ABBY TRICK-OR-TREATS IN OKLAHOMA

Abby was very social. She went up to each house and told them her name was Abby and that she was a cat.

Abby talked to the neighbors while waiting.

A lot of neighbors were outside handing out candy since it was such a nice night.

HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD

These pictures are of houses in a historic neighborhood in Oklahoma City. Tracy and I love these houses and they decorate really cute for Halloween/Fall. So, we decided to drive and take some pictures of them over the weekend. They had lot of blowup decorations on their lawns which surprised us, since it is so windy most of the time here. It seems like this year a lot of people are decorating really scary, instead of the cute scarecrows. If you click on the pictures to enlarge them, you can see more of the details of the decorations.

This house was decorated kind of creepy.

Something kind of spooky standing on the porch.

A witch is leaning over the back of the bench on the porch.

Lots of pumpkins at this house.

I thought at first, this witch was a person standing on the porch.

ABBY GOES TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH

I just love the outfit that Abby has on in this picture. This is her fake smile like, if I just smile and let them take my picture, then they will leave me along and let me play. Kim and Abby will be coming to Oklahoma a week from today. Abby likes to Trick-or-Treat in Oklahoma. Then on Friday after Halloween, we will all be leaving to go to Kansas City to celebrate Karlie's birthday. She will be turning 3. It is so hard to realize that Karlie will be 3 and Abby will be turning 4 in January. They are not babies anymore.

GUEST BEDROOM MAKEOVER (COMPLETE)

I have finished the redo on the twin guest bedroom. I need some blue pillows to go on the beds and I need a lamp for the desk and also a chair to go to the desk, but otherwise I am finished. I think it turned out pretty cute. Also if I can find some black bed skirts, I will replace the polka dot ones. But, it is so hard now just to find bed skirts.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND OTHER THINGS

Tracy chose Old Chicago for her birthday dinner. Of course, we couldn't go until the OSU game was over. There was a delay because of rain. So, it was kind of a late dinner. We then came back to the house and ate cup cakes that we had picked up earlier. We opted for cupcakes instead of cake, so we wouldn't have any left over.

Karlie didn't like the cupcake that her mommy had picked out for her. She is happy in the picture after she got the one she wanted. Pap-pa ended up not getting the one he wanted, but he wasn't that upset over it.

Carter is helping Tracy open her gifts.

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Karlie loved playing with this toy while she was here. We have a bonus room upstairs with the toys but they still bring the toys downstairs, because they want to be with us.

Carter and Karlie went out and kicked the balls around in the back yard before they left this morning. Karlie is pretty good at kicking the ball. Carter kicked the big blue ball over the fence into our neighbors yard. We were pretty sure they were out of town. So, Michelle thought about climbing the fence but decided not to and Tad decided he didn't want to either. So, Karlie finally decided she would just crawl underneath the fence and get it . Carter fretted that she would get hurt. After she retrieved the ball and climbed back under to our side she cheered and said 'I did it, I did it". But, a few minutes later she decided she would go back under again because she saw toys in the yard that she could play on. Michelle was trying to convince her that they belong to someone else and she could not play on them. Carter said why don't we just take her to the neighborhood park. We said yeah, why didn't we think of that. So, she got to go to the park and play and was happy but sad when she had to leave.

Can you tell that the wind is blowing hard from the looks of Karlie's hair.

Lulu is hiding and watching them kick the ball. Maybe she thinks they will hit her with the ball. She liked them being here. I think she misses them after they leave.

ANOTHER PUMPKIN PATCH

They got to go to the pumpkin patch today. We weren't sure they were going to get to. It rained this morning and was cloudy most of the day. But the kids had lots of fun.

Gourds growing on a vine.

Hayride. Karlie loved it.