Carl and Roxy visit!

Carl and Roxy came to visit us for the weekend! They wanted to see a Hannah Bahng concert at the Wonder ballroom on Saturday night (kpop). It was so fun to get to see them.

 

Liesl drove us to Target! 

 

 

The girls spent a lot of time outside, taking photos. 

We went out for brunch on Saturday at Fat Milo's, and made French toast on Sunday at our house.

Roxy approved of Steve's matcha setup.

Carl and I went bouldering at PRG while the girls wandered outside and did a craft project.

 

 

Silliness on the way to the airport 

Seb turns 18!

We celebrated Seb's 18th birthday this week. 18! We had a lovely, quiet, family day. He opened lots of presents, mostly food and clothes.

 

Liesl's card wins the prize. 

As ever, waffles, bacon, and berries for breakfast.

In the afternoon, Seb, Jasper, and I went for a walk in Forest Park. Jasper was thrilled to have Seb along and dashed around happily with him. They even sprinted together up the final hill back to the gate, half a mile, while I walked.

 

Is there anything better than a midafternoon birthday nap? 

 

Dinner at Grassa. Pasta.  

Seb requested an apple pie again for his bday dessert. Hard to stick a candle in it, but delicious.

I made a collage of Seb on his birthday from ages one day through 5. Sigh. We raised an adult! He can vote! It was so fast.

senior photos

Seb had his senior photos taken a few weeks back, on a Saturday morning, downtown in the Pearl district near Jamison Park.

 

 

I mostly followed behind, taking some "making of" pics.

 

 

 

learners permit!

 Liesl passed the knowledge exam and got her learners permit! Yay! 

 

You can take the test online now, with a camera trained on your face the whole time, from the comfort of your couch. Much easier and maybe less stressful than having to go to the DMV, wait, and maybe fail it (and have to return to retake). But maybe a bit anticlimactic? 

Seb has feelings about this development.

 

 

Halloween

We all dressed up for Halloween. Jasper and I went to work on Thursday as a Ghostbuster and ghost, and gave out candy to trick-or-treating students. Liesl and Ella were Tom and Jerry, and they spent a few hours walking the neighborhood gathering candy (even though it unfortunately rained again). Seb went to a party on Wednesday, dressed as a rapper, and another on Saturday, as Maverick in Top Gun. He stayed home on actual Halloween because he had a playoff soccer game on Saturday.