Halloween

It was such a bummer that Halloween fell on a Monday this year, but the weather was wonderful!  Abby opted to trick or treat with her friend Addy in New Prague, but Norah continued the tradition of dressing up with my dad to trick or treat in our neighborhood.  Since she loves Harry Potter, they went as Hermione and Hagrid.  My dad got lots of compliments on his costume!  The girls and I loved the opportunity to check out the spooky garage maze at the "Halloween house" in our neighborhood during the daytime on a weekend before Halloween--definitely a lot less scary!

Norah enjoyed the school costume parade earlier in the day:

The girls helped carve pumpkins:

Our Halloween meal:

Abby and Addy:

Alexandria weekend

Over MEA, we took a fun trip up to Alexandria to stay in an Airbnb rental with our friends, the Pakiz family.  We had a great time hanging out, playing games, shopping in Alexandria, and enjoying the beautiful weather.  We were spoiled the year before with the old bed and breakfast property with all of the trails for golf-karting and the huge home, but this was a clean, cozy place and it was fun to explore a new area. 

Grandma's 94th birthday

We made a quick trip down to Iowa to celebrate my grandma's 94th birthday in October.  She LOVES campfires, so that was the theme.  It was so fun to spend time with family!

We even got to see baby Emilia who was visiting at Lori's!