Daily Life in October

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In between hospital visits and trips to Texas, we have real life. I get up in the morning and walk Sookie through the park, I teach theatre, I drive the kids to lessons and never fail to appreciate the mountain view, the kids play D&D with the neighborhood, we see movies at Alamo Drafthouse, on Fridays we play Catan with Suzy and Jason while the kids watch a movie down stairs, on Sundays we take neighborhood kids to UU church, I occasionally sneak out to Littleton with book group. Here are a few pictures of real life.

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