Halloween Fun

Halloween is one of the best times of year. Why you ask? Because you get to dress up as someone else. Kristine had an idea to be brides. I was a "shotgun wedding bride." Can you tell I'm pregnant? Jared was a stick figure. I LOVE IT.



Out of this group we have 80's bride, God's gift to woman, a bum, biker chick, Glinda the Good witch, stick figure, Palmer's girl and a shotgun wedding bride.
Rob was God's Gift to Woman.
The four brides were, 80's bride, shotgun wedding bride, runaway bride, and tacky Vegas bride.
Tacky Vegas bride and Runaway bride.
Can you tell I'm pregnant?
It was a fun night. Should I dye my hair dark? People were suggesting it. Give me your thoughts. I don't like to do anything that cause upkeep. I've only dyed my hair once before, bright pink in college. Well there was the "kool-aid incident" in 8th grade.

Chia Pet cont.

I just wanted to let everyone that my Chia-Pet is thriving. However, I do go out of town next week so we'll see if it survives.

Carving Pumpkins

For FHE tonight (yes I do attend now) we carved pumpkins . So, Jared and I headed to Safeway and he picked out the LARGEST pumpkins they had.



In order to transport them we had to restrain them with seatbelts so they wouldn't cause mischief in the back seat.


Jared's pumpkin is sneezing on mine.
My pumpkin is winking.


I'm trying to copy the wink.

Casey's show

Last night Jared and I headed up to S.F. to see an Art Show that Casey was involved in. It had been a year in the works. The show consisted of Oakland artists. Then after, as usual we went to Tu Lan for dinner. It was yummy.

Before we headed to the show I showed Jared around Yerba Buena and we read Martin Luther King Jr. quotes behind the water fall.


Emily and Amanda (Casey's GF who's also an artist) were at the show also.


My brother Sam was also there because he's Casey's roommate.


We found a giant human kaleidoscope. I took photos until the guard came over to scold us.




Casey's sloppy shoes.

Casey and Amanda are so cute.

Uh oh :(

While I was in NY I left my computer at home and couldn't water my chia-pet. So, it died:( Notice the "x" for eyes.

NYC/NJ in October

I headed to NYC this weekend. Well, actually it's now New Jersey since Emma and Lee moved across the border/river to the Garden State. Jared and I flew in Friday evening to Newark. It was so fun to have someone on the plane with me. I haven't flown with someone for just about 10 years it feels like.

This is what I woke up to in the morning. Smiling nephews.
Well, I actually woke up to Johnny yelling, "I NEED MILK!" Here he is thinking about smiling.


He decided to after a handful of "5 or 10" raisins.
Jared and I hopped on the NJ Transit early Saturday morning to NYC to watch the JP Morgan race that Google participated in

It turns out Google got 3rd place. Wahoo!

Wandering around NYC

It sure was fun having someone to wander around NYC with me. Usually I just tackle it alone.


Jared in NYC.
We stopped by FAO Swartz to get a b-day present for his sister and happened upon Darth Vader.

Central Park is so beautiful in the Fall. We walked around it a bit and enjoyed the peace from the noisy city.
Then we checked out Ground Zero. I haven't ever really been there. I wondered what it was like with the Twin Towers. I bet it was a lot busier. Very sad.
I kept explaining to Jared how disappointed I was when I saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time a couple of years ago. It's so small compared to how they portray it in the movies.
Jared on the subway.
We tried on shoes in Soho.Oops!

These are the classes that I teach. It's fun. Yep, we are a nutty bunch. Who gets to say that they have this much fun at work? Well....maybe if you work at Google.

Tahoe Run

This weekend TONS of us headed up to Lake Tahoe for the 11th Annual Tahoe Marathon. I only did the 10k because, well have you ever driven up to ~7,000 ft the night before and attempted to run a really far distance the next morning? Well, it's hard enough since I haven't really trained. However with my trusty side-kick Kim, I finished. Others were brave enough to do the 1/2 marathon and marathon (NUTS!!).

These photos are actually of Donner Lake where we stayed thanks to Amanda and her connections.

Of course on the way up we stopped at Ikeda's where my family has stopped for the past 20 years or so. The sign speaks for itself.

When we got to the cabin, Jared instantly made himself at home.

Yes, I finished the race.

Thanks to Kim who was my personal motivator and kept me going.

We are all happy to be finished.

Jumping in the Lake

Jared likes to climb high places...

...or hide behind posts.

Happy to be jumping in the Lake. Yes I love swimming especially in open water.
Steve and I didn't know what was coming.

It was freezing. I couldn't breath. I don't remember water being this cold.
At the last minute Jared wanted to join in on the fun. He's not actually trying to show off his muscles, he's just swimming as fast as he can to get out of the water and into a hot shower.

Rob arrived Saturday evening just in time for the night time festivities.

I coerced people into playing Twister with me. This is my all time favorite game.We got pretty twisted.
Jared cheated and pushed me over. I never do that.

Nancy let Rob paint her face. Not a good idea.

It was conference weekend so we did a lot of lounging around.

We were sad to go home. But all good things must come to an end sometime...or do they? We've actually all decided to move in together in a co-opt.
What is everyone looking at?


Oh...it's just Rob being himself.
So happy to be together:)