Cute-Lil'-Furry Monster Mash!

We had a visitor today... my "nephew," Mr. Ebby Calvin Laloosh (big name, little puppy...sort of!) He and Tula and Duchy had a blast playing and taking things away from each other and napping... it was a dog's life here.

When Kelly dropped Ebby off last night he was dressed in his Halloween costume, so of course I had to work in the first photo shoot of the Halloween season. I was going to post just a couple of pics of Ebby dressed as the devil and Duchy in her ballerina tutu (okay, and Ebby in the tutu too!), but as I downloaded the photos, I realized they best captured the essence of these three when viewed all together...

For Ayla, Braden & Bryan, With (Lots of) Love!

Ayla, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED talking to you on the phone tonight. You're a beautiful, hilarious & sweet girl, and most definitely my favorite niece :)

Here are some pics I took after we talked. I wanted you to be able to see the snow, and the Halloween decorations Grandpa put up - and of course Tula and Duchy, who miss you bunches!

The very chilly scarecrow - thank goodness he's wearing a hat... too bad he doesn't have on longer pants (or both legs)!

The cornstalks & pumpkins are from Grandpa Ron's garden!

Snow on the deck railing...

...& on the ground (and grill!)

Duchy & Tula saying "Hello - we love you Ayla, Braden & Bryan!"

I love you all and miss you tons - it was great to chat & to (vicariously) enjoy the yummy cream puffs!!!

Can't wait to see your Halloween costumes - send me pics & I'll put them on the blog :)

XOXOXO,

Auntie Emmy :)

Colorado: Take One!

So it's only been 3 months since my vacation in Colorado, and I finally sent Kyla all of the pics from my camera today, and then decided to make a slideshow as well!

Thanks Kyla, Luke, Shay & Brooke for being such wonderful hosts - you have a beautiful house, and a luxurious guest suite :) I know I'll be back!

Here are some pics from our day trip to Estes Park on my first full day in CO, and a couple of pics from the Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour as well... there's still much more to come :)

Colorado is a must-see state for sure!!!

Beautiful Baby Graham!

So it's a bit out of order... first a pic of the baby, now pics of the baby shower :) But what a fun walk down memory lane!