Happy Halloween!!

I didn't think we would have a Halloween as warm as we did last year, but this year was even nicer! Temps were a mild 61 during the day with a low of 40 so trick-or-treating was really a treat this year! The boys were obviously excited to go out and get some CANDY...it was hard to get them to eat dinner, but they got enough down to call it a meal and then came the process of getting dressed. Even though it was warm, we did have the boys put a couple light layers under their costumes. Brendan's friend from kindergarten, Olivia, and her brother Hayden joined us for the big night. Wellyn dressed as a graduate and walked (with beer) around the neighborhood with their dad. I love handing out the candy to the kids and seeing all the neighborhood kids all dressed up - not to mention in between kids coming, I am able to clean up the house some.

Brendan picked out a Special Operations costume. He was very serious about the whole picture taking - wanting to get it done so he could go get some CANDY! Notice the pumpkin next to him. He picked out that design and he cut out the windows and painted it with just a little help from me. It's a craft pumpkin so we'll be using it every year!



Aiden went as a racecar driver - very appropriate since he loves the movie Cars and wants to buy every hot wheels type toy advertised.




Here is the whole crew waiting (patiently) for us to release them into the night to get some CANDY!



The boys holding the loot from the night.



And, the first pieces of CANDY they picked out to eat.


Saturday, Wellyn and Brendan went to the duplex for the morning and then Aiden and I joined them for a "picnic" lunch. We are almost done with the duplex, thanks largely to Wellyn's dad who spent a day there with him and did some work on it while we were vacationing in Vegas. We don't have renters yet, but have a likely candidate. It will be nice to get it done and have some free time as a family again. I'll have to post some before and afters another time.

Today was another beautiful day. The rain missed us and we made the most of it by trying out the playground at a nearby elementary school. The boys had tons of fun and were running the whole time. Here are a few pictures of the kids.