More fall & Halloween!

Yay!! I have finally been able to upload some new pictures. Fall is my absolute favorite season. Evan and I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the Dallas Arboretum with some friends. The mother and child portions of the Amey and Green families were with us as we enjoyed a beautiful, yet crowded morning with the Autumn colors of the park.

Evan really enjoyed running around and playing around the pumpkins.

Here is a shot of him looking out of one of the Storybook houses that are set up around the garden.
We had a great day. Here is my favorite mother-son shot.
On Halloween, Page and I decided that trick-or-treating may be a little much for Evan. We figure we don't need any extra candy & we could hold off one more year before we will have to go. :) But, we wanted some pictures of him dressed up as a lion, so we went to a little spot in Allen that we set up for just that.

Here is a family shot. Evan is one cute little lion. :)

Evan really loved climbing around and on the pumpkins.

Such a cute shot with Daddy.

Me and my little guy.

This one actually shows him smiling!!

Before Halloween, we went to a costume party for our small group at church. It was so fun, and everyone was very creative with their costumes. I was a little distracted by getting Evan to stay happy in his costume, and did not get any pictures. But, when I get them I will add them to this post. Our family was a set of Starbucks drinks... Evan was a tall kids hot chocolate, I was a grande soy pumpkin spice latte & Page was a venti breve extra shot white chocolate mocha. We had a lot of fun.

Here are pics from the evening!! :) There were some pretty good costumes.

We had a little bit of a hard time getting Evan to wear his costume. With the help of Jes & some chocolate covered raisins, we finally got him to tolerate being uncomfortable.

Here is our little Starbucks family. Complete with caramel, chocolate & cinnamon toppings. :)

Chris & Annamarie are the newcomers to our small group. They are also new to the idea of homecoming mums, which they found hilarious! They did a great job on their version & were not too far off on sizing. :)

Matthew & Jes were animal control personnel & they were on the hunt for little Claire, the puppy.

The Amey family came as food mascots. Ben & Wyatt were the Jolly Green Giant & Sprout, Lila was the mermaid from Chicken of the Sea & Colette did a great impression of the Sun-maid raisin lady. Note- all hand-made costumes!!

Here is a close-up of the green guys. Their costumes were great & the detail was crazy!

Paul & Jill have been on the hunt for a new house, so it was great when they showed up as real estate signage. Some pretty nice places they were advertising!
The cutest cowpokes in McKinney! Matt & Denise

The kids had a great time playing and running around in their costumes (or lack thereof).