Who doesn't like pumpkins?

Well, apparently Ava doesn't...

Kathleen and I find this picture extremely funny, does this make us bad parents? Hope everyone is doing well!

Love,

Allan & Kathleen

Views in Utah

Here's the view from our house in UT - taken a few nights ago...


Here's the same view taken tonight...

Summer's End at Allison and Pete's in Springfield

Saturday, Sept 4th, Nathan, Diana and the kiddies plus Allan, Kathleen and Ava arrived in NH for Labor Day weekend. Dad, Cy and I meandered over to Springfield to visit with them at Pete and Allison's. I'm sorry I don't have a picture of the new patio Allison has constructed...perhaps another post?

Hurricane Earl decided to give us a break and we enjoyed dinner cooked over a wood fire with the scent of apples in the crisp fall air while girls ran around having a grand time. Lach held down the fort for all the Tidd Boys.

Melanie, Bill & family are at the island this weekend, but Melanie sent over handmade blankets for the newest members of the family. Here Diana shows everyone Lach's new blue blanket and Ava uses her pretty pink one right away.







































Please note Cy on the left...he does not arrive at family gatherings dressed in white.

I begged and begged and then...walla! in a puff of smoke (or is that Pete cooking?) a Biker Scout appears...

Ava knows for sure that she is one lucky girl to have her very own Star Wars Biker Scout for an uncle.Allison got frisked to make sure she didn't have her camera to record this, but no one asked Grampa--here are Annika, Margaret and Sophie getting to share the hammock with Eleanor, Leslie and Libby--that means it's a BIG hammock!

Darkness fell and we headed home full of good times and good food while sensing the end of a beautiful summer. If you have scrolled down this far...it's The End of this post.