Mom and Dad visited us a couple of weeks ago and we put them to work! I hope they want to come back someday…we’ll have to play more then. Our camera is on the fritz and so I had to take pictures after the fact rather than right in the midst of the action.

The fruits of Dad’s labor: Picture 1: I literally had no outlets in our kitchen pre-Dad. Seriously – we had to pick up the toaster to actually toast something. So great. Picture 2: Ice, anyone? Dad also hooked up our ice machine. Picture 3: The side of our garage apartment was really dark and scary (also where our laundry facilities are located) – Dad put in a motion light so I don’t get scared when I change the laundry. Picture 4: Our laundry room works but is not exactly ideal – I used to have to walk in and try to find the light pull in the dark, thanks to my Dad/favorite electrician, I have a new light switch.

While my dad and Telfer conquered plumbing and electrical projects, my mom and I had a more balanced approach to the weekend (which basically means we shopped). We did do *some* work –  Mom made two batches of her famous potato rolls for Thanksgiving and helped me pick out and plant flowers.

My old college friend, Melissa (her last name is now Roskam), and her husband Nate had a baby girl last week – Addyson Rae – she is the cutest little thing. We added the Roskam family blog (there are pictures of Addyson for all of you who know Bliss and Nate) to our list of links…

Last night was our annual Halloween party with the Hall’s – Liam was definitely the star of the show this year – how cute is his costume? We had a good time together AND had so many more tricker-treaters than we expected! Telfer even had to go to the store to get more candy. Alas, I tried to take pictures of the cute kids but they didn’t turn out (all black…maybe I should have used the flash?)

I am not saying digital cameras aren’t wonderful – because they are – but they do seem to provoke a very loose, throw-all-caution-to-the-wind-and-snap-away attitude. Telfer and I were walking along this wonderful trail in Carmel and pretty much lost all of our maturity. A pretty bridge and some leaves inspired us to take each senior pictures of each other (only 10 years too late) and climb up on things, take pictures of our feet, etc. It pretty much spiraled out of control…

Only a block from our hotel was this oh so classy hair salon.