now it's time to say good-bye


(Painted pumpkins by Shawna Puckett)

Carved pumpkins by Shay and Kara

Remember to wash your pumpkin seeds and spread them on a cookie sheet with a little olive oil and salt - bake at 450 for about a half hour and you'll have instant munchies. Hope you have a Happy Halloween.

1st Anniversary!!!

We celebrated all weekend long.

Between the Portland Nursery Apple Festival,

where they gave away free popcorn and had great strudel topped with ice cream, bands playing and even face-painting: Shay was brave enough to volunteer to be the model:

The Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch,
the hayride, and the birthday dinner for Luke, it was a weekend filled to the hilt with activity.

Luke came home for the weekend to celebrate the 1st anniversary of his 21st birthday!

We spent the "anniversary" weekend celebrating by doing all the things we've been doing since Luke was just a little guy. And, now, that he's 6'5" and 22 years-old, I think he enjoyed this birthday weekend with all the fun-filled blasts from his past.

Plus, we made caramel apples, ghost and pumpkin cookies--how could anyone not enjoy that sugarfied fun?

We topped off the birthday celebration with a family movie - okay, maybe the horror/comedy Zombieland isn't a movie for most families but . . . we enjoyed it.

And, I don't mind admitting that I was a little irritated with Jacob for trying to ruin my family photos but, if you look at the dinner photo above, you'll see that I was able to PhotoShop him out of there. But here's the way he would have looked - had I left him in.

I hope your weekend was filled with fun, festivals, and feasts!!!