2015 School Pictures - Way Better than Last Year's

Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!

As a pre-Black Friday deal, Phin and I have something special to share.  Our class photos! 
You may remember the drama with Phin's class photos last year.  In addition to being terrible, we did not receive them until August of this year (10 months later) and only after Dad sent 20 bagillion emails and placed several calls.  What's a bagillion? 

This year, our photos are great, except for my double chin.  Not sure where it came from, since I only have on chin.  You can tell by our smiles that we love school and love going!  

 

 

 

The pictures are much better in person - Dad says they were washed out by the scanner.  But, I think they look very dry, oh well.  If you want to grab these washed out photos, use this link (don't worry Grandma and Nana, we have good copies for you).

Lots of Love,
Amelia!

Coming Soon to a Holiday Card Near You

Did you know they have Fall in Portland?  Unlike Virginia, it rains a lot during Fall.  But, somehow the cold weather still triggers the leaves to change colors.  In Virginia the leaves would change colors and then fall off the tree in about a week.  In Portland, the leaves change colors and then hold on to the trees really tightly for weeks!  The leaves started falling about a month ago and some of our trees still have most of their rainbow-colored leaves!

During Fall, we always get a family picture taken, using the leaves as a pretty background.

In the woods exploring - that's what we do best

Group shot (no, that's not our house; Dad would never allow such a big dandelion)

We bought the rights to these images, so feel free to click on the picture and download it (in case you want a picture of use in your home/office/car/truck/monster truck/...)

You can see our 2014 family photos here or
You can see our 2012 family photos here (look how little Amelia is)


Peace out,
Phin

Reader Mail: The Rest of Our Days

Reader Mail:
Dear Phin and & Amelia,
Love your blog, you are very cute and you do very exciting things.  But, I was wondering what your 'normal' days are like, when you are not off on a crazy adventure?
Love,
Left in Virginia

Response:
Dear Left in Virginia,

• First of all, thank you for the lovely fan mail, we think we are cute too!
• Secondly, please come visit us, so you do not feel 'left' - we love guests.
• Threely (is this what comes after second?), our 'normal' days are still sometimes crazy - especially when Phin doesn't sleep well).  But, we spend the majority of our mornings at our new Oregon school.  We have been making a lot of great friends there and it is a lot of fun.  I (Amelia) go to school Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Well, I go on Tuesdays and Thursday too, but that is just to drop off and pick Phin up.  Phin goes Monday through Friday.  In the afternoons, I still have quiet time, but I do not like sleeping then, so I usually just yell or sing.  Addditionally, I go to Dance Class on Thursdays and Phin just started Rock Climbing class on Tuesdays.

To help you see what school is like, we have been saving compiling pictures from school during the months of October and November - you can view them here.  Since November is not over, there will be more added.

Hope you are having a wonderful Fall and keep the letters coming, friends.
Lots of Love,
Amelia