Halloween

 We carved pumpkins the day before Halloween....better late than never.

 I was so excited that I was able to roast three pans of seeds without setting the fire alarm off. It was a good year!

 Dinner in a pumpkin...

 Barfing pumpkin dip...

 Deviled spider eggs....

 We spent the entire day in costumes visiting people. It was such a fun way to spend Halloween. I'm so glad Halloween was on Saturday so we could do this....

 It was a very rainy Halloween...

 The candy sort and candy trade....

 I planted pansies in honor of Mom in a few pumpkins. I sure miss her.

Rachel's Early Birthday

Rachel has wanted to either go on a hot air balloon or go parasailing for her birthday for a long time. It is hard to do either activity in December so this year she got an early birthday present in September and went parasailing with Erin Joy. They both had a lot of fun and want to go again. I was happy to take pictures safely from the ground.

Of course, she had to have a large bowl of hot and sour soup to complete her birthday fun.

Erin's Birthday/Mid-Autumn Festival

 Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival happened to fall on the night of the really excited blood moon/eclipse.  I was super excited that the sky was clear. We watched from our church's property and it was beautiful.

This was about a month ago. I'm just now trying to blog...

 For her birthday, Erin Joy went with a couple of friends and Rachel to the Schack Art Center. They made glass blown pumpkins. It was super fun and their pumpkins turned out so beautiful. These pictures are really out of order, but I don't want to fix them.