. . . halloween {briefly} . . .

. . . it's a necessary evil . . .

. . . every year . . .

. . . hi ~ i'm stephanie . . .

. . . and i'm the halloween grinch . . .

{let's dress up like weirdos and beg for candy from strangers ~

wrong on so many levels!}

. . . these little cuties

make it worth it, though . . .

{l-r elliott/almost 3; halleigh/8; tagg/3; colby/2 months;

addison/9; tate/5; cameron/6-ish months}

. . . pretty addi with authentic firestar hair . . .

{minus the really big bangs.

she wore sponge curlers to school

and didn't get kicked out of class.

yes, dr. audrey guydon ~

i'm still bitter about amanda

being sent home in seventh grade!}

. . . beautiful halleigh

rocking the superstar unitard . . .

. . . they make 15-year-old

stars costumes look fabulous . . .

. . . tough guy tater tot

as a studly baseball player . . .

. . . he is dangerous with a bat . . .

. . . no ~ really ~ he is dangerous with a bat . . .

. . . stand clear! . . .

. . . tagg as a one-winged buzz lightyear . . .

. . . to infinity and beyond! . . .

. . . elliott loving life as woody . . .

. . . with candy! . . .

. . . together they're a hoot . . .

. . . cameron finally woke up . . .

. . . thrilled to be wearing his buzz onesie . . .

. . . and baby colby {aka toby/ferris}

was the most darling skeleton . . .

. . . but the BCOTN award . . .

{best costume of the night award}

. . . hands down . . .

. . . goes to our brand new

one-day-old bishop . . .

. . . uncle sam sherwood . . .

{we've heard rumors of a movement to celebrate halloween

always on the fourth saturday of october.

please vote for that if/when it comes up on a ballot.

wouldn't it be nice to not have it on a school night? thanks!}