Thanksgiving

I made a turkey!  Growing up I loved helping my mom make the turkey (I love basting turkeys while they cook!).  This year we invited some friends over for dinner and I made a turkey (obviously I'm pretty proud about that turkey).

Paige liked to see the turkey cooking through the oven door.  I had to leave the oven light on for most of the day while it cooked because Paige kept asking to see it.  For months afterward she kept saying "the turkey's in the oven!"

Halloween

We didn't do a whole lot for Halloween, but we looked good doing it! 

Our costumes.  Daddy was a pirate, Paige was his parrot, and I was the box of treasure.  

We're posing here with Gabbi (Little Red Riding Hood).

Here's our cute little parrot: 

Wearing your other costume (our cute little lady bug):

Paige, Alex, and Henry hanging out in Halloween shirts.

Cohen & Cohen Mock Trial

This semester Jake competed in the Cohen & Cohen Mock Trial competition. Basically, he was given a scenario, and had to prepare his case and take it to court. Here's a picture of him, being all lawery in the GW moot court room:

He did really well in the competition! He advanced all the way to the finals. His team ended up not winning, but he was still a finalist so he got to do the last round in front of a real judge. I got to see most of the competition because I played the part of one of the witnesses (each team had to prepare and call two witnesses). I was so impressed by Jake's skills and am so proud of him for doing so well!

Homestead Farm

When went to Homestead Farm again this year to check out the pumpkins.  Here is cute little Paige sitting on the pumpkins. 

It was tricky to get her to pose on the pumpkins, but I managed to get one shot!

We also saw some animals (what's a farm trip without animals?).

Abby, Henry, Paige

Gabbi, Abby, Alex, Paige, and Henry

What's in here?

We also went out and picked some apples.  

Paige and Henry hanging out together:

Paige insisted on carrying the bag.

So darn cute!!

LOVE this little girl.

Arlington National Cemetary

After the conference in Baltimore, Jake's parents came down and spent some time near us.  They sadly had to leave early due to the hurricane moving in that was going to shut down the airports (first an earthquake, then a hurricane!), but we did get to visit Arlington National Cemetery.   

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier:

We hadn't had a chance to visit here yet, so we were so glad we got to go.

Baltimore Inner Harbor

Jake's parents came out for a conference in Baltimore which is about an hour and a half from our place.  Since they were so close we got to visit them.  We went up and hung around the Inner Harbor with them and saw the sites.  It's gorgeous there!  They had quite the eventful trip while they were here.  While in Baltimore this area had a rare earthquake.  Joyce (who grew up in California) was an earthquake pro, but everyone else around was quite shaken (ha. ha. ha.).  

Pictures of the harbor:

Paige was so happy to see Grandma and Grandpa:

We went to the Baltimore Aquarium, which is AMAZING.  I'm really glad we got to go see it.

This pictures cracks me up! 

Paige riding around on Grandpa's shoulders. 

Cuddling with Grandma:

Being Girly

I love having a little girl. Here are some pictures of us being girly.

French Braids:

Matching painted toe nails (and matching flip-flop tan lines!):