Halloween

Gabe and I haven't dressed up for Halloween since before we were dating. At least I think we weren't yet dating (he would probably better remember). We went as "swing dancers" I guess you would call it. All I know is my hair was bangin'. We looked cute. That was the last (and I think only) time I went to a Halloween party. I honestly don't even remember much about it. I just have a picture as proof of Gabe and my's cuteness. And I remember getting my hair done, I think my Aunt did it for me. And I remember taking all the bobby-pins out afterwards and the affects of all the hairspray. My hair kind of just stood out to the sides like wings. I remember being in the house I was living in at the time (with my wonderful roommate Sabrina) and Gabe was there for the unveiling. I remember thinking how horrendous I must have looked with such horrid hair, but Gabe just seemed to be too gobsmacked to care. He's cute like that.

Since we've had kids, we have begun celebrating Halloween again, mostly just through dressing up our kids in adorable outfits and eating all their candy once they've gone to bed. Ah, the benefits of being a parent to gullible children.

This year it will be the most fun yet, now that we have the three kids to dress up. London is going to be a lion, Adelaide is going to be a monkey (so appropriate) and Porter will be a bat. We are having a church Halloween family party on Sunday. There is a costume contest. "Best family" is one of the categories. Once I heard that, I knew Gabe and I had to dress up. We decided since the kids were all animals we would be zookeepers (that is pretty much what I feel like most days anyway!). We are so taking that best family prize. There's also a "cutest" category. How will they choose just one winner from 3 of the cutest kids without costumes, let alone in costumes that only increase their uber-cuteness? One of my kids is so taking the cutest prize. I'd honestly put my money on Adelaide. She is dang cute in her monkey costume. And come on, we have produced three of the cutest kids known to mankind. We deserve some sort of prize for that. And if this is the only way we can get that prize.. So be it.

Gabe and I have the daunting task of making our zookeeper costumes. We're going bare minimum on the costume effort (after all, we're just a novelty, the kids will keep the focus off us). We'll doctor up some shirts to make them say "zookeeper" and that will probably be the extent of it. Sad, I know. But we don't have much time or money to be able to go all authentic zookeeper.

We will for sure get the Halloween pictures up on our website as soon as Gabe can. And we'll keep you posted on how we fare in the contest.

GO SEARLES!

Finally, some pictures

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You can see Mr. Porter Cash and the rest of the clan. We'll update pictures as regularly as we can (and by "we" I mean Gabe) so make sure you check back often. Porter is growing like a weed.. You don't want to miss it.

Hey Porter

Porter Cash Searles has arrived!

Friday, September 29th at 10:17 pm
7 lbs 5 oz
21 inches long

He arrived after only about 2 hours of labor, 5 minutes of pushing and no doctor in the room (don't worry, the bed caught him and the nurses were right there to grab him).

Just email me for details (if you actually want them!)

We are home and doing great. The other two crazies love their little brother and we are starting the adjustment to our bigger (much noisier) family.

Pictures will come soon!