Thanksgiving 2016

We had a fun and laid-back Thanksgiving this year. My parents came up to visit for the weekend and Aunt Angie and Brooke came over for dinner.

Here's Alice looking super cute and fancy.

Louis and Grandpa Brian played some surprisingly competitive chess.  Louis gave him a run for his money, but Grandpa came out on top.

Alice and her cousin.

Alice and her aunt.

Hector and his niece.

Me and my turkey.

The kids were so excited to eat, they couldn't even wait for the rest of us.

Halloween 2016

We had a fun Halloween this year.  We started off Halloween weekend with some pumpkin carving.

I made the kids do the scooping out this year.

The finished products.  Here's my Hillary pumpkin, and Alice's scary face.

Here's Louis #12 Seahawk pumpkin, and Hector's goofy jack-o-lantern.

This year the kids took over and put together their own costumes.  Louis was a vampire, and Alice was a "peacock fairy".  They made themselves some pretty spiffy costumes.

Even though we got over 8.5 inches of rain in October, we lucked out and had a few dry hours for trick-or-treating.