Happy Halloween!

Piggy, Pooh, and Onslo from Keeping up Appearances. Matt needs to gain a little weight to perfect the Onslo look but I think he did well with the hairy legs and boots, and sleeveless shirt.


Elijah as the dark knight.


Samuel and Silas getting candy.


Samuel showing off his facepaint.


Luke knocks over some bottles for candy.


Silas shows off his bare feet. We got to the party and he realized he wasn't wearing shoes. So we called Jen and asked her to bring a spare pair as she was on her way over. While Silas waited Sam pushed him around in the stroller. The two of them got loads of extra candy because people thought Silas was an invalid boy in a stroller and thought Sam was such a loving brother to push him around. They may do that again next year.


Me as a cowgirl I rustled up in my closet.


Luke with face paint.


Buzz Light Year on the Way!


Josiah got the most comments for his Clifford costume. (The head to the costume is hanging down Joe's back). Thanks Sam Wyatt!

What happened to the last cherry tomato?

I made a salad for dinner last night and happened to know I had 2 roma tomatoes and 3 cherry tomatoes. I wanted to use them all so they didn't go bad. When I went to get them I could only find 2 cherry tomatoes. I shrugged it off and figured I was wrong about the 3 cherry tomatoes.

Until....

I went to enter my bedroom this morning and there was a red ball in the door receiver.


My missing tomato! Now, do I eat it?

Wood

That is about 15,000lbs of wood in our front yard. Some of the bigger rounds were about 4ft across. Matt's back is sore. I picked those things up like they were cake. And ate them.

Poison Oak

Making Grape Jelly

First make a giant mess in the dining room picking through the grapes.




Then make a giant mess of the kitchen and counter by squashing the picked fruit.


Heat the entire house to 220 degrees Fahrenheit while boiling the juice and sugar.




Give yourself a second degree burn while straining the seeds and skins.


And you have jelly.


Lastly, secure for yourself a cute small child to sell your wares.



Maybe have him wear a shirt.

5 cups of powdered sugar

5 cups of powdered sugar on the dining room floor

Happy Birthday Uncle Fred

166 years on the ice

Look at how much fun they are having!!!


I managed to get a total of 2 pictures before they turned around and skated away. I was shouting, "Come back! Come back! I'm not done!" But they were having too much fun to pose for the camera.


Uncle Don playing it safe his first time around.


Uncle John is in the red jacket and Uncle Don is in the plaid jacket. They aren't playing it safe anymore! They were zooming. Elijah made the comment that if they fell they might take out several children!


And Joe on the Zamboni. For the third time.

2 cuties + green ink

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