Shuffle up and deal

We had a pretty kickin' Poker Night last Friday. Lots of yummy desserts and appetizers were consumed as we whittled down our 20 players until 2 a.m. when Mike Gore (you may have mistaken him for Sasquatch) won it all. He was asked/forced to give the $135 winnings to a charity and decided to split it up between Indy Young Life and our church's mercy ministry. :) What a guy!

P.S. The Nottinghams showed a great effort, taking 2nd-4th place! So what if Josh and I watch "High Stakes Poker" religiously?

Can you believe I'm 1?

Friday was Reese's 1st birthday... yeah, we can't believe it either. A whole year! We started out the morning with a birthday serenade in his crib, followed by birthday pancakes. Then off to Play-a-Lot (a place that has a whole bunch of fun stuff to play with) ... Potato heads, legos, Thomas the Train. Doesn't get much better! To honor the curious George in him, we had a George party on Saturday with family. He was as polite as could be- smiling at and playing with each of his gifts. What a peach!

Trick-or-Treat

Emma has been talking about Halloween and trick-or-treating for weeks, so this was a big day. It wasn't enough to be in costume- she instisted on us calling her Ariel all night. Reese the dragon played along with our little game even though he didn't get any candy out of the deal! We had fun going from door to door with our good buddies Macy & Makenna. Macy and Emma raced like Olympic sprinters, pushing each other over to ring the doorbell as Makenna dragged her Wal-Mart bag full of candy along the sidewalk. Reese rode in style on Daddy's shoulders and may be the only one who stayed warm under his thick dragon costume. :)