October 31

Our Halloween this year wasn't full of ghosts and goblins, but hammers and nails! We had multiple people volunteer to help us on Saturday, so we decided to take them up on it and threw together a major Halloween "party" at the house. Greg's dad and brother Brian, my dad and brothers Brett and Brian, my uncle Ric and cousin Tyler, and our friend/Brett's father-in-law Chad all spent the day helping us and oh boy--did we get a lot done! They started roofing and got lots of electrical work done, along with hanging windows and a bunch of other random things. By the time this house is built, we are going to be indebted to many, many people. We are already planning a big party once the house is done to begin the insurmountable task of trying to pay everybody back!

Now on to the fun stuff--Garrett the Dog! As previously mentioned in other posts, Little G LOVES dogs and as far as he's concerned, all animals say "ruff," so we decided a dog was the perfect choice. I had mentioned this to my aunt Paula, and she got right on it and found him a cute (and very affordable) costume on Ebay. (She actually ended up with 3 costumes, but that's another story for another day.) Garrrett has loved his costume and has worn it pretty much all day, every day this whole week. He would bring it to us as soon as he woke up and want it on. When he wasn't wearing it, he would play with it and drag it around the house.

Here's our little doggy...
I forgot to mention--he loved the costume, minus the hat part that actually makes it look like a dog and not just brown pajamas. Oh well. (He did like the hat when he was looking at it in the mirror, but that was about it.)

My cousin Kami and her new husband Kyle came out Saturday morning to check out the work on the house and volunteered to take Garrett with them for the day. I felt a little bad not spending Halloween with him, but it was a good opportunity for me to work at the house and it's pretty tough to get much done with him there, so we took them up on it. Garrett had a great day with them and we got much more done at the house than we would have chasing him around, so I guess it was a win-win. Thanks guys!

Kami and Kyle were hosting a Halloween party Saturday night, so once it was too dark to work and we were worn out, we headed to the big party to pick up our boy and enjoy a Halloween feast of chili, cinnamon twists, and homemade root beer.

Garrett's favorite part of the night wasn't the candy, but chasing people around with some kitchen tongs.

Brett and Chelsea showed up as Alaska and Hawaii (or something). Great costumes!

A rare happy moment with the dog hood on...

This scary guy showed up and started hitting on Chelsea.

The kids had a nice ride on Sean. Little did he know he would end up being a horse for Halloween!

My dad found his old army coat in the basement and dressed up as a younger version of himself.

It was a busy, but fun Halloween! We went to bed totally exhausted and were very grateful for an extra hour of sleep today. Greg said he felt like an 80 year old man when he got out of bed this morning. I guess that means I felt like an 80 year old pregnant woman...