Thanksgiving

Here are the five of us at Thanksgiving at Ray and Charlotte's house.

Our hosts were too busy to sit for a photo, unfortunately, but I did capture the following...

Dad and Mom, crashing the Kelly festivities...

... and Aunt Ellen and Uncle Frank, whom we were thrilled to have visiting from Connecticut.

Tess in the Picture (sort of)

The Grandparents Keithley came down for a Thanksgiving visit.

When Tess was younger, it would take a day or two before she warmed up to them.

No longer.  Now she lights up immediately at their arrival.

Looking over the photos, I realized that I never got a shot of Tess' face.

But take my word for it, this is Tess playing around with my folks.

Monterey

Over a long weekend, we took a family trip down to the Monterey Peninsula.

We stayed at Asilomar, rustic lodgings abutting the Asilomar State Beach.

The kids did not want to go to the Monterey Aquarium ("who wants to look at fish"). 

Then they had a blast and did not want to leave...

...although the diver couldn't talk Rosemary into a dip.

We didn't expect good weather, but we lucked into one surprise day of sunshine.

Halloween 2016

Was anyone more excited about Halloween this year than Tess?

Rosemary designed her own jack o'lantern (our only child with any interest in doing so...).

She was careful to include two "zombie arms" to "make it scary."

The scariest part was my fear that Tess' hair would catch on fire.

Our three trick-or-treaters had a great time walking the San Mateo streets and meeting up with their friends.