Ammamma in Seattle

Ammamma visited us (Sonia) in Seattle and chased Sonia around with the video camera one morning. (Sorry about the video quality, I had to shrink the file to upload it.)

Take 1: Sonia hugs Olive



Take 2: Sonia enjoys singing. (We've been meaning to get her "Twinkle-Twinkle" rendition on video for a bit. She sings it constantly! That and, "This Old Man, He Played One.")




Here's a fun pic of the jack-o-lanterns we made during Ammamma's visit. The "dog" jack-o-lantern is Sonia's, not Olive's.

Fall is in the air!

Our Fall has gotten off to a great start! To begin with, Erich's Grandma Ruth visited Seattle and we celebrated her 86th birthday together.













We also made a special trip to Medford for Frau Kemmling's Oktoberfest. Wow, what a party! Deepa enjoyed some warm brewed tea out of her Frau Kemmling beer stein (since she had a cold), but the rest of the family wholeheartedly embraced the end of summer in traditional Bavarian fashion (beer, pretzels and a bratwurst eating contest - see below). Hilary did a great job and threw an amazing party and we can't wait until next year. The AshPat family pictures were right out of the Sound of Music!











Family photo!












Nana, Deepa & Sonia











Erich came in 2nd in the Bratwurst eating contest!















Last weekend, we ventured our with Janice (thanks for visiting) to the pumpkin patch to celebrate Deepa's birthday...Carleton Farms was great, as the Toppenberg's had assured us it would be. We spent most of the time trying to get an official pumpkin patch photo, and Sonia had a great time going down the tube slide.