HAPPY DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Nancy Grunwald -9

Raymond Joseph Knapp-10

Chino Cruz-19

Natalie Knapp-19

Raymond Knapp III-26

Ashley Newberry-29

home movies

my parents came to portland for a week long visit. i took them on a week long trip of a week in the life of caryn. work, food, drink, friends, family. they just came along with me to all the stuff i do every week. i loved sharing that part of my life with them. since they are only here a week at a time they never get a sense of where and why my place is here. i hope they saw it and enjoyed it as much as i enjoyed sharing it with them.

please enjoy the quick video i made of an evening spent at the pollinger's new house. i hope this reaches all of you healthy, happy and peaceful.

caryn

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a safe and happy halloween in your neck of the woods! This year was no different for the Grunwald's in Oregon - short! We were fortunate that it didn't pour on us, the weather was actually quite nice. Jae was Optimus Prime and Hannah was Hedwig (the owl from Harry Potter, also Jae's costume when he was 1.5).

The kids had a great time going from house to house but as usual, Jae was tired by about block 3 (He's just not a walker, plus his mask was starting to bother him). Hannah was a trooper and kept up with him until about block 2 and started getting tired (she almost fell asleep while I was carrying her, but all the excitement from the other kids distracted her). The kids still made out with a good stash of candy. We came back to hand out candy, but only got a handful of visitors, so now we've got a bucket of chocolate hanging around the house! This is not a good thing.

Hope everyone is doing well!!!
Patty, Bill, Jae, and Hannah Grunwald


This is a picture of Jae wearing the owl costume (just for a quick comparison)