Fall Catch-up

Looks like winter announced its presence today. So before we usher fall fully out the door...

Pumpkin Harvest

Jim and Karen invited our girls over to pick pumpkins with their cousins. Afton and Mya love being able to do things with Gavin, Derek, Megan, and Lauren. They love to be around the big kids and to be involved in doing big kid activities.

Halloween

Cutest Tinkerbell and Toast you've ever seen, right? For those that maybe haven't heard the back story on Afton's costume, months ago we were looking at costume ideas online and Afton came to look at the pictures. We just did a Google Images search of Halloween costumes and one that pulled up was some random guy dressed in what was called a "Weird Toast" costume. Afton decided then and there that she was going to be a Weird Toast for Halloween. And she really didn't waver from it, so Stefanie put on her creative cap and made a very cool toast costume.

Stef and I were Edward and Bella. Stefanie looked great, and I ended up looking like some creepy vampire dude hanging out with Bella. But I did have amber colored contact lenses to show I'd been well fed. Or was it hungry?

Karen hosted our family Halloween party at her house again.

Some of Stef's creative culinary creations. The pumpkin and ghost cake was commissioned by my dad for the family party. I thought the sign looked so real. The tombstones marked chocolate graves filled with cream cheese and chocolate chips.