Halloween was a huge success again this year. We hosted "Orange Dinner" at our house on Friday afternoon. Over 40 friends and family came to have an all orange halloween dinner. You may wonder what is eaten at an orange dinner? Well, the answer is a little of everything. There was a nacho bar, taco dip, orange veggies (carrots and peppers), oranges, orange jello with oranges in it, cheeze-its, goldfish, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pudding, pumpkin fruit dip, baked sweet potatos, mashed sweet potatos, cheese and crackers and plenty of orange frosted desserts.

Ten years ago the tradition started with Darrin at two weeks old, propped up between two friends, then both nine months old. That was 1998...in 2008 we had about 20 (it's hard to count halloween) kids on the porch for our annual picture. The adults stood around eating while the boys played football in the front yard and the girls ran up and down the stairs giggling at the boys...we're in trouble!

After trick or treating at friends Dan and Lisa attended their first ever costume party. Dan was a cop, with a real Mt. P uniform, and Lisa was a robber, all in black. The party was first class and everyone had a blast! It was so funny to watch people try to figure out if Dan was a real police officer...the plastic, green gun should have been a clue.