Happy Halloween 2011

Let's see if I still remember how to do this...

Truman - Spy vs. Spy, Ryan - Nerd, Nick - 13 and not sure what he wanted to be, Emily - Disco/70's Girl

This year we went trick or treating with Ryan's best friend Truman. They moved into a new house this past summer that is in a pretty big subdivision. This is a change from our normal tradition which has included in the past going to some houses in the country, some in town and maybe a small subdivision. Traditions have been hard since my mom passed away because she was such a huge part of every tradition we have. The kids have pointed out numerous times that we were very lucky to have had such great times with her and that we need to look back on that and be grateful (amazing how much wisdom they have). Anyway, the big subdivision thing paid off. The boys weighed their bags when we got home and they each have a little over 10lbs. of candy! I'm a little mortified but they are loving it.

This dress was actually my grandma's. I found it in a pile of clothes that she had brought to our garage sale to sell a few years ago. I thought it was cool so I set it aside. Emily saw it in a box awhile back and decided she wanted to wear it. We planned on surprising my grandma but sadly she passed away a few weeks ago. I was able to tell her about it and she got a good laugh out of it. I'm going to try and find a picture of her in it and will post it if I do. I did have to shorten it quite a bit :)