SERIOUSLY?!

Is it possible that this girl is already 6 months?
She is super obedient. Pres told her to hold onto his papers and she took the job very seriously.
She is sitting up all on her own!
She LOVES other babies (including the super cute baby she sees in the mirror :) Her newest favorite friend is the pampers baby!

She's a Sugi!

Our little girl is growing fast and she is HUNGRY! I tried feeding her carrots the other day. It was semi-successful, but mostly just messy. Ruby has become fascinated with food. She will salivate and "chew" while she watches the fork go from you plate to your mouth over and over and over again - as if it's the most incredible thing she's ever seen! She will also try to put ANYTHING that is within arms reach into her mouth :) NO doubt about it. She's a sugi!
Preston, just finishing up a crazy delicious gull meadows doughnut, goes to get a sip of cider but finds that someone has beat him to it!

ooh...a freshly picked apple...yes please!

Having picked blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries this year I must say that picking apples is my favorite! They are SO easy and you finish so quickly! Awesome. Now we just have to figure out what to do with a whole peck of apples! Yes that is a REAL pumpkin!
Frankenstein Baby!

Happy Columbus Day!!!

So thanks to Columbus, I have the day off and time to post some pictures of my trip or pictures I got from others of my trip. I started off in Australia. I'll just post on Sydney today.

This second picture is of Manly, which is a city in North Sydney where I did a bunch of hiking. The way back on the ferry was gorgeous as it was sunset and the view is just like the picture above.

I did a 10 mile hike on Manly. The next day I went swimming even though it was freezing cold. The waves were huge and it was really fun!

This is the blue mountains and specifically the three sisters. It was a gorgeous little view and had a more jungle atmosphere in the interior hikes. If you want to see more of my New Zealand pictures, I posted them on Facebook.

Busted!

So lately I have been accusing Taki of being clumsy. It seems like he can't get through one day without dropping his food on the floor or dripping toothpaste down his shirt, etc. Well this morning I caught him like this:

Game #2: UM vs. Minnesota

It was the battle for the little brown jug...although it didn't end up being much of a battle, but we were ok with that! We got to Ann Arbor without any traffic issues, but had a little trouble with parking. The cheapest parking was $15 but you had to "jump the curb" to get to it...not ideal. We drove a little further and found a place for $20. We drove in and then down into a bowl which ended up being quite muddy because of recent rain. Basically Tim's BMW got stuck, there was pushing, there was sliding, and then there was more pushing. We finally decided to back it into a spot as it maneuvered better in reverse. People were joking that the $20 better cover towing expenses...seriously. Well, Tim got nervous that we wouldn't be able to get out because the climb out of the bowl was pretty steep and muddy and he knew he'd have to get a "running" start in order to get up it, which he wouldn't be able to get with 100 cars all trying to get out of the bowl so we found a spot up top and Tim made the magic happen.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day! The air was crisp, but the sun was shining! We had great seats again, in row 10. I think I may wear heels to the next game though as when you are that close the difference between rows is like 6 inches and newsflash - we are shorties!

I wasn't trying to get an artistic shot or anything, I was trying to get the touchdown throw, but the guys in front of me both stood up and threw their arms in the air which totally obstructed my view with their maize and blue jackets.

The "nard" dog runnin' it. woot woot.

3 happy Sugis after a major Minnesota slaughter.

GO BLUE!

Conference Favorites???

So, I am wondering if everyone can post their conference favorites to humor me- and who wouldn't want to make me happy???? (we'll see)