Two weekend highlights!

Terah and I have a lot less hair!

She was very eager to finally join the ranks of hair donators! Everyone else in our family has done it multiple times and she had finally grown enough hair to give away.

Aunt Karen did the honors of trimming up after I did the major chops and then she chopped mine! We even had a bit of an audience - so grateful for these beautiful days for a few more outdoor gatherings.

Following the haircuts, some very late birthday presents were distributed. This was a gathering for the August, September and October birthdays in the family - which was 6/9 of us!

And, of course, a visit to the piglets for some pre-dinner entertainment, which was us watching them swim in their dinner. The three of them have very different personalities, which is clearly apparent when eating. The one piglet dives in up to his eyeballs. 

We then savored a delicious meal of injera and wat (thanks, Mom!) around the fire, which felt better by the passing minute as we inched our chairs closer to make use of the heat.

And then today, we savored our first family hike up to Hensley's Pond in ages. We went with enough time for some fishing and some Rook playing by the pond. It's one of the most beautiful times of year to be up there with the changing colors.

Jason pulled in two fish. The first was pretty small and he was about to throw it back in but our youngest was adamant about eating it! Thankfully, once Alida found a grasshopper for bait, he pulled in a second one that was larger. So we went home with two!

As we walked up the driveway, Terah told me that one of the fish was for her and the other one was for the rest of us. That's about how it went down!

p.s. Kali's hat has seen better days. I told her that it could be part of her Halloween costume!