HALLOWEEN & MORE!

It's been quite busy lately, with Halloween and so much more. So after a quick peek at these pumpkins, let's go back and look at the past few days.

Thursday, October 29, was Erik's cross country meet in Gloucester, MA. The course is lovely, set in a park overlooking the ocean. Here's Erik and his team getting ready to start the race. They were looking into a tough sun at the time.

This gives you a sense of just how many people were running in this race.

Here's Erik running along the water, early in the race.

Here's Erik later in the race, nearing the final turn and then finish. Erik slipped a bit from last year's time, which gives him something to work on in the future, but he tried hard.

Then, on Friday, October 30, Rebecca and her friend Haley were prepared for the school's Homecoming dance. Homecoming here is a rather casual thing and Rebecca went to the dance along with a bunch of her friends. Rebecca was nominated for "Homecoming Queen", but didn't end up getting the crown. We were proud of the fact that she was nominated!

Then on Halloween morning, we all got up and worked on carving our pumpkins. Everyone came up with their own designs and then the carving took place.

Here are the end results!

Later on in the day, Rebecca and Erik dressed themselves up for their evenings. Erik went out and did his "Trick or Treat" bit with a bunch of friends, while Rebecca just went to a party to hang out with friends. Rebecca called herself "Miss Miscellaneous", which I think was code for just putting on a bunch of ridiculous things at the same time. Erik went with the classic ghost look, which involved the savage destruction of sheets that Anne bought for herself many years ago.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!