Trunk or Treat

Halloween was the highlight of the weekend.  We went to church to Trunk or Treat.  They really did a great job on the decorations.

The kids all designed their own costumes.  Josh won the scariest costume.

They did a great job decorating our trunk.

Yager Visit

My Mom and Dad came to visit for the week.  Of course, the first thing we had to do on the way home was stop by White Castle.  It took forever for their luggage to get off the plane.  It seemed even longer than the 45 minutes it was because they were ready those yummy, greasy, burgers.

On Friday we went to ASL.  I also took them on a tour of Naperville.  We ate at Egg Harbour Cafe.  It is still all of our visitors favorite place.  That night Nichelle and Mike came. 

On Saturday we went to the Shedd.  It was a lot of fun.  Even though I totally wore everyone out.  We also took a driving tour of Downtown Chicago.

Here we are waiting for the dolphin show. 

It was fun to see Tennyson talk to the fish.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

We took some pictures of the wonderful view.

Halloween Cupcakes and Pumpkins

Nichelle and Mike made these cute little Halloween cupcakes for the family. 

Each cupcake contained a treat (plain, Peanut butter or marshmallow) or a trick (a mini jelly bean) or a prank..toothpaste. 

Everyone carefully selected their cupcakes.

Then carefully took a bite.  Mike and Ashley got the toothpaste prank.  At least it was mint.

Then it was pumpkin time. I have the most wonderful son-in-law in the world.  We came home from an outing and he had all 7 pumpkins gutted.  We were then introduced to the new fangled pumpkin carvers.  They look like little saws and work much better than a knife.  These are the cool designs they came up with.