{"id":3271,"date":"2025-11-08T16:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chris-kristel.com\/wp_family\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2025-11-08T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:51:18","slug":"autumn-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris-kristel.com\/wp_family\/autumn-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn &#8217;25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Come autumn we fall back into the routine: work and school Monday through Friday. The dogs helped out at Carrington, too. OSA had an art show and a haunted house. Kathy came for a visit and we all went to see Jeff and Beckett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kids always look forward to Halloween. Hayley put a <em>lot<\/em> of effort into her home-made costume, the Witch King of Angmar (from J.R.R.Tolkien&#8217;s The Lord of the Rings). RJ&#8217;s preferred costume didn&#8217;t make it in time. 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