Halloween 2011

 Halloween arrived with beautiful weather for candy gathering.  Madeline was a gangster surrounded by Maddie who was a fairy and Alyssa who was Audrey Hepburn.

The girls with Augie (a hipster) and Bailey (a Power Ranger.)

Maddie's wings.

 Dylan, a Jedi Knight with Jason (an alien cyborg) and Arik (karate dude.)

 Jared goofing around with his version of a super hero in nothing but a cape and tiny white shorts.

 (All of the Chippendale poses will not be published.)

What Jared actually wore to go trick-or-treating with friends.  Some kind of unidentified super hero.

 Don't even ask....

Bella opted not to go out with friends but to instead stay home and bark at trick-or-treaters.  Overall, it was a lovely Halloween.

Brotherly Love

 Jordan came down to visit this last weekend in his new truck.  We had a lot of fun hanging out together.  He brought his cat Cush, too.  Bella was fine with him but our cat, Lacey didn't seem to want to make friends and just hissed every time he came nearby.

The testosterone in the family.

A Little Salty Taste

Here are a few photos (just a taste) of our trip earlier this month to Southern California.  These were taken at Newport Beach.

Jared and Dylan taking a break in the middle of a game of frisbee.  (Yes, the sun was quite bright.)

 Madeline playing in the surf.

Shawn, the Beach Boy.

The kids had fun boogie boarding.

I was on the phone with Jordan.

Another glorious day!