happy halloweeeeeeeeen!

I'm sure the milkman loves delivering to us!

Wade & friend trying to get the fog machine going.

For those of you who go camping with us...we call this: Blooooody in the Woodshed, on a stick!

Larry went to a haunted house with some friends, and Neil went trick-or-treating with his cousins! Sorry about cutting your head off, Tyler.

Cutest. Lion. Ever. (Natalie, 6 mos.)

Neil at his class party

Alan hangs out with friends at the school party (as a giant banana looks on)

Alan, Nathan, Spencer & Michael head out trick-or-treating. I have NO idea what any of them are supposed to be.

Alan's friend Marianna trying to do the "Karate Kid" pose in her sumo costume.

Zach - Cereal Killer :)

Alan, Kevin and Zach (aka Paris Hilton)

party

Larry decided that he's too mature to wear a Halloween costume this year, but we're still immature enough - we dressed as Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore (and Neil is Harry Potter, of course) for a party tonight. The pink shirt is a nod to the fact that Dumbledore was recently revealed to be gay. You go, Albus.

We brought witch finger cookies ~ BWA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAA!

happy b-day larry

Larry is 13 today! For his family dinner out, he chose the Pancake House, where he ordered hash browns (covered in mustard) and Swedish pancakes. Mmmmm....fancy dinner....

I figured, who wouldn't want to wake up on their birthday with a giant inflatable monkey staring at you? So here it is, waiting patiently for Larry to wake up.

In other news - after 5 years of chasing countless birds, squirrels and rabbits, Ruby finally caught a rat! It's rubber, but we're still proud.

october! our favorite month

Fall is the most absolutely gorgeous season around here - in between storms and sunny days, we have rainbows, red/orange/yellow leaves, foggy mornings, and lots of noisy frogs at night. It's really beautiful.

Foggy morning on the soccer field... here's Larry stealing the ball from some rather uninterested players in the black uniforms.

Shaving?!? Yes, it's true. Larry has always been Mr. Hairy, and we've been bugging him to shave his shaggy little moustache. He made a deal ~ he'd let Wade show him how to shave, but only if Dad shaved off his goatee! Done deal....two pairs of smooth lips & chins :)