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Yes We Carve! (i.e. Shabbat-O-Ween 2008)
27 Oct
Posted by: aaron in: Little Hobey, food, friends, seattle
As Halloween approaches this year (conveniently on Shabbat, so we’ll be home having dinner when all the kids come a knockin’ on the door), I’ve been sick for a few days. On Sunday however, for a couple of hours at least (downturn again today, unfortunately), I started feeling a little better, so we took a quick jaunt out to the Craven Farm in Everett to do some pumpkin picking and drink some cider (however, no cider donuts to be found - damn those things were good in Michigan!)
Pictures (as always, click on the pictures for larger versions)
 Is that a pumpkin in your stomach, or what you’ll look like come early next year? |
 Little Hobey is about this big right now! |
 Thankfully, the ultrasound shows Little Hobey to be a person, not a pumpkin! |
 Riding the hay ride with Stephanie Lorber (née Fidler) |
Tonight, we decided to get a head start on carving - as it’s election season, we’re showing our support via the patterns up at http://yeswecarve.com/
(and yes, for Friday night, we’ll use Shabbat candles and make the pumpkins our candlesticks…)
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Over the 4th of July weekend, we decided to take a trip up to Whidbey Island, for a few reasons:
- It is close, only an hour or so away (including ferry time), so it was easy on my back for travel.
- Our friends Shannon and Damon have an amazing house they built on the Island - and by that, I mean built by hand: “hammer, hammer, saw, saw”. It was great to see them and spend time with them, and their new son, Griffin (and their dog, Ebey). They are great college friends, who we do not spend nearly enough time with.
- Because we stayed with them, I knew I could rest as much as my back needed to; taking breaks regularly to lay flat, etc… and not feeling obligated to do too much.
- We happen to just really like Whidbey Island - artsy, beautiful, friendly, and close.
- And of course, get Molly away from the loud bangs of illegal (and legal) fireworks.
- In particular, Greg and Clodagh had called out, on a past trip, the wonders of Double Bluff Beach’s off leash dog park on Whidbey - a few mile long open beach for off-leash access. We wanted to get Molly into the water again.
- I have been cooped up in the house for a while now - I was looking forward to just getting out of here for a weekend as I move back into working more.
It was just what we needed - it fit all of those goals above, and we are really super-appreciative of the Arndt’s for hosting us. Molly had a fantastic time too - she got to run around their property, go swimming, get lots of fun new treats, and just be one happy (and tired!) dog.
Pictures - click for larger ones as usual:
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About time my brother is blogging. Although, it does make me realize that somewhere along the way, he became a much better writer than I did!
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“There are certain things you expect at weddings: white dresses, vows, rings, cake, dancing. But every now and then I’ll photograph a wedding that has something unexpected in it, and Joelle and Aaron’s wedding was one of them. It was a wonderful surprise from the bride for her groom.”- Eliza Truitt, 2007
Our wedding photographer often blogs about her past photo shoots, and she asked us earlier in the week if it was okay to write up our wedding. We of course agreed, and after getting online for the first time after taking a few days off-line in honor of Rosh Hashana, Joelle noticed that she had posted an article up over the holiday.
She primarily focused on Joelle’s major surprise to me - which, as Eliza stated, was wonderful - for most people we talk to, it was the primary memorable moment of the ceremony, and well deserving of that honor… but Eliza also covered many of the key moments and photos of our wedding - thanks for the great pictures and post, Eliza!
http://elizatruitt.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/wedding-joelle-aaron/
(by the way: Eliza was a fantastic wedding photographer, so if any of you are looking for one in the Seattle area, get in touch with her at http://www.elizatruitt.com - she gets our full recommendation).
