Harris Haps: October 2006

Happy Fall

Leaf angels is what they call them here in Southern California

Last weekend cousin Maddie and her parents Josh and Rachel came into town and we took them to the petting zoo. The kids had fun despite the fact that poor little Maddie got her finger nearly bitten off by an emu and Miles was too scared to ride the pony.

Gavin at School

Gavin is now doing so much better going to school. He is such a social little guy so I was so surprised when he refused to go the whole first month. Every time I pick him up from school he is so full of excitement and so positive.

His best buddy is the one on his left, Brandon. And can you tell which 3 kids are triplets?

Dr. Harris

Big Winner in Big Sur

Last weekend we took a road trip up the coast to Big Sur with our friends Michael, Ginny, Jack, and Michael's mom Maura. The main purpose for the trip was that Ginny was running the Big Sur Marathon. It was a trail run that consisted of several mountains to climb. Ginny placed 6th overall and first in her age group. That was so exciting to be there and watch her accomplish that.

The beautiful scenery of Pacific Coast Hwy

The camping crew

Here we are at our campsite, surrounded by huge redwoods. We are standing inside one of them here.

A crystal clear river passed right through the campsite. Gavin told me that "Michael almost caught a lobster with a stick!"

Poor little Miles.... look what his mother made him wear on his head. I mean, the poor little guy had a bit of a runny nose.

We drove a little further north to see Carmel.

Pebble Beach

Ginny, on the far right, extremely nervous right before the race.

Grammy & Papa Visit

On the beach in Oceanside

Grammy & papa flew in from New York to visit for the weekend. It had been way too long since the kids had seen them and it took a while for Miles to warm up to them. But I think when we fly out there for Christmas in a few months he will remember them.