Brush with Celebrity...

Do you recognize this man? No, not Rik - the other guy!

Does this help? He is famous for climbing this...



Another hint? This is Mount Everest....

Ok - since you're probably not up on your Everest climbers - it is Ed Viesturs. He has climbed Everest 6 times - over half without supplemental oxygen! He's either crazy or impressive!

Anyway, Ed was in town this past week and Rik got to go hear his presentation. He had lots of pictures and stories about his adventures. In the end, he did get to meet the man too!

But, the coolest part about the whole evening for me? He got a raffle ticket for going to this and got his number pulled - not for a cool backpack or any of the other neat gear they were giving away - but this...



In red - for me - a ladies fleece jacket - I tried it on and it's really warm! I wish it would quit being 95º here so I could wear it!

Happy October!

Well, so, it has been October for a few days, but I had to show my October quilted wall hanging I finally got done. There is one of these for every month - they look really cute in real life, it's just taking me a while to get them done! I am pretty well on my way to having November done already though!

And costumes are in the works...

Here is Philip's - he wants to be Dumbledore from Harry Potter...

If you have any great ideas about how to make a white wizard beard and wig - let me know. They are all too expensive at the costume places to wear just a couple of times.

And Caitlin's...

The fairy in the top middle. And again, if you have any great tips for making fairy wings - let me know - again - way to expensive for what they are. That and none of them match the orange fairy that we are supposed to have!

How cool is this?...

Philip and Rik (and Grandpa and Uncle) have been off hunting for Philip's deer the last couple of Saturdays. This is the the last day of his hunt. Maybe they'll find something? If not, Rik found this cool antler last Saturday. And yesterday they saw a 300lb black bear of all things - in a much much lower elevation than you would expect. Luckily it was going the other direction!

A couple of funny photos to leave you with...

and...

This is what happens when a 10 yr old boy has run out of PEOPLE to make paper hats for. Aren't they patient???

For all you moms out there...

I loved this!

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/223/popup/index.php?cl=4274384

Hope you're having a good week!