October Wrap Up

October was amazing and I'm kind of sad to see it go. November marks the beginning of cold, wet weather and gray, gray, gray skies. (At least in Seattle, anyway). I'm already considering buying a light therapy lamp!

Here's what went down last month:

The social media contest I was working on came to an end and we announced our Verity Mom. Her name is Rosemary and she is awesome. I can't wait to work with her this year.

My boss' first book was released. It's called Motherhood is the New MBA. You should buy it so she can get rich and famous and be on Oprah.

Saw Handmade Nation with Ashley.

The Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners. Texas, Texas, YEEHAW!

Katie and Carrie got a year older.

Big A and I took our 2nd annual trip to Leavenworth for Oktoberfest. Can I tell you how much I LOVE that place? This year we stayed at the Enzian, and while it wasn't as quaint as the last place we stayed, it was a blast. The hotel is within walking distance to everywhere you want to go, and they have an underground, indoor pool and hot tub called The Grotto. We were literally in Leavenworth for less than 24 hours, but we managed to walk around the entire town, eat dinner, do a wine tasting, shop, go swimming, go to a beer garden, get breakfast and visit the river.



On the way to Leavenworth, we stopped by Roslyn where the exterior shots of the show Northern Exposure were filmed. It's a cute, very small town with a few places to eat, some pubs and wine bars. A few of the buildings have some great murals:



Katie moved to San Francisco.

Luke, who just came home from months in Afghanistan, came over to visit with Carmen and Kaden.

Big A and went to The Farm to pick pumpkins. We felt like city slickers because we weren't wearing the right clothes to be in a muddy field. Everyone else had on waterproof boots and we had sneakers on. So, here is a picture of me pretending to pick out a pumpkin. We ended up buying some at the grocery store.



And lastly, of course, there was Halloween.