Happy Halloween!!

I hope all of you have a fantastic, and safe Halloween this year.  I love seeing all of the kids (and adults) dressed up for all of the festivities having fun...and I love how Steve and I sit at home watching old scary movies and eating candy!!  This past week was very eventful and busy.  At school we are wrapping up our Salmon unit and the kids were able to create a salmon "fish print" and we had a science teacher come in and dissect a salmon for the kids to see.  These salmon were the largest I've ever seen up close...they were around 30 pounds and very smelly!  The kids absolutely loved it and their faces were extremely memorable.

My mom was also able to come and visit us this weekend.  She came into town Thursday evening and has done lots of fun things with us.  Abby, our step-mother (in law) gave my mom a tour around downtown seattle, doing "tourist" things, we had dinner with Steve's dad and step-mom Friday night, and we were able to go shopping at Bellevue square yesterday, along with eating great food!!  Last night we topped off the evening with fish tacos and watched The Shining with Steve's mom that also came to visit us.  It is always nice to have family come to visit and enjoy their company. 

We don't have a lot of other big plans coming up....Steve will be on a ride-along with the Everett fire department next weekend so I'll have to entertain myself somehow all next Saturday, but it will definitely give me time to catch up on my books I'm reading.  We're very excited for Thanksgiving coming up and our relaxing holiday weekend then.  I have really grown to love the fall season in the Northwest.  It is so beautiful to see all of the leaves changing colors and the cool, crisp air off the lake every morning.  I have really started to love my new home.

Enjoy our salmon dissection picture.....and have a great week!!