Hallowe'en-- October 2023

 

Hallowe'en was a week and a half after Annika's wedding. We were wiped out in all the ways, and costume-making fell a little flat. I spent the day making Ransom a Tigger costume, a honey jar and ears for myself, and pig ears for a Piglet. Everyone else raided their drawers for flannel and accessories for an easy outlaws gang, with one little Indian (because the littlest brown berry didn't want to be a cowboy), one outnumbered sheriff, and one beautiful cowgirl. Mildred was a good sport for her last Hallowe'en with us and threw on a flannel, jeans, and boots to come along for the ride. <3

Garlic Harvest (October 2023)

 

This post. 

A place for the pictures. 

Some of us were working harder than others...(Lark was busy writing a coded note for The Footy Club.)

Leftovers Phrom Millie's Phone (October 2023)

Thank you, babe. 

 

These pictures of Deirdre and Annika are from the bachelorette party Corynn hosted at her grandparent's cabin (at which, so I've heard, she and Corynn stayed up until unholy hours loudly giggling which is their m.o.). 

Little did we know how soon Mildred would also be moving ten hours away from these flannel-clad kiddos. 

A last, pre-wedding sister date. 

After Annika's real wedding dress arrived, we found this one at a thrift store for a whopping total of $3 and eleven cents. Annika used it for her second reception in Virginia.

Millie used it as an excuse to practice her wedding hair. 

I had a second emergency room visit with Lark, and Mildred was amazing and helped out when I was tempted to faint (In my defense! For whatever reason, I canNOT handle watching my children get stitches when I'm pregnant. This is the third or fourth time I've been pregnant at an ER visit and nearly passed out from other people getting stitches, so Millie was prepared and waiting. 😂)

Little Ransom (so little!) in the sunshine.

Bonus (October 2023)

 

A video of Tim's groomsmen practicing a psalm right before Tim and Annika's wedding. It's terrible, terrible quality, but I like it anyway. Plus, you can see my friends Rebecca and Mary (and Mercy and Martha!) bustling about making the fanciest charcuterie table ever in the history of barn weddings.

A video I took for Annika of the seasonal migration after her move.