50+ mph straight-line winds from the east covered our, well, everything, in huge pine needlesDuring one of our trips to clean out the Rochester house, we came across these gems that were in my and Doug’s rooms growing upMav’s birthday party – safety first!It was a costume birthday party, so Leah wore her Halloween costumeWe had more trick or treaters in our first year at this house than we had in all 18 years at our old house. It was a blast!