october

what a unbelievably beautiful fall.  the weather held out and we had relatively warm sunny weather thru october. the switch finally flipped the last week of october (but thankfully dry for halloween). so here is october in a nutshell.


wonderful fall hikes enjoying the amazing colors....

last minute basil harvest due to a frost forecast (and there was a mild frost so thankfully we were on it!) which we then turned into vats of pesto......

having some friends over for dinner .....

outdoor fall soccer.  riley loved it and it was really really fun to watch. i gotta say i'm embracing this soccer mom thing..... 

visit from grandma judy....

pumpkin patch with friends.....

...... and then of course halloween.  riley was a native american. he actually made his 'war bonnet' himself (collected feathers for months) and his dad and grandma judy (thanks grandma!) helped him make the rest of his outfit.  he was pretty proud of how it turned out.
lucy was a black cat...so simple, my favorite kind of costume.
todd went for the hunchback of notre dame...mostly i think he just wanted to wear those gross teeth.

we went downtown to have our traditional halloween ice cream cone at Mike's. then went trick-or-treating with riley's best friend jack who went as a pretty cute washing machine (which he made himself as well).

happy october!!!!