fright night . . .

. . . a halloween pictorial . . .

. . . out of hundreds of

trick~or~treaters tonight . . .

. . . these three were

{in my own humble, yet correct, opinion}

the cutest . . .

. . . as soon as annie
got to grammy's house,
she was on the job
handing out candy
to any & all who came by . . .
{some moronic teenage boy [who was, by the way,
far too old to be trick~or~treating]
said, "thanks, napolean" when she gave him some candy.
idiot!}

. . . you know annie ~
she's such a helper
& always eager to please . . .

. . . she played the role perfectly
with her angelic little grin . . .

. . . though angelic is hardly
the word i'd use to
describe her counterpart . . .
. . . the devilish miss hannigan,
who also played her part to a *T* . . .
{she enjoyed calling to our attention the fact that
"miss hannigan is not modest"}

. . . she managed to locate
& step in every puddle . . .
{thanks to all the winter lawns}

. . . she looks a little tipsy here . . .
{you may remember that miss hannigan
had a thing for hitting the bottle}

. . . but i'm pretty sure this miss hannigan's
addiction is sugar . . .
{in the form of orange cupcakes}

{blue cotton candy}

{& lime green bubble gum}

. . . daddy warbucks
had a hard time "leaving it at the office" . . .
. . . apparently, he had an
important call to make. . .

. . . it must have been a very big deal . . .

. . . which took quite a while to seal . . .

. . . in fact, he could only
tear himself away
knowing that candy
was in his future . . .
{"I'm getting WHAT?"}

. . . then off he went . . .

. . . of all the other trick~or~treaters,
ghostrider took top honors . . .
{she's been working on this costume for four months
& did all the work on it herself - she's about thirteen}
. . . it was awesome . . .

. . . a cute GI joe . . .

. . . darling sisters . . .
{i like cute little trick~or~treaters the most}

. . . a glamorous butterfly . . .

. . . batman with beautiful eyes . . .

. . . did you know that
dora & diego
are cousins? . . .

. . . the entire cast of the flintstones . . .
{oh ~ except not dino} {quick correction - dino had removed her headware

and was thus not recognizable - she's the tiny one in the pinkish/purple}

. . . glitter dorothy . . .

. . . was apparently a big seller this year . . .

. . . have you ever seen a pumpkin fairy? . . .
{removing the wrapper before eating m&ms is highly over rated}

. . . a cowardly lion . . .
{you'd be afraid, too, if you'd seen his dad tonight}

. . . just plain groovy, man. . .

. . . eek! what a beak . . .

. . . pretty clever . . .
{although he said it just came from party city}

. . . WILD things. . .

. . . a teeny, tiny cinderella . . .
{who only weighed 2 1/2 pounds when she was born,
but is up to a whopping 9 1/2 pounds now at four months old}

. . . a blue-eyed ASU cheerleader . . .

. . . a black-eyed million dollar baby . . .

. . . one big happy family . . .

. . . can you tell they're sisters? . . .

. . . snow white & one of the
lesser known dwarves . . .

. . . wendy {in drag} . . .

. . . & one very wild zebra . . .

. . . we leave you with this thought . . .

{my children will be hearing me sing it

fake opera style in their heads!}

"tomorrow, tomorrow . . .

. . . it's November tomorrow"
{& he'll probably still be on the phone}

preview of coming attractions . . .

. . . presenting annie . . . . . . miss hannigan . . .
. . . and daddy warbucks . . .
. . . happy halloween . . .

happy birthday manders

meet

amanda joan

{that's jo-ann, not jone -

after her gramma romney}

. . . she's 24 today . . .

. . . she's our number two daughter . . .

. . . she's always been a peacemaker . . .

. . . i love the way she's

constantly concerned

about everyone's welfare/happiness . . .

. . . it's pretty wonderful . . .

. . . here she is pictured in her

brown days when

she spent seven blissful weeks

going to school . . .

{whatever}

. . . in hawaii

. . . & as you can read

from her message in the sand,

she was really just killing time . . .

. . . she knew early on

who she wanted

for her husband,

even though it was

a long two years

waiting for it to happen . . . . . . she was not tempted

even a little bit

by this hairy man

who pretty much spoiled

that day at the beach.

{weak stomachs -

please don't click to enlarge}

. . . here's amanda

professing her ♥love♥

for all things thai,

especially a

certain elder there . . .

. . . she even resorted

to skydiving

as a diversion tactic . . .

{older type people will

have to click to enlarge}

. . . she's that tiny speck

floating back to earth -

well, it's her

& the instructor . . .

. . . recognize any of

these cuties?

{she's the one in pink - always}

. . . it must have been

a rough semester . . .

. . . i think her schedule

included two classes -

new testament & hula . . .

. . . finally . . . it happened . . .

engaged at last

. . . only a couple of months

after brent came home . . .

{he's giving her

the ring in this photo}

. . . the whole fam-damily

at their big day . . .

. . . several months later,

she went on

the honeymoon

of her dreams

& saw wicked in nyc . . .

. . . this post is definitely

limited by

the collection of photos

i have on this computer . . .

. . . if i could, i'd show you

pictures of amanda

. . . dancing beautifully . . .

. . . cheering enthusiastically . . .

. . . communicating with

her older sister

in sign language

from the time

she was about three . . .

. . . laughing contagiously . . .

. . . loving to sleep in

& never getting to . . .

. . . we've been blessed to have

amanda&brent

living with us

for the past little while . . .

. . . they'll be getting

a place of their own

really soon

& i'll miss

having them here . . .

. . . but i wish them

all the best

as they continue to

accomplish the goals

they have set . . .

. . . i♥u manders . . .