Halloween hijinks

Maleficent and a skeleton servant. Who wouldn't want to give them a warm welcome at their front door?

There are houses that decorate, and there are houses that might actually be graveyards. Thankfully we all survived the trip to this one. 
 

Last meet of the year

It has been a long season, but a good one. I dropped my two-mile time by more than three minutes over the course of the season, and set a personal best in the last race of the season. 

And Jonathan got one too, posting his best time of the year in his last race with the team. Now where is the couch we can both relax on? 
 

Spooky setup

The fake graveyard is all ready, and I don't think it'll be too scary. 

But the dress and bones hanging from the porch ceiling? That might be overdoing it, Dad. 
 

Phillies fever

The problem with these playoff games is they're too stressful to watch but too important not to watch. 
 

Hawaiian dreams

I'm just saying if we did decide to go on a spurt-of-the-moment island vacation, I'm ready. 
 

Camping cookout

Forget the rain -- we've got to get all these burgers and dogs cooked before the other patrol tried to eat us. 

 

Party spread

When you're celebrating multiple birthdays at once, youve got to have a ton of dessert options. Those are just the rules. 
 

New bedroom set

What's better than a purple bed? A purple bunk bed, that's what. 
 

Split personality

I can't decide if I'm the celebrity or the celebrity interviewer. Either way, this is the future of fashion. 
 

Dreams of space

We stopped by the NASA Goddard center recently to give Emma a little more taste of space exploration and see what new exhibits we've missed. I don't remember what this globe is supposed to be, but it is fascinating.

I got a chance to touch the sun. It was surprisingly not hot. 

We wanted to check and see if there was any stardust still on top of this old rocket, but apparently scaling the exhibits is frowned upon. 

I wonder if they'll have an exhibit dedicated to Emma after she discovers a new star?


 

Looking across the solar system

This view is pretty cool, but I'd still like to borrow a space ship for a closer look. 
 

Pickin pumpkins

I think they left out the part where we take the pumpkin home and use it to decorate our porch. 

This is the heaviest pumpkin in the patch. 

Finding the right pumpkins are like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Oooh, we should check over by the haystacks. 

Nevermind, these are the heaviest pumpkins in the patch. 

OK, this one looks big enough for our porch. 

Are any of these "gourd" enough for decorations? Ok, I think we're done here.