It Rained

And rained... and rained... and rained... It rained for a week. 7 days straight. I'm not lying, I started tearing up floorboards to build an ark. To top it all off, Black Fursday was in the middle of the rain so I didn't have time to finish the ark. I can't remember the last time it actually rained for that long in one continuous downpour. I'm completely exhausted from working this weekend and today is the first day it only rained for 6 hours instead of 20-24 hours in a day. In honor of the fact I saw the sun today, here are some more pictures of Hawaii. This is essentially me wishing that I'd went to Hawaii last week instead of last month. VIVA HAWAII!!! Now I'm depressed:

Here's the view from our balcony. Notice that there's no rain.

I'm able to drive with the top down because there's no rain.

We can watch the sunset outside. We couldn't if it was raining.

Enjoy the serene scenery untouched by water from the sky.

We chose to stand under the tree to take the picture. Still no rain.

We can set the camera up on a table, sit on a dry stone wall and smile because we know those clouds behind us aren't rain clouds, they're happy clouds. I hate rain.

It's the Holiday Season...

Ah yes, the Holiday season is quickly approaching and that means that we're totally insane at The Land of Red & Khaki. We really want everyone to buy stuff but do it in an orderly manner and be sure to tip your waitress. To be honest, if I keep talking about work I might throw the computer through a wall make The Boss angry so I shall digress slightly.

Halloween was a couple weeks ago and V went as the proverbial superhero Booyah Baby. It was a homemade costume that April painstakingly spent hours crafting. I thought it went very well and the pictures below definitely do it justice. We went trick or treating around the block and V definitely got the hang of it at the end. At the beginning, she just sat there looking at people drop candy into her bucket. About halfway through, she realized the candy was coming at every door so she'd hold up her bucket to them saying "Triwteet" which is French for "Trick or Treat" (we think). Towards the end, she'd drop the bucket in the driveway, run up to the door and just hold out her hand. It worked. I think we got the most candy.

Since we didn't do Christmas cards last year (we had an 8 month old at the time), we're going to do them this year. Here's some pictures below of some pictures that didn't make it to the card but still have class and refinement. Enjoy these as you wait for the Christmas card you're not getting:

Red cheeked back from Trick or Treating and still smiling!

She's practicing her football stance for next year.

V: HA HA HA! Extreme close-up! Look at me! Look at me!

V: I'm sorry. I offer this leaf as a peace offering.

V: If I get do the "Cute Pose" I get kisses from Mommy!

V: Yessssssssssss... SMOOCH!