Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween weekend! Starting with a day off school on Friday, the kids went trick-or-treating at dad's office, then our church hosted a Reformation Faire with games and candy for the kids Saturday night (the picture below is Elizabeth helping Christopher fish for candy). Then, Sunday, one of our new neighbors hosted a lunch party and invited us as well a several neighbors and we really enjoyed getting to know a few of our neighbors! John took the kids out tonight for some trick-or-treating to top off the weekend and Elizabeth and Christopher rang the doorbell after being gone only about 15 or 20 min saying "we have enough candy - we're done". Well, probaby true, but not expected - especially from my candy-holic daughter! Everyone's going to bed tired, but happy tonight!

My indian girls and my firefighter!

Long time, no see?

What have we been up to the last 2 months? Well, we moved, had 3 birthdays, an anniversary, and, oh, did I say we moved? Well, here's some pictures of our activities as well as one of the new house, which, by the way, we LOVE!!!

We moved the last week of September (there are still some boxes around, but we are getting settled) and then dove into the craziness that usually defines our Octobers.

Elizabeth had her birthday party with the girls from the Kindergarten class (and a couple of siblings) at Bounce U and had a GREAT time!!!

She actually shared her party with a girl in her class who's birthday is just a couple of days before hers and is also named Elizabeth!

Then we celebrated with family mine, Johns, and Elizabeth's birthdays!

Fun at the local pumpkin patch...

it was a very bright, sunny day! and trick-or-treating at Grandpa Bauer's retirement home.

Carving pumpkins is HARD work!

the finished products!!