10th Annual Spooktacular!

 Saturday October 27th was our 10th Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!  We decided to make it family friendly this year and started it a bit earlier.  The kids had a blast on the skeleton scavenger hunt, witches broom race and decorating pumpkins.  We still went all out decorating the house (inside & out) and putting up cobwebs, leaving only a few of the really scary props up in the attic for the sake of the kids.  :)  The 3 of us went as characters from the Thundercats (circa 1980's) - Malek was Lion-O, I was Cheetara and Ry was our baby Tygra.  :)  Emma made an appearance as a scary hobo clown, Jenn was a stunning Geisha, The Mills clan were all Supers, Jennifer brought the Hunger Games as Rue and even family members partook in the ghoulish good time.

Ry 10/26/2012

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Lion-O and Cheetara 10/27/2012

father and daughter

Vampire Grandparents!

Thundercats - Ho! 10/27/2012

My Aunt Karola with her Wizard

Ry and cousin Scarlett

Cousin Blake - the Olympian

Supers unite!

skeleton scavenger hunt

witches broom race

decorating pumpkins

Our neighbor Shannon - woof!

Gary and his German hat

sparkly vampire and scary skull guy

Elgin Christmas Tree Farm/Pumpkin Patch

A couple weeks ago we took Ryland to the Elgin pumpkin patch.  This was Ry's first time to enjoy some fall festivities!  We took a ride on a train pulled by a tractor, then jumped on a hayride that took us around the farm and through a haunted forest and finally picked out a pumpkin.  I think Ry was a little off that day and crashed hard after an hour.  He must have been hungry because on the ride home he ate Ju-Ju's Sonic burger while I fed him fries and ketchup.  Then he promptly fell asleep.

Petting animals is fun! 10/20/2012

I don't think so!

da train! 10/20/2012

I'll take this pumpkin 10/20/2012

I love to push wagons

hayride!

measures 2 ft tall...

 

The party's over!

Peggy's 60th Boozy Cruise

My friend Jennifer and her mom were nice enough to invite my mom and me on Peggy's 60th booze cruise at the end of September.  The nice thing about this fun trip was that my moms birthday was the day before, so it was almost like a double celebration!  We hit up 3 different wineries, tasted plenty of fabulous wines, bought some cases and then returned to a BBQ at Peggy's house.  Good times!  The only winery name I can remember is the Dutchman (formerly Mandola).

Peggy's 60th boozy cruise 9/29/2012

Dutchman Winery 9/29/2012

Tailgating Returns!

The weather is starting to cool off (just a tad), the mornings are darker and football is back!  Which means....tailgating!!!  There were 2 tailgates this Sept, the first one was crazy HOT, then the following week a nice cold front came through and IT. WAS. AWESOME!  My friend Jennifer joined us at the first tailgate, then Moni and Kyle came out the following weekend.  I only managed to take pics from the first tailgate, oops.

Tailgating 9/1/2012

Jenn & Tina

Opa & Juju