Friday, November 11, 2022

Halloween 2022

Post pandemic (since we're now in the endemic stage) we decided we wanted to go all out with decorations for Halloween and Christmas. So here they are! We have a few little kids in the neighborhood that like to come by and see them every day, which is exactly why we did it!
The kids had a costume test-run at their pre-Halloween Scouts meeting. Good times!
And even though the kids went trick or treating without us, we still wanted to dress up. Nathan wanted a costume where he could incorporate shaving his beard into a mustache. Goose from Top Gun!
He told me I should be Maverick, but that's not funny. I wanted to be goose too. 

So we were geese!

We had a fun night out and got lots of laughs and complements on our costumes.
And that hat was unbelievable ridiculous. 
Great balls of fire!
Halloween group shot! Gizmo didn't dress up, but decided to go as a German shorthair pointer with his new super-short haircut. 
Action shot!
Tommy did some chillin' on the couch before meeting Bradley and Cole to go trick-or-treating. 
He's a California gorilla wearing those checkered Vans!
Gizmo was very unsure of him in the suit...
But he enjoyed a fair share of monkeying around (sorry). 
Kat was Zero, the little ghost dog from "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
She even painted on her own Jack-o-Lantern nose!
She and her friends were all characters from the movie: Oogie Boogie, Sally, Jack, and Zero. So cute!

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkins

Our pumpkins are ready for Halloween!
The kids were carving masters this year!
Mom's was pretty basic and scary...
Kat's was King from the show "Owl House".
Pretty good carving of his head, right? 

Dad's was pretty silly...
And Tommy's was "Hollow Knight" from one of his favorite video games. 
Very cool!
Happy Halloween!

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Color Guard - Fall 2022

Kat is really enjoying color guard! They even got to wear their fancy performance costumes for their halftime performance at the last home football game of the season. 


She looks so pretty!
She also marched with color guard and the band  in the International Surf Competition parade earlier in the month. 
 She was showing us some of her tricks with the flags, rifle, and saber in our backyard. Big, dramatic finish!
Tommy liked the whooshing sound the flags made when you spun them fast.
Kat tried to teach him a few things...
Here are Kat and her good friend Sydnie at the last competition looking fancy!
Here's a group shot, where Kat is successfully giving Sydnie bunny ears. Stinker!
Here she is practicing in the back yard...
And here is their competition show. She's easier to find if you look for the blond streak in her hair. She starts off on the left side in the front one the group breaks apart. 

Portraits

Mom had to take a picture for her work's holiday card. She didn't like any of those picture, but liked this one of her and Gizmo. Everyone says Gizmo looks sad without his fuzz though. 
Mom liked this picture of Kat and copied it from her Instagram feed. :)

 

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Homecoming 2022

Kat went to her first high school homecoming dance!
She looked so pretty, and Mom would NOT stop taking pictures of her. 
See? But so cute!
She went with her friends Kelly, Nadia, Kenzie, Phoebe, and Emily. 


Their friend Katelyn from another school came to take pictures (she's a great photographer)...
And then they decided to sneak her into the dance. Let the shenanigans begin!
They had a lot of fun...
Posted a lot of pics...
And looked so great!