Halloween in the new 'hood

We moved to beautiful Saratoga Springs the end of October. My dad picked us up from the airport and was a sight for sore eyes. It's so good to be back! I love Julia's face in this one. This is her camera face, serious and staring off somewhere else. I have so many pics like this.
Speaking of Julia, she must have been too young to remember much from a year earlier because within a few days of being around my family she was referring to them as "the new grandparents" and "the new cousins". PS, I am loving living by Jon and Sherri finally! So glad you moved here.


We moved into our house 2 days before Halloween. And since that day we've been getting well-acquainted with the once coveted title of "homeowner". Which is precisely why I'm 5 months late writing about Halloween. (You think that's bad, well I've still got Allison's sticky witch dress sitting in a bucket on the washing machine). And bytheway, we love owning a house.


These adorable aprons were sent to us in Kansas City by Graham (Grandma Hamblin). And if I didn't box them up in January then they'd still be wearing them to this day, guaranteed. Thanks, they loved them!

Here's the big night! Without intending it, we sort of had a Wizard of Oz/Lion, Witch, Wardrobe theme, choose your pick. There are a ton of kids here so the streets were full and our girls had fun.

From the back Julia reminded me of David Bowie in Labyrinth. Um, yikes.