The Ames Gang!

OK, I know we're not all Ames' anymore but it still fits. My older sister, Bri, came into town with all her boys. We had a great time all crammed under one roof...Mom was in heaven, until she caught a bad cold. We started it all with family picture in the park, somehow I still don't have those pictures. Anyway, we had a great time with everyone and we really miss our little Smith Family!

After the pictures the boys tried to create a little fun by dropping Mentos in Diet Coke.

It turned out to be pretty anti-climatic. We also had an early Thanksgiving dinner with the whole gang. Tyler, of course, found some whoopie cushions to entertain the kids with, those things never get old!

No matter if it's rain, snow or shine when the boys come, we'll be digging for worms!

Then we played a little rock band.

And we went bowling...

I hope the Spirit of Halloween found you!

It is the spookiest day of the year and your only chance to dress up as whatever you want and get away with it. For me this year I kept it simple with my trusty witch hat and sparkly purple cape. We usually throw a big Halloween Party but we decided to take a break this year. Perhaps if the stars align we will resurrect it for next year! Here are a few pictures of the house this year. We got a lot of comments on how great it looked and some people even took pictures! Of course we always have the fog machine going and spooky music play loud enough that you can hear it on the street. One of our neighbors really gets into it as well so we always have a lot of fun!