Rakin' Leaves and Halloween

Fall is here and while Old Man Winter is already knocking on the door, or maybe it's more like knocking the door down, we've managed to take advantage of the few nice weeks of fall. Typical Minnesota though; 70 degress last weekend and a high of 30 today. Brrr!

With a bigger yard at the new house, we managed to rake up some pretty impressive leaf piles. The kids loved it and even had fun raking.

Halloween was a blast as well. Cailin was a cowgirl and Evan a tiger. I don't know what the trick or treaters are like for everyone else, but being in a dense area of Saint Paul lends itself to a constant stream of kids. I think we hit a new high this year in handing out 300 pieces of candy, and that was with 1 piece per kid for the most part! As you'll see the in picture, the kids benefited in the reverse by collecting over 200 pieces...yes, Cailin had to count and organize.

Our friends Steve and Huira came and visited this weekend, which was great, and we're looking forward to thawing out in San Diego over Thanksgiving. Check out the pictures, and as always, click through to see bigger pictures or for downloads.