Happy Halloween

It was the Moreland Monster March on Sunday.  Joe went as a Templar Knight and Tim went as the Black Knight from Monty Python ("It's just a flesh wound!").  It might be hard to see in the picture but he's carrying his left arm.

It kind of rained, but not quite, so Tim left his helmet at home to keep it dry for the official big night on Monday.  Joe (playing bass clarinet) led the parade with the Sellwood Band.  Tim walked it with his friend Elias and Elias' sister, Melanie.

Tim thinks this is the best kind of parade - the local merchants stand outside of their businesses handing out candy to the kids as they walk by.

Underwater Vacation

We had free admission to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, so we headed that way last weekend.  We were there a couple years ago but most of the exhibits are fun to go through again.

This time we also got to see the otters being fed, an alligator snapping turtle (sorry, no picture) and some piranha.  We had a good time even though we couldn't get Joe to touch the sea cucumber.  Again.

Game Night on Thursdays

Holly is teaching her Grad class again at PSU about Human Resources in nonprofits.  This means on Thursdays after the homework is done the boys and I get out a board game. 

Last week it was SmallWorld and Joe won.  This week it will likely be Wicked Witches Way, a game we usually play around Halloween.  To supplement our Halloween themed games we picked up Zombie Fluxx and played it this afternoon (Holly won).

-Steve