Visitors!

We had the great priviledge of having Jake and my sister Catherine over this weekend for their fall break. We hadn't seen them since we moved from Marion in January--we were WAY overdue! They got here Thursday night and we didn't waste any time hitting the streets of DC...we managed to make it to all the memorials, Ford's Theater and Qdoba all in one afternoon! Catherine had some really nice leg cramps from all the walking. :)

Then on Saturday we went to a local pumpkin patch and selected our perfect projects...strangely, there was only one weird-shaped pumpkin, and Jake found it. The rest of us were stuck with round, smooth, perfect, boring pumpkins. When it came time to carve them, it was funny to see what design we each chose. Catherine and I obviously grew up in a home where Catherine's gap teeth were a big deal because we both made gap-toothed pumpkins. Nate took great pride in his pumpkin, specifically for the "angry eyebrows." They are not that angry, but he kept insisting that they were the angriest eyebrows ever. Jake's pumpkins gets the A, though...he made an incredible likeness of his new best friend--Jasper. The acuracy of his design is spectacular! :)

They left this morning right after lunch...the visit seemed much too short and I hope we get to see them again soon. Enjoy the photos!

Oh, Jasper...

I had a brake light out, and when Nate went to fix it, Jasper thought we were going somewhere. Not wanting to be left behind, he hopped into the rear-most portion of the vehicle where he always rides. Except he doesn't usually ride in my car, where the rear-most portion of the vehicle is the trunk. Apparently he doesn't care. :)

*This picture accurately depicts the "rear-most" portion of the vehicle. :) You still have to love me, Nate. :)

It's that time of year again...

These are some of my favorite pictures of two of my favorite people in the whole world. The shots were taken about this time last year at the high point in Wisconsin...I was so proud of Gramma and Grandpa for making it all the way to the top! Boy, do I have in-shape grandparents. :) That second one always makes me laugh...it was Grandpa trying to figure out how to work the digital camera. :)