Free Museum Day

Okay, okay....so free museum day was a while ago. But, I'm behind. Sue me.

No, on second thought, don't sue me. Just deal with it. :)

We chose to head to the Tacoma Museum of Glass. It has a huge Dale Chihuly exhibit that we've all been wanting to see. When I was in Arizona, I went to the Dale Chihuly special exhibit at the Botanical Gardens, and loved it. So we definitely wanted to make the trip.

First we went in to see the actual glass blowing room. It was neat to see the differences and similarities to how they do it in Okinawa.Then we walked through the exhibits...but unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take any pictures. LAME. So I stole some from their website.Then we headed out to the outside Dale Chihuly exhibit...but captured these photos of cool glass statue art they had all over the premises. And finally....Daly Chihuly glass. Walls and walls of amazing glass art.Oh, and ceilings too. And, I just had to try to get a picture of me with it. But since it was straight above me, I got this most unflattering photo of myself. It was a great day! Made me miss the glass masters of Okinawa, though.

Fall means...

Pumpkins!I had no idea that this pumpkin patch even existed. It's up north of me, about 30-45 minutes and is called "The Farm". They have a big pumpkin patch, putt putt lawn, hayrides, corn maze, petting zoo, fishing pond, gift store...lots of fun stuff!

And the pumpkins were cheap! So I picked these two, and got them both for a total of $5. :)And again....but with corn. haha

And Jess, with her pumpkin.

And again....Then we went on the hayride.

And hit a BIG bump mid picture taking.

And they also had a petting zoo area. I took this one for the best niece ever, Autumn. :)Mmmm. Hot apple cider and a fresh apple cider doughnut. The taste of fall.And my cute little apartment entrance, with the fun new additions from the pumpkin patch.Ah, fall. You are good to me.

Bowling fun

Our office staff has been trying to go out and celebrate our Field of Dreams success since June. We raised almost $1.7 million dollars for Medical Teams International!!

Problem was, we were all just too busy to celebrate (stupid workaholics that we are)...until 4 months later. :) And then we went out for a good bowling session.

Here's Linda, who's bowling ball matched her shirt.

And Dick - my main competition.

And Julie. She kept trying different bowling techniques.

And Nancy...the one who comes off as reserved but really has a ton of spunk.And Soozi...the one with two new hips, and definitely the hippest of the whole group. She is also amazingly good at bowling Granny Style. She's celebrating a Strike!And because Soozi was so good at it, Julie decided to give it a shot too. She's so cute. :)And then there's me. I was stupid and wore my long pants (that I have to wear heels with). I kept slipping on them. *sigh*And a fun one of Marnie and Dick, deep in competition.And the final score. Yep, I WON!

And I couldn't leave without this shot.

Such a fun afternoon! Such a fantastic group of people to work with! :)

Halloween Staff Picture

So we got a little behind, and skipped a few months (August and September). But we will come back to those, don't you worry. But Halloween was one we didn't want to miss.
Our staff, with a ghost and Zorro.