extravaganza

look who showed up for school......

a wicked witch...

and spiderman

we had a halloween
party......

we played
 games and
made...

scary masks too!

someone has been messing with our portraits......
margo has been wearing a halloween mask for a
couple of weeks......then, while grandpa
was here, he couldn't resist turning gabi 
into a witch......

then gabi couldn't stand the fact that sebastian was
just hanging there untouched so she turned him
into a witch's cat.

let's check out what is happening in the garden today...

flagstone has been
laid over the past
few days lining
the edge of
the stream...

sod is ready
and waiting...

marco is hard at work, it is looking
gorgeous!

we are dipping
down to
24 degrees
tonight, so i had
to pick
my last
 roses...

safe, warm and
beautiful
inside......

hay, i've never introduced you to our friendly neighbors.....

dan, wild card and abby

we love them, but happy we don't have to take care of them......

with the freezing temperatures on their way tonight, i also had to harvest the herbs......they have been such a delight all summer along with my mountainous nastursiums.....

spearmint

oregano

chives

lemon balm

flat leaf parsley

parsley

sage

rosemary

thyme

peppermint

here are the photos taken at

extravaganza

last night.......

above is sebastian's freshman male choir

they were stunning.  sebastian is the president of his choir called

voices of the knight

fairview high school has an amazing fine arts program.....

this night is devoted to introducing the choirs, bands and orchestras for the year......

ben sings in the jr/sr. choir called 

festival

we love fairview because the fine arts program is so amazing, it is actually very cool to be in choir.  most of these boys are football, baseball and soccer players as well....

ben is also in the select show choir called

excalibur

ben and one of his best buddies, caleb.......

josh, the soloist (he has such an amazing voice, he's made me cry....)is another one of ben's good friends

mass choir singing their final number,

"aquarius"

thanks for an amazing night boys,

we are so proud of you for sharing  and enjoying your musical talents!!