Pumpkins!

We went to the pumpkin patch this weekend... but we didn't go to just any pumpkin patch. We went to Roloff Farms, home to the Roloff family as featured on "Little People, Big World" on TLC.



In addition to picking our pumpkins (which included one for Luna, of course), we took a tour of the Western Town on their property. If you watch the show, you know what I'm talking about.



I was amazed at the attention to detail - each store had detailed props. My favorite was the post office, with little letter compartments filled with letters and parcels designed to look old-fashioned.




Chris' mom, sister, and I chatted with Molly Roloff a bit about the props. Though some of it was done by the family, they have an artistic designer who helps with the creativity.



After the tour, we picked our pumpkins. It amazes me that the family opens their home every day to millions of people who watch the show, and are still so welcoming to the thousands of visitors during pumpkin season. It was a great way to kick off our fall!

Who says he doesn't like dogs?!

Chris wasn't passionate about getting a dog. Now he loves Luna, as demonstrated here.

Cuter by the day

Luna is almost 30 pounds and too cute for words. She's all up in our business all the time, and as you can see I can't really do yoga at the house anymore because she insists in participating.

Beautiful

One of the groomsmen in our wedding got married two weeks ago. The wedding was absolutely beautiful - the location was a vineyard with Mt. Hood as the perfect backdrop.

Luna's First Camping Trip

A few weeks ago we went camping and hiking in Central Oregon. Luna did pretty well camping.
The coyotes kind of freaked her out in the middle of the night... but they kind of freak me out, too.

Playing in the sand

Here is a video of Luna at the dunes. She kept trying to chase the sand as it blew in the wind, and when they disappeared she kept digging to try and "find it."

Road Trip

My roommate from grad school and her husband were driving from Seattle to San Francisco and stopped by our place. Chris had a few days off work, so they let us crash their vacation and we joined them down to Redwoods National Park in California. We had so much fun! We drove along Highway 101 down the Oregon/California coast.

We learned Luna HATES sea lions... here she is trying to hide underneath me. They hang out on the docks, and make a lot of noise. I think the noise was the deal-breaker for the dog.





We stopped at Oregon Dunes State Park. I felt like we were on the set of Star Wars.





Redwoods National Park felt like we were in the Ewok village. There were also a lot of elk we kept running into on the road; Luna was thankfully well-behaved.