Visit to the Aquarium

You just can't go to an aquarium and not be mesmerized by the jellyfish.


The creatures gross me out and delight me at the same time.


C and A's sentiment about the visit: "Who cares about the imported sea life from South America when there is a GIFT SHOP?!"

Witches' Night Out

The women of my side of the family ventured out to Witches' Night Out at Gardner Village last night!
















The place was packed! I had to wonder how many of the women there were descendents of Archibald Gardner! Shouldn't I get some sort of royalty from this?


Mary Ann, misbehaving as usual. :)



Some highlights of the night were:
*Kandis putting spells on people that stared at us when we went out to dinner beforehand

*"Now that I've seen Disneyworld, I'm good to go. It was only for 20 minutes, but it was a good 20 minutes"

*Donuts and hot chocolate afterward - who can argue with that?

I want to mentally bookmark today as one of the prettiest days I've seen. The weather was in the low seventies, not a cloud in the sky, and just about all the leaves have turned.
















Can't figure out what's up with this picture? It's a puddle reflecting the trees!

We had our family Halloween party tonight to accomodate six families' different schedules.

We were the Flintstones plus our adopted Bam Bam.






Anthony still won't concede to the fact that she's got him wrapped around her little finger, but I think that this expression proves otherwise.


Ten grandchildren (seven of which are four and under)=chaos. Fun and good chaos, but still chaos.


Who needs a leopard costume when you come equipped with this face?

She's got some sweet hair when she wakes up from naps.

We're definitely in fall mode over here. The weather has been crisp and borderline cold, we're gearing up for Halloween, and we're in the process of getting ready for winter.


Alaina's hair is long enough for pigtails now and they're just so cute that she'll be wearing them every day until she's 8.


Last Friday we were all outside picking the last of the produce and pulling up the plants. Connor was picking...cats? In the ten months that we've lived here, I have not seen a cat anywhere near our house. Then bam! My son's holding one upside down!




Grandma brought out all of the Halloween decorations and Connor and cousin Tori were our models.


Baby Maesa helped, too.


So *this* is why you have to brush teeth?

Alaina's dirty looks are pretty famous around here lately. I caught a rare moment of peace between these two and thought I'd document the event.


Apparently, Little Miss did not appreciate my sneaky photo-taking ways.


I busted up laughing, because c'mon! Look at that scowl! She's a ham, so when I laughed, she had to smile. Note Connor's sophistication with his pinky up while drinking out of his sippy.