halloween 2009

we started out halloween with a trip to colorado springs to see the cousins. and aunt ann. and to celebrate uncle jim's birthday. daddy stayed home to work on his sermon. aunt ann had lots of costumes so ellory and marin used some of hers. in case you can't tell, ellory is a dog and marin is a cow. towney stayed in his bear costume. also worn last year. :) james was a giraffe and julia was a pumpkin. it was the usual free for all. mostly playing nicely with a few arguments here and there. i continue to be so thankful that the rolf's live so close.
rrrowl!!!! how do you spell the sound that growling makes???
back at home ellory put on her tiger costume.
marin was a ladybug.

we went around the block. mostly to people we knew. but also to new houses in order to meet some of our "unmet" neighbors. that was fun. by the time we got home it was time for bed. we put the candy away and by the next morning the kids had forgotten all about their goodies. but daddy and mommy hadn't! we started right in on the chocolate. :)