Gymnastics!

One of Josephine's newest activities is Gymnastics. She loves it much more then I do. It's a lot of work for me, but she gets a lot out of it, and ends up taking a very long nap afterwords.
Warming up.

Running around on the floor. Unfortunately, on this day, there were only 2 kids in the class.

Playing on the bars, which is Josephine's favorite activity.

Walking the beam, Josephine's other favorite activity.

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Today is ELECTION DAY!

4 years ago, (and I still hold a grudge about it!) I was mandated to attend a meeting for work, on election night. I told my supervisor that there was no way I was going to a meeting on election day, at 7 pm when a majority of the polls were closing. My supervisor said, "it's election day, oh, well you will still have time to vote." That wasn't my point, and I let him know how important it was for me to know who the winners of the election were. I wanted to be in the thick of it rallying for my party, and my candidates. I wanted to feel the tears of hope, and the fear of defeat. In the end, I didn't get out of the meeting.

Little did I know, that the Governors race in Washington would not be decided that evening, but was decided in the following weeks, after 3 recounts (which Rossi lost on the third count, he won the first two).

I hope everyone has exercised their vote, for the candidate of their choice. Tonight, we will not be at a rally, but sitting near our computer and radio (since we don't have cable) to hear the returns. Josephine goes to bed at 8pm, so she will have to wait until morning, to hear who our next Governor and President will be.

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SNL

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Halloween - first Trick or Treat!

The Halloween Witch!

Josephine says "hi" to Elmo (Will)

Josephine and Hanna sitting on the couch.

Group shot in front of Becky's house.

Josephine walking to the next house.

Trick or Treat!

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The Faceoff!

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Harvest Party (aka Halloween, but they have to be PC)

Doug and I attended my MOMS Club anual Harvest Party last night. Our little witch was ready to party, and we enjoyed talking to the other moms and dads, and letting the kids run and be wild!

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A Weekend at the Carbaugh's

Saturday mornings started out with errands and Marinara prep. Gerry (Doug's mom) and I grew tomatoes this summer in the hopes of canning marinara. As typical with Northwest summers, our growing started late. It was just after 4th of July the weather warmed enough to grow tomatoes. However, it left little time for them to grow. Gerry had the greatest success with Roma's and our tomatoes were okay. We started harvesting around the beginning of September, and took the last harvest the first week of October. Typical of Northwest weather, you never know what you are going to get, and we are having a beautiful fall.

The beginning of Marinara, 4 gallons of tomatoes, basil, garlic, and anchovies.

Prepping the pots.
Eventually, we had two pots of Marinara.


Two pots of Marinas turned into 8 quart jars. We ate one last night!

On Sunday, we went for a drive to Elma to check out some hotels for Doug's hunting trip next week. We ended up at some beautiful parks and just enjoying our fall weather.

Josephine takes a moment to smell a flower.
I had to put this picture in, since you don't see tire swings very much anymore. Josephine enjoyed it.

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