Pictures from this last month...

Our neighbor Latisia came over and we made strawberry pies together.














Conrad and Lynette came up for one weekend to help Bethany and Kristin move into their new apartment.














Sweet little Reita














We went out for a farewell dinner for my Thai teacher Orala, her mother, and her daughter last week. They will return to Bangkok, Thailand on October 20th.













My cousin Katrina and her son Elija.













Elija, Katrina, and Iris


























Iris proudly showing me the pumpkin she decorated.

Grandma knees

On my hiking trip with Elaine and Rachel in Washington I was referred to as "Grandma" during the trip because i was so slow going down hills due to my knee issues. Well, on Friday I thought I would take off running to make the train and slid in a puddle along the way and twisted me knee a direction it wasn't meant to go. Now I'm left with this large soft fluid filled knee that I can't bend. If you know me, you know this is about the 6th time this has happened. All this to say, I went to the doctor yesterday and she is sending me to a knee specialist next week to get an MRI. It's looking very likely that I will be getting some knee surgery sometime during this school year.