R is for Ronnebeck!

Since I'm working tonight... Here's a little throw back picture from the last time we got to dress up for Halloween! Hope you all have a Spooky One!

I am here, at work, it's 6:00 am, today is the first day of our annual conference. I love my job. I love my job most days, but especially today. For today, I get to shake hands, smile, organize, plan, execute and be the best Abby there is. I get to whip out my "Mid West, Farmers, Daughter's Charm" and still feel like I belong in this city and that I can keep up with it. I worked late last night, I will work late tonight, and at the end of tomorrow I will be exhausted, with a big stupid grin on my face. Life is good. Happy Halloween!

It amazes me how much difference a whole year makes. This time last year , we were helping Demitra barley be able to walk navigate her way through the pumpkin patch. This year, with Lucas in tow, we chased her through the patch barley able to keep up. Christina is in Europe for work, so she wasn't able to join us, but Cara came down from PLU to carry on the Kneeland family tradition of picking out a pumpkin at Carpinito Brothers in Kent. We decided against trying to push a stroller through the fields, which was a good idea, but my arms are telling me now, that we maybe should have rethought the idea of the baby bjorn. On the plus side, I got lots of baby snuggles in, he's just so sweet! Demi is a mover and a shaker, and she was so excited to look at punkins!  Not so easy to get a photo of her though ... I have a lot of pictures of the back of her head. I can't wait to take a similar picture next year.. when we're trying to keep up wit...

I was having a case of the Mondays today (and yes, I realize it was Thursday) so I forced myself to go out and get some endorphins and take a few photos of the foliage in Marine View Park which is my happy place.   This one went with... I felt like he needed some time away where it was just me and him. He appreciated it. He's so good at posing it's scary. *Sigh... I love this place. Thanks for the nature walk buddy... you made my heart happy!