J. Peterman, Eat You Heart Out

"It's a hot night. The mind races. You think about your knife, the only friend who hasn't betrayed you, the only friend who won't be dead by sunup. Sleep tight, mates, in your quilted chambray nightshirts."

I'm not sure where I was. Perhaps at work, up late in the MICU. Or maybe I was at home, ignoring my child's cries for attention. It was over a year ago. All I remember is that I was looking around on J. Mark Bertrand's website when I saw it. It was the most beautiful material possession I'd ever laid eyes on. It was... A Saddleback Leather briefcase.



Thanks, Mom & Dad!

Genius

I guess this is what other kids did while the rest of were trying not to fail out of our first year of medical school.



HT: Melissa

Ackerman Farms, Part II

Oh yeah, and the orchard. A new discovery: Honey Crisp Apples. They taste like candy! We picked a bunch and brought them home.... mmmmm.....

Ackerman Farms

Trey and I went to a local farm/shop/orchard with our friends Angie & Owen last week. We had such a great time - and it was a gorgeous day to be outside! There was lots to do at the farm, but the big hit of the day were the stray kittens.





Apparently the kittens will even eat Goldfish crackers!

Soggy Pumpkins

The Tuck Family's 3rd Annual Morton Pumpkin Festival took place two weekends ago... and what a weekend! (I know, I haven't blogged in awhile.) This is the longest we have lived anywhere, and we love it! Carol, Hazen, Em & Luke came to visit to celebrate Jay's birthday and the festival; we had a great time despite Ike trying to dampen (or drown) our weekend.

Jay's 31st birthday was on Friday the 12th, and we celebrated by going out to dinner with Hazen and Carol, eating delicious desserts, and Jay opened his presents. I'll let him blog more about that... he has lots of adoring words for one of his gifts.

Saturday morning Hazen, Jay, Luke, Em & I got up early to run the Pumpkin Fest 10K. Em & I had never run a 10K race before, so we were a little nervous. The race officials said that the course was flat. Ha. This is how fast I was: Jay stopped about 50 yards before the finish line to help someone who had collapsed - examined the guy, did some medical stuff, blah blah blah, and BEAT me. Ahem. But it felt good to finish a 10K, and we all really did have fun. Here are Em & Luke sportin' our new race shirts while watching the parade:

We tried to make it to the tent in time for pumpkin pancakes, but got there just as it was closing. We had to settle for pumpkin doughnuts and pumpkin ice cream instead. Mmmmm...

It was soggy all weekend (you should have seen people trudging through the muddy grounds), but the rain held off long enough for the parade.... and long enough for Trey to figure out (well, for Nonnie to teach Trey) how to stuff the parade candy in his pockets!





After the parade it rained, and rained, and rained. Luke and Em were staying in the basement, and woke up Sunday morning to a flood. It was ankle deep in my craft room - so sad. What a great weekend to have visitors... well, for us! ;) Everyone went to work - we couldn't have dealt with the mess by ourselves... what a job. We won't put you to work next time you visit, guys - we promise!

Kid #1 or Kid #2...

... I wonder who had more fun at the park?

Sweet moves

Just to answer any questions about where Trey gets his dance moves... here the boys are grooving to some Sufjan.

Mischief, Part III

What kind of moron leaves bright red nail polish in the reach of a one-and-a-half year old?