More celebrations...

We closed out October with Halloween (of course!). It was a fun and festive night. We followed our usual tradition of dinner at my mom's (minus dad, he was in Dallas) and then off to trick or treat in her neighborhood, with my sister, Jeff and cousin Brieley. Bailey continues to bail out on trick or treating. He has the last 2 years. This year he was too busy finishing a novel project that was due.

All the grown ups dressed up but me. I don't really love dressing up. Not sure why...maybe I'm happy being me! ;). But they looked great. The kids were adorable!

Today starts off November's celebrations...it's Jonas Sebastian Boyen's 8th birthday. He's having a little camping and outdoor themed party, with just a few friends from school. Funny enough, mostly girls! He invited a few boys, but he's such a sweet and tender hearted kid, the girls just love him!

We've got a lot of preparations to get going on this morning! It's going to be perfect weather for an outdoor camping party. Can't wait to post those pictures!

Happy birthday dear Jonas! We love you so much!

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