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October

 Dana received his award for the patent he was issued. Very cool! 


The Fix It Forward Ministry Tuesday night crew. 💙

Brynn was excited to get her nose pierced a couple of weeks ago. She loves it! It did hurt to get it done, and she almost passed out afterward, but it's been good to go ever since then.

I can't stop laughing at this little Viking.

The weather certainly turned chilly this past week and Clara had to dig out her ear muffs.

Speaking of cat ears, we got some good snuggles in with the neighbor cat, Lucky, the other night.

Clara gave a stellar astronomy presentation on Friday night.

Clara's last soccer game of the fall season was on Saturday. It was a great game, well played by both teams, that ended with ALL players out on the field! The weather really shaped up nicely for a late afternoon game.

I love this pic of her, though she looks so old.








The Griffins

More astronomy - the moon was so bright and low last night, Clara got out her telescope to get a good look as it was rising in the sky.


Unfortunately Brynn was under the weather all weekend, so she didn't have the best time of things. :-( We thought she had turned the corner Saturday night, but was still feeling pretty tough all day today.

Adria was able to come over to play this afternoon. 


Comments

theweckerlys said…
Oh my gosh, congrats to Dana on his patent - how cool! That is awesome. I've been following along the Fix It Forward Instagram and love seeing all the work they do! Aw, sweet neighbor kitty. Clara does look so grown-up in the soccer photos! She looks like she's really enjoying herself out on the field. Elise was disappointed we didn't make it to one of her games this fall. If you have some video footage, she said to send it her way so she can see Clara in action. I noticed the moon last night, too, when we were out having a fire. Fun with Adria! Look at those cute ghost mugs.

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