{Gnomes} Halloween 2010

Ahhhh, Halloween. I absolutely loved, I mean LOVED Halloween when I was little. I mean it was all about candy and we lived in the sweetest place for tricker-treating...Canyon Lake. Cars, Vans and Trucks would come in full of kids coming to get the goods. I loved Halloween 1/2 for the candy, and 1/2 for the candy. The costume was just the way to get the candy. Now that I am a mom, Halloween is about NOT eating the candy, so now it has to be about the costumes. This year it was Garden Gnomes. I got the suggestion from my friend Corrin that Luella's should be a gnome....mostly because Lu has some cute elf like qualities!!! When I told my mom, she got on board and decided to deck out the whole family.

The day started out with Charla and Brookie meeting at our house for a quick photo shoot (charla BLUE Photo), then off to second street for the festivities, followed up with the annual Ford's Halloween get together. The girls here are sooo cute. I absolutely LOVE watching them. They are funny, especially as a Garden Gnome and a Ballerina Bear. There are more picture of the two here.

I am pretty sure she didn't know her hat was on here. The hat was an issue, but ohhh so cute!

I spy some crazy gnomes! (Check out my ears, I see where Luella gets if from.) I should see into getting a side job this Christmas as the mall.

Luella was not a big fan of Halloween this year. She didn't understand all the fuss. She was over the hat, and over us looking, and over Ya-Ya trying to give her too many hugs (my mom's name for grandma...it's a long story, but Lu can say it so it stuck).

The only thing that usually fixes Luella's stresses is the trees. Papa has to take her outside to look at the trees and touch the leaves. She points and says "ooohhh"!

Ummm, did I mention we are crazy, it runs in the family.

And finally, a cute family portrait! Thanks Eva Mann Designs, the costumes rock!