Moonshot

Hazel learned to play Hearts over Thanksgiving. Or maybe she's a ringer who's been playing for years.

Gramps and Amala

We enjoyed a visit from Gramps and Amala this summer, and they were able to see the kids off to their first day of school.

 

 

They sent Hazel some RBGTea after Hazel gave a school presentation about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

 

 

Fun family time at home

 

Hello, birds!

 

Georgia Southern University has the least fearful geese we've ever encountered. They only managed to steal a few chips.

 

 

 Urban wildlife in Atlanta

Hazel is 11!

George L Smith State Park

For fall break, we planned our first camping trip since COVID. According to the website, the campsite was 400 yards away from the parking lot. In reality, it was more than a mile.

 

We bailed, and found a nearby Airbnb. I would never think to bring a battery-powered Christmas light necklace on a camping trip, but it came in handy when the kids made a fort between their two beds.

 

Other than the misleading website, George L Smith State Park was lovely. The highlight of our trip was kayaking among the cypress tress in the park's Mill Pond.

Halloween 2021

 

Hazel and Juniper proclaimed this year's costumes the Best Ever!

Hazel continued a long-standing tradition of costumes in the Star Wars universe. Costume credit to Janet Brooks.

Juniper was radio host Cecil Palmer, from the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Costume credit to Goodwill and Etsy; graphic design and makeup by Aaron Dill.

 

 "You are aware that plasma blades were outlawed by City Council a week ago, right?"

"We're not in Night Vale."