Halloween 2008

Here are Raleigh and Aiden - the Safari hunter and little lion:

We took the kids to Orlando (side note, I wrecked the van on the way over after swerving to avoid hitting a COYOTE! Bad idea. This was not a good start to the vacation, but it did get better. I'll spare the pictures of my van, which had the overall texture of a ruffles potato chip after the high tension guard wires went up one side over the roof ripping off the roof rack and back down the other side) We met up with Darrell and Sandy while there and everyone went to Universal Studios. Then Grammy and I took Raleigh and Aiden to the "Not So Scary Halloween" at Disney. They had SO much fun!!!

Finally, on the actual day of Halloween we took the kids Trick-OR-Treating around Grammy and Grandpa's neighborhood. Then Daddy took Raleigh around to our little street, since she really enjoyed the whole experience!

Halloween Party "Slaughter's Circus"

This is our third (or fourth, I can't even remember) annual Halloween Party. This year's theme was "Slaughter's Circus" and it was a haunted carnival type theme. We make all the decorations and props ourselves starting at the end of August and working right up until the party. Darrell and Sandy usually come down and help us out, which is SO nice!

This year Chris and I were "McSame and Failin" - (no offense to any one who loved the real dynamic duo). I won an award for my excellent impersonation "Dontcha Know!" amd I am pretty sure I still have a lot of people I was supposed to "get back to" with answers on political questions. I wouldn't count on a response at this point.