Otis paw injury, halloween monkey costume, swimming, dog sitting

We've been pretty busy lately between Halloween (Owen was a monkey - complete with banana), swim classes, pre-school (every other week with Temple Beth Tikvah), and currently dog sitting Jackson (the golden licking Owen's face and wrestling with Otis).


Tag team face licking.

It's on!

A little WWF move...

Chillin' in his life jacket

Aside from horses and "doggies," monkeys are Owen's favorite animal. When Allison took him to look for costumes he saw this one and immediately starting making "ha-ha" sounds. A bonus feature of this one was that it was super warm which came in handy for the super freezing night of trick-or-treating (his first).


Otis has had a bandage on one part or another of his back paw for about a month now. First he cut the pad at the park but after that had healed, he licked most of the fur off the top of the same paw. He HATES wearing the cone with a passion so much so that he knows how to get it off by himself now.

Jackson gets to wear the cone now (mostly at night) and has a bandage on the same leg from having someone ski over his leg the day before his mom and dad left for Argentina. Needless to say, we get a lot of questions when we're out about why both dogs are bandaged up. :)

Halloween Bash

Annual trip to the pumpkin patch with grandma Linda

The clouds looked like they were going to open up with a ton of rain at any minute but never quite got around to it.

Grandma Linda came out for the weekend and we all went to the pumpkin patch to pick out some Halloween pumpkins. Owen got to pet a baby cow and a baby goat and go for a ride in a wheel barrow.

They had some beautiful Clydesdale's on the farm and some of the best kettle corn I can remember having.

We woke up to about 5 inches of snow today... Crazy... It's only October

Snow? Seriously?!?!

Yep, it's October 4th, and we woke up this morning to a blanket of snow that hasn't stopped. One of the aspen trees in our front yard was bent over so far it was touching the ground, and our neighbor's apple tree fell over and got uprooted--I guess it's too early for the plants too, since none had lost their leaves yet and our yard is not looking like it was ready for winter! I did pick all of our close-to-done tomatoes earlier this week, but the rest of the garden is frozen! Owen loved it though!

The back deck when Owen and I came downstairs this morning...those ski-chair arms now have a good 4-5 inches on them!



Posing with the downed branches...

The top of our bent over aspen...after getting some snow off of it!



Another one of our trees that lost a lot of branches...

Making the Most of Good Weather!

So once again, it's been awhile since we updated on here. Really, no excuses, except for we've just gotten busy and haven't had the time to sit down and do it. Drew's working hard with the beginning of school always being one of his more hectic times for tutoring services, and Allison just started her job as a university supervisor for George Fox University's MAT program--going into schools and observing student teachers in action. Owen is growing and running and talking (a little bit!) and up to all sorts of mischief! I'm amazed by how quickly he's gone from looking and acting like a baby to a little boy--complete with temper tantrums (look out if you're nearby when one of those hits!)!

Here are the guys at the Best in Show in Drake Park...an animal rescue benefit with dogs of all shapes and sizes!


Owen riding in style...



We went to the Big Rig Celebration last weekend, and Owen loved digging in the dirt/gravel and checking out all of the worker trucks!








He took to the controls like a natural...














Drew's newest creation...Owen LOVES it!

Road trip to visit Isabel, Jen, Josh, & Ostomel Family Reunion

We had a great time visiting cousin Isabel "Bel," Aunt Jennifer, and Uncle Josh and were sad to say goodbye. :(




We had lots of fun at the Oakland zoo:

Petting the goats...

Long day at the zoo + playing in the dirt + rubbing it in your eyes = priceless

We had a very fun Ostomel family reunion in Tahoe especially after the weather decided to cooperate!

Cousin Eli caught his first fish! It was a nice sized rainbow that Uncle Jeff helped grill up later for breakfast.


Playing with cousin Logan on the deck.
Eli with Abby and Manny behind the boat (driven by Uncle Jeff).

Manny diving off the dock into Lake Tahoe. Brrrrr...
Eli and Caitlin rock climbing.