Halloween Night

It's Halloween night and the kids are out with Trey trick or treating. I think they were planning on hitting a few neighborhood houses before they drove over to a friend's house to hit their area. I'm holding down the fort for all the trick or treating that will come to our door.

August was a mime again tonight...he's taking his role pretty seriously and has worked out an act for saying "trick or treat"...we'll see how long that lasts.



Hazel was a day of the dead skeleton last night but has decided to just be a plain old skeleton tonight.

I'm the bearded lady...or Trey's beard...you decide.
And Trey, who has been establishing a rather nice assortment of costumes through the years, is a Sumo Wrestler this year.

Happy Birthday!

It's Trey's birthday today. Wick and Chee Chee sent him his favorite southern treats just in the nick of time, so I woke early today to warm the oven so he can wake up to the yummy smell of Sister Schubert's Blueberry Rolls. He's going to be so happy.

Hauntings

The witch came back...and she brought along a few of her little friends!





Trey's birthday is tomorrow! We're going to take him to see Where the Wild Things Are after dinner...I've already bought our tickets as I'm sure it's going to be a sold out show.
We were talking about how birthdays become less and less an event during the ages of 31-49. You know, you have a big party to make yourself feel better when you turn 30, but then each year just comes and goes until you turn another big milestone, like 50. It's not depressing, it's just another day with the hopes of something special like dinner at your favorite place.
But we'll make Trey feel special. The kids picked out the gift they wanted to give him about a month ago...it's been sitting in my closet since then. August wants to take him out to get a skateboard so they can go to the skate parks together...so sweet. I think they're going to do that at some point on Sunday.
Saturday we have plans for August's soccer game and then a trip with Ann, El and Nils to the pumpkin patch. We might even go to the school's fall carnival if we're not too water logged from the earlier events.
It's a big weekend here at the Many House.

Two Things I Love

Trey and I were lucky enough to go to a wedding in September. I'm always worried that we'll be going to less and less weddings as we get older but thankfully, they keep on coming.
This particular wedding had a photo booth at the reception...can I just say that I love this idea?
There was a consistent line of people wanting to get in the booth, often allowing the bride and groom to cut the line so that they could get more silly pictures of themselves on their big day.
Trey and I made it in the booth twice and we spent the rest of the reception on the dance floor.

Public Speaking

Trey held a seminar at Calvin Collage a few weeks ago...you can listen to him here if you want:
http://www.calvin.edu/admin/sao/festival/2009/audio/podcast/trey-many.m4a

Birthday Boy

Trey Many, I don't know how I got so lucky...Happy Birthday...you are a wonderful dad and an amazing husband.


I love you and can't wait to see what this year brings!

Seasonal Thoughts

***I think Mike G took this picture last year at Alki Beach***


I tend to get a bit melancholy as the temps change from warm and dry to wet and, well, not warm. I would be exaggerating if I said it got cold here...yesterday it was windy and 65, today it will be rainy and 60...not too bad. But I really did love this summer. I know, we had some cold days, but they were bumpered with very warm days...and I kinda like that.
So I'm thinking about why I get down around this time of year and I realize that I have absolutely NO reason. Here's what the change in weather brings the Many Family:

Trey's birthday, October 16.
Halloween (and my brother's birthday), October 31.
Hazel's birthday, November 17.
Thanksgiving, November 27.
August's birthday, December 4.
Christmas travel dates, December 19- January 3.
My Dad's birthday, Christmas Eve.

That's a lot to plan for folks! I have nothing to be down about. There are a million things to do and yet I'm sitting on my couch with a scarf wrapped around my neck. Trey's birthday is right around the corner...and what are we going to do for Hazel's birthday this year? She is still flip-flopping between a gymnastics party and a nail polish party...decisions, decisions!

Super Hott Drummer!

My Own Little Cupcake

Trey spirited the kids away this morning saying that they were going to get bagels. I took the opportunity to pick up around the house and enjoy a nice quiet breakfast and then walk the dog. It was wonderful. As Tank and I were rounding the corner back to our house we noticed that everyone was back so we ran up the stairs to greet them. August had this very excited look on his face and Hazel was giddy on the couch...
Me:
"What did you guys do?"
Kids:
"What??? Nothing! We just went to Trophy and got cupcakes, that's all!"
Me (wide eyed):
"For real? Did you LOVE THEM Trey? Weren't they great?"
Trey:
"We haven't eaten them yet...we brought them all home to have with you."

All together now, AWWWWWW! What a good man.

My Husband and his Cookies

Trey has been on a roll (as the scale shows!).
A while ago, before Christmas I think, my dad called to say that he'd created some new delicious cookies using melted white chocolate and coco. He even mailed some to us (which doesn't happen enough!) Trey decided to try his hand at the cookies...and they were good! I think next time we could do without the melted white chocolate cause the chocolate-chocolate cookie was A-MAZING!

The Many Men

do you see the family resemblance?