More fall fun

 This week was Jeff‘s birthday. We had one 4 candle and some regular candles, so Jeff decided he would be 4×11 years old instead of having enough candles lit to start an inferno 😁

We also did our now traditional annual Halloween cookie decorating,

and today we went out to the mushroom festival at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum. There was a scarecrow competition with many fun creations:

Lots of fall fun! 🍰🎃🍂🍄

October 🍁🍂🎃

 Today was a lovely day for a pumpkin patch visit:

More fun to come in one of this family’s favorite months!

8 is great

 Last week Maren turned 8! She celebrated three times, first with grandma/auntie/cousin,

then on her actual birthday, which was a school night, with just us,

then at a party with her new soccer friends:

And now, after a week with lots of cake, we are living with an eight year old. Happy birthday Maren! 🎂🎉🎈🎁🍰🧁

Early Fall 🍂🍁

 First day of preschool,

Corvallis fall festival,

soccer,

and an assemblage of fall things collected on a walk around the block:

Many signs of early fall, and so much more to come 🍂🍁

Goodbye Prius

On Wednesday, we said goodbye to the Prius.

Jeff drove it to Vancouver and sold it to the Toyota dealership near his brother’s house. It was the first car that Jeff and I bought new (and we are only now on our second), and we had it for over 10 1/2 years. It was a great car, and we didn’t want to give it up, but it had to be.

However, the RAV4 hybrid is turning out to be a pretty good replacement. Today we took it down a dirt road to a very nice hike, and it did well :-)

 The Prius was the perfect car for us in Regina, but maybe the RAV4 will be our perfect Oregon car ❤️