Happy Halloween!!

This year Halloween dawned rainy, and the rain didn't completely stop until about 5PM.  But the ghouls smiled and the rain quit, and we Lowes got down to some real Halloween fun.  I picked Alli up and we set up our pumpkins by our front door.

Did you guess what our green pumpkins became?  If not, you haven't been paying attention!  Our sweet Aunt Titi came over to go with us, and we were able to get shots of the whole family.

We went over to our neighbors' house to have some chili and wait on it to get dark.  Fortunately, Brady is a boy after our own heart, and I had a little competition in the Raphael department.  And sweet little Victoria as Snow White - stop it.

This was our first year to trick or treat in the new 'hood (we went back to our old one last year because there weren't hardly any houses) and it was so much fun.  Most of the houses were lit up, and we got to stop and visit and meet new people along the way.  Ryan even commented that it was like the movie E.T. - kids running around everywhere.  One of our neighbors set the bar high for decorating.  Alli had been talking about going to this house all week, and it sure lived up to the hype.

Alli, Brady, and Victoria had an awesome time, and Riley was a great sport.  It was a little cold outside, so she spent most of the night bundled up in her stroller.  She even took a (black) cat nap.  See what I did there?

We hit every house in the neighborhood by around 8:30, and then came in to do inventory.  That's right, you're talking about a lineage of engineers here.  We organize.  Or as my dad said - catalogue, inventory, and distribute!  But stingy Alli wasn't doing much distributing.  It's a good thing she's asleep now, because these Reese's pumpkins are amazing.  Alli let me know that this was most definitely the best Halloween ever, and Riley agreed.  Hope you and yours had an amazing holiday.  Happy Halloween!!