Happy Halloween!

This year we've spent pretty much all of our October weekends at my parents' place in Salem.  It's always a lot of fun because the town gets really into it and Halloween ends up being a month long celebration.  There's always something fun to do!

Annie Annie and Amber came to visit the weekend before Halloween and we had so much fun with them!  Gwen was especially excited to see them and I'm so glad that she gets to see her Vegas Aunt as often as she does.

Gwen has had a pretty long-lasting obsession with the movie Monsters, Inc.  So we decided that she and Nathan would dress as Sulley and Mike from the movie.  I was half expecting her to lose interest in the movie by this point and no longer be into wearing the costume, but any time anyone asked her who she was going to be for Halloween, she was excited to tell them and she ended up wearing the costume VERY proudly!  She got to wear her Sulley costume on 2 different days, and each time she stepped into it she shrieked with excitement!  I'm pretty sure if I don't hide it on her, she'll ask to wear it out on any given day.

Halloween fell on a Thursday and it was a little rainy this year, but that didn't dampen the party!  Both sets of Grandparents and Justin's brother's family were all with us.  We walked around town for a bit in the rain and by the time trick-or-treating started, it had cleared up.  We all had a blast, and Gwen and Nathan's costumes were a total hit!

 

Long Island Visit

Annie Annie came went home to LI for a wedding, so Gwen and I drove down for a long weekend visit.  We had such a great time with friends and family.


Our friend, Laura came over to visit with her 2 year old, Andrew.  Gwen was pretty excited about it, as you can see!

I decided to crash the wedding ceremony so I could go wine tasting out on the North Fork with Anne and Megan before the reception!

Someone was obsessed with riding the chick this weekend...

we love our Annie Annie

We also saw visited with Jess and Andrea over the weekend, but I'm bummed I didn't take any pics of the lovely dinner Jess made for us, or of Andrea's adorable little baby bump!!  It was so much fun catching up :)

that's all for now!

First Halloween

It was a Halloween of many firsts!

• The most obvious was that Gwen was here to share it with us, and she just makes everything more fun.
• It was the much anticipated first Halloween at mom and dad's condo in Salem, MA.  Anyone who knows that town, knows that it is the number one place to be on Halloween.
• It was the first Halloween weekend that the K family was all together in who knows how many years! maybe 13?
• There was uhhhhh SNOW(!).  But thankfully, we didn't lose power like many homes in the area did.
• Gwen finally cut her first tooth - it's her bottom middle.  I haven't even tried to get a pic because it's hard enough to see in person.  

baby got quack 

and on this farm we had a duck.  EIEIO

of course we needed more than one costume!

with Annie Annie

group shot! Thanks Amber for taking the pictures!

...and the first trick or treat!

Long Island Summer

On Wednesday, Anne, Gwen, Jackson, and I drove down to Long Island for a nice, extended visit.  I've been looking forward to spending more than just a few days there, and we had some really nice weather.  It was the longest time that Gwen has been away from Justin, so we missed him and he missed us, but we got in some regular FaceTime sessions.  The week was full of visits with friends, afternoons at the pool and beach.  Anne, Andrea, Jess and I even took little G on her first wine tasting!

FaceTime with daddy

napping with Grammy on the deck

With Andrea and Jess before we took Gwen on her first wine tasting!

at Paumanok Vineyards

Anne with her friends from CMHS class of '98

We can't wait for the next trip - this time with daddy :)