October Twenty-Nineteen

       October 2019 

   "O God, who created all people in your image....

We give you thanks for the diversity

of races and cultures in this world...

,and for the ways in which that beauty can be seen

here in our neighborhoods...

Enrich our lives, we pray,

By ever-widening circles of fellowship,

 and show us your presence

in those who differ most from us,

until our knowledge of your love is made perfect

in our love for all Your children.

Look with compassion, we pray, on all of us who are

bound together in the common life of this neighborhood.

         Grant that your holy and life-giving spirit

may so move our hearts

that the barriers that divide us may crumble...

 and

that we may live together in love....
(The Book of Common Prayer) 

claim to fame

A co-worker of mine sent me this screenshot of a post on Instagram from the Ballard Food Bank promoting the Seattle Turkey Trot.... She laughed when she recognized the person behind the table and because she is the one who brought the paper mache food that was glued on my table to a white elephant gift exchange the year before that I won there that we eventually used to make this crazy costume.  Proud to have this as my claim to fame. :) 

And along dress- up lines, here are some pictures of our placement team in my s'more costume for our Halloween email that our team is sending out to the School of Education tomorrow: 

Emily, Sophia and Mayra 

sweet girls

such sweet girls.... 

proud parents

Jason and I were so surprised to find this note left for us on our doorstep last Saturday from Jaclyn, Anna and Taylor's boss at Fat Ducks. We both got a little misty eyed reading it and are so proud of our two.... 

puppies and chocolate

Hard to beat a beautiful sunny fall afternoon with a visit to see a new puppy and time to whip up some chocolate dessert with Micah.. 

Maverick (our friend Natalie Miller's new puppy) 

  

autumn glory

 

autumn glory...

walk at Green Lake with my friend Laura earlier in the week 

at the Arboretum with Heidi and Tamara Saturday morning 

favorite fall picture of a painting by a 

friend from high school (Langford Barksdale) 

Haunted House

Anna and Taylor headed to super popular haunted house tonight with friends... Anna sent me these from them waiting in line... 

Here's our text exchange tonight..... 

23 +1

Happy 23rd (plus one day) to Taylor.... 

I'm thankful for an excuse for a date with this boy. 

so funny that the bag says "Revel in the Unexpected" -- 

not sure why this is the tagline on my burrito bag.... 

Sketch book

I don't always get to see what the kids are working on in school, but Taylor showed me this drawing from his engineering sketch book.  I need him to give me some lessons!!! 

Halloween is just around the corner

With Halloween just around the corner, 

there's nothing like pulling out some old photos to reminisce.... 

Thanks to Abba for transferring these photos from slides to digital! 

Holly Hobbie and C3P0

This might not have been Halloween-- it could have just been a normal bedtime. :) 

Mini reunion

Such fun that Terry Taylor was in town for a conference so we had an excuse for mini reunion and dinner party last night.... 

Here's a picture of Terry a few years ago in 1995 at our wedding...:) 

Pike Place Night Out

We heard about a fun improv night called Campfire (Improvised Ghost Stories) at Unexpected Productions (the improv theater on Post Alley near the gum wall).  Taylor and Anna each brought some friends and we all had a fun time heading downtown last night to see a show together.

cheering squad

such fun to stand in the rain with Chris and Jeff today to cheer on Taylor in his soccer game that was just a couple of blocks from their house.  

Autumn Glory

Autumn is sehnsucht in seasonal form. It aches deeper than mere nostalgia and yearns sharper than mere desire. It remembers all that we’ve lost and hunts for what we may harvest next. On the surface, Autumn may seem a melancholy character, yet just underneath its layer of fallen leaves is a well of hope that will never be quenched. -Chris Thiessen

pictures below from a gorgeous fall walk with Tamara through UW campus...