All Hallow's Eve, and Grandma!

It is most definitely fall here in Northern Virginia. Leaves are changing colors, nights (and days, now) are getting colder, and political campaigning has peaked.

That means it's time for: Halloween!
Yes, there's the picture everybody wants to see: Minnie Afton Scoresby. She even left the headband on for 2 more seconds after the picture.

Although the cuteness is undeniable, Afton didn't win any prizes at the ward party. Perhaps because she wouldn't leave the headband on.

For actual trick-or-treating, though, Afton wore her cat costume, because it got cold. (in the 40s) and that costume is much warmer.





















Mom brought the Minnie skirt when she came to visit, and brought crafting-ness inspiration for Tracy. Normally, I'm the creative one in the kitchen, but I can claim zero credit for this:















I can, and will, clam credit for this, though:


And a few more random pictures, just for fun:

Memphis pictures

Yep, I found the camera and got around to it, so here's a lot of pictures. In fact, 114 of them.

2009-05-10 Memphis trip

For those who don't want to manually go through them all, here's a slideshow:

Happy birthday!

Today is Afton's 1st birthday. I intended to pre-write a post scheduled to publish as 1:30 AM, the time when Tracy told me, "Hey, we need to go to the hospital."

Anyway, here's the birthday girl!



She enjoyed all the attention from Mom while she was here this week, and we enjoyed having her here.

Also, it is most definitely spring here. According to The Weather Channel, it's only 48 degrees here, but it feels much warmer. The forecast high for tomorrow is 65 degrees. It was colder all week, though. I think Mom brought the weather from Wisconsin with her.

I made the most of the weather by planting a few flowers and mulching our front flowerbed, after I finished installing the lights and mirror we put in our "powder room".

Happy Mother's Day

I hope this looks familiar. As a Mother's Day Tribute, I present this hymn. It's one of the hymns that Mom made us sing when we argued with each other. I flipped past it today in church, and the memories all came flooding back.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Today is the 29th Anniversary of my parent's wedding. I'm not sure if Mom will post anything on her blog or not, but either way, pay it a visit at wisconsinscoresbys.blogspot.com. You can also find it, along with all the other family blogs at scoresbyscribble.blogspot.com. If Mom doesn't say anything, feel free to post your congratulations here. She'll see them. I'll make sure.

Anyway, Mom, Dad, Congratulations.