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A nice, short, solid little visit was hadded (yes, I said that) by the Goldsmith's this weekend when Michael and Andrea came up for a visit. They arrived about 9 or so on Friday night, after school and voice lessons (which they both teach, respectively) were through. Asian Cafe was waiting for them when they arrived, and we stayed up til midnight (which is, now, extremely late for us!) talking and catching up. Great to see them.

On Saturday, we ate a delicious breakfast made with eggs from their own "girls." Hardcore Goldsmith5 readers will remember when Callum and Amanda made a solo trip to go see the baby frickens about a year ago. Well, now they are all grown up and laying all kinds of stuff. It was cold and raw yesterday, yet we decided to take to the woods for a little walk on the "rail trail" in Fairfield, "Rail trails" are all the rage up in Maine lately; they is a huge initiative to convert old railroad beds to multiuse trails. This "branch" hugs the Kennebec River for a couple of miles before ending at an old, no longer there railroad bridge by one of the mills. Great running and cross country skiing! Michael liked to run ahead, and Callum was all about chasing him. I just creeped in the back and took pictures....

Callum has been talking about Michael since he left; Michael definitely has a "two year old" sense of humor. Maybe that didnt sound right. I didnt mean it like that. I meant that my son thinks Michael and all his antics are absolutely hilarious!
It is a beautiful trail--especially this time of year. But I cannot WAIT for the snow to fall and "brighten" things up a bit!
Amanda said, when looking at this picture, "wow....I look really tired." Um, yeah. But I think you deserve to be!! About a month to go til we meet our little girl. We are nowhere NEAR ready....I hope this one isnt born at 2:32 in the morning.....at least let us sleep in ONCE more
And we had Saturday afternoon and night to begin "staging" the living and dining room for painting, which is what we did all last night and all day today and we will do all day tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day....

But Callum and I took time to watch a little of #1 Oregon take on (or destroy) Washington. I dont know how many of you follow college football, but this has been a VERY interesting season. Below is how Callum gives Lupine a hug. Basically, Callum thinks that if he shifts his body weight against anything, at any angle, then it counts as a hug. Hilarious. I love telling Tim about how Callum gives hugs.