Thanksgiving 2006

In preschool, Ariella said she is thankful for Mommy and Daddy and Jonah. We are thankful for Ariella, too. Today we are having Thanksgiving with our friends Julie and Noah, at Julie's aunt's house. Ariella is looking forward to the sleep-over with Isabel and Abby.

Saturday, after 7 years, Rick is getting rid of his 2-door coupe BMW. It has been a fun car to drive, but the back-twisting to get Ariella in and out of the car for preschool combined with forecasts of high maintenance costs made getting a new 4-door car a good idea. A new Acura TL is on the way in the next few weeks. That means in 2006, we have:

* sold a house
* quit a job
* moved 400 miles
* moved into an apartment
* started a new job
* moved out of an apartment
* bought a house and moved in
* remodeled a house, adding new floors, paint, kitchen, window
* had a child start preschool
* sold a car
* bought a car

and, oh yeah,

* had a baby (who, as you can see below, is very smiley at 3 mos. old)

Anyway, will post more pictures later, but meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

November Update

Haven't posted pictures in a while - here are some good ones. We can't believe that Jonah will be 3 months old in less than a week. He is a delightful little boy - so calm and smiley. Here are some great pictures, first from Halloween, and then some more from our trip to San Francisco last weekend on a beautiful day.

Dressing up for Shabbat on October 27, 2006


Jonah, showing off for Homecoming 2006 - is he trying to sing the fight song?


This is what I look like when I'm about to cry (which is hardly ever)


Frenkel Family at Halloween Party, October 29, 2006


Trick-or-Treating with friend Galia. Ariella was a Michigan Cheerleader!


Jonah was a baby tiger.


Trick-or-treating was fun!


Ariella and Jonah pose on Halloween 2006


Ariella holding Jonah on her lap.


We met the Austins in SF in the Noe Valley neighborhood on November 4, 2006. Here's Ariella with Isabel.


Resting after a long day in Noe Valley.


Ariella, all decked out for Shabbat at preschool on November 10, 2006