Halloween Videos



We got some family pictures taken of the Sharps for their mom's 50th birthday this month. We hauled everyone off to the park on a beautiful fall day.The pictures turned out great. Have a look! A big thanks to April Montague for taking these amazing pictures.
We took the kids to the Binder Park Zoo Boo last week before Halloween. It was such a cool thing! The zoo doesn't have a lot of animals out, but they decorate like crazy. There's a hayride and a trick-or-treat trail too.
By the way...Breslin is a FROG PRINCE, not a weird alien king or anything like that. I made his costume and I realize that it may not be obvious what it is just by looking at it. We went to the Zoo Boo with another couple with a little boy Breslin's age who was a cowboy. The people at the zoo kept saying, "(looking at Gavin) Awwww, look at the cute cowboy! ...(then looking at Breslin)Oh, he's cute too! (with a confused look on their faces)..."


Breslin didn't seem to mind at all that there weren't a lot of animals out at the zoo. He would have been okay with just the peacocks...but are the peacocks okay with him?

Comments

Anonymous said…
Great costumes and beautiful kids. I like the Sharp family pics, too. Thanks for posting this stuff. We miss you!
November 6, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Russ and Karen Gaston said…
I'm so proud of you for making those costumes! Super MOM! You go girl!. I miss you. Glad to see you and the kids had a great Halloween. Talk to you soon.
Love ya!
November 6, 2008 at 10:00 PM
MikeandJen said…
i love the picture of you and colby... beautiful!! and well bres... he's just super stinkin cute all the time... maybe you should get him a stuffed peacock for christmas?!?! :)
November 12, 2008 at 7:10 AM
Anna said…
such cute videos!
November 17, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Anna said…
oh- and cute pic of you and colby!!!
November 17, 2008 at 5:37 PM
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