Happy Halloween!

 Fancy witch!

 Super Mario!

Yes, this is Porter all dressed up on Halloween.  I completely dropped the ball on his costume and thinking I could find the 3 other baby costumes we had stored away somewhere.  Apparently they didn't make it through the 3 moves we've made since Tanner wore one.  Regardless, we had a great time going over to our friends house.  The Browns live in the perfect neighborhood for trick or treating, the houses are closer together so not so much walking.  After round 1 of collecting candy, Paul decided to take the kids out for round 2 and drove them around in the back of his truck.  They loved it and came home with twice as much candy as before. 

Goosebumps and Down Comforters

 These Canadian Geese have been hanging out in our front yard for a couple of weeks now.  They are almost always there in the morning when we walk to the bus stop.  And other than a few geese poop left on the driveway, they leave us alone. We have named them (goose) Bump and Down (comforter).  I haven't seen them hang out in any other lawns so we feel pretty special that they come hang out in our yard.

 

One day last week they Bump and Down threw a party at our house.  I counted 21 geese.   They came back in the morning (for the after party I assume) but we haven't seen the group since then.  

We've also seen other wild life around the house, Paul saw a few deer in the next door neighbors side yard one night.  There are 2 groundhogs that live in our back yard and also travel to other neighbor houses.  A number of squirrels frequent the trees in our back yard.  And 2 days ago there was a flock of about 100 finches flying in our back yard.  They kept on flying into the family room windows and scaring the crap out of me.

Happy Birthday Paul!

It was kind of a low-key affair since it fell on a Tuesday this year, but he got what he wished for (a new receiver for his Bose surround sound system, socks and new dress shirts).  And the chocolate, chocolate, chocolate cake I got him was delicious!

Mark & Catherine's wedding

 We headed down to Virginia for a few days for the wedding of Paul's oldest brother Mark.

 The weather and scenery were just beautiful.  The kids had a great time playing with cousins.

 Apologies for the blurry cell phone pictures, but at least I remembered to take pictures!

Tanner and Brayden.  Inseparable when they are together!