December 2nd 2009

Fall appeared out of nowhere, it seemed. We returned from our Maui trip to a wall of Pacific Northwest rain.

But then we remembered all the cool stuff about fall and winter. Halloween was fast approaching, and we raced to put together costumes.

This year, we decided to try taking Elliot and Lia to a real grown-up Halloween party. One of my friends was hosting one at his house in Seattle. So, after a really nice afternoon at Brian and Jen's we crossed the bridge to the west side.

There were some pretty scary costumes, including several convincing "Fast-Food Zombies". Elliot really liked the whole thing and didn't seem freaked out by so many (freaky) people.

Elliot got to stay up until 1 am, breaking all previous records by a couple of hours. Needless to say he was pretty happy with himself.

For the Thanksgiving break, we headed back up to BC, for some fun times with the grandparents. I helped Ross install his 7.1 speaker system and run wiring through the walls.

Nicole made an awesome pecan pie, and we got to spend a lot of time with the kids, just hanging out.

-Rob and Nicole

Elliot pops out of a tree stump along our neighborhood trail.

Posing with his new leather jacket, a gift from Gandma and Grandpa Carey.

"Dad, you can't hide from me when your leg is sticking out where I can see it!"

Mom and Lia in the sunset glow on Halloween night.

Lilly and Lia try not to look overly-cute.

Jason and Melissa take a break from patio-piracy to pose.

Elliot perfects his "can I please" face. And yes, he always can when he makes that face.

On the trail at Grandma and Grandpa Carey's house in BC.

We took some shots of Lia in the morning up and Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Walking the trail with Mom and Lia

"This is my towel and I'm not giving it to you!"

Brian and Jen sit with their daughter, Lilly, and their freshly-carved pumpkins.

Living up to my nickname-sake (from work)...

Mike and Keryn Means pose with their son, Decklen at Mike Buelterman's awesome Halloween party.

A couple of fast-food zombies... Pat Jandro is the Hamburglar, and Chad Foxglove is the Colonel.

"Look, my hands are even dirtier than this rock!"

Elliot drives his cop car down the slide.

"Ok dad, it's not funny any more. Can you please un-stick me from this thing?"

Our adorable Lia.