fall photo shoot

Our neighbor has a perfect little bench in his front yard. We thought that it would be fun to have a fall photo shoot. This is our only picture that turned out cute. Gavin was being very brotherly and decided to help Grace look at the camera. From the pictures below, I don't think Grace was too pleased by the idea.

Gavin told me, "Mom, I'm just helping Grace turn her head."

It is times like these that I am glad that I have a digital camera so I don't care when I have to take 30 pictures to get 1 decent one.

A scary Halloween!

This is the first time that Mom and Dad have actually been in town for Halloween in four years!!! We trick or treated at the mall then went up to Mom and Dad's for the traditional spaghetti dinner. Then we hit the old "snob hill" for some goodies. Not many people were out in my parents neighborhood, but Gavin scored big!! All of the old timers in the neighborhood would see us and reminsce about the "days when we used to have 200 kids running around." Yes... I remember going to the Spears and getting a full size candy bar and then changing costumes and going again. Oh, the good ol' days!

We went trick or treating at the mall with the neighbors. This is Gavin and Morgann. Morgann was Hannah Montana. I think it is totally funny since she knows who she is, but has never seen the show. Wow, the power of advertising. Even the 2 year old sister was Hannah Montana.

Gavin's favorite candy bar. He totally scored four full size candy bars last night!

Grace and her Halloween shirt. She wore her costume for about 30 minutes. She was asleep while we were at the mall and she trick or treated for a little while then hung out with Gram and Pal in the car while Brent and I took Gavin around. The clip below is sad (even though you can hear me laughing in the background!) This is the first time Grace has really been scared of something. The dinosaur totally freaks her out.