The Final Cut

We took some family photos today. It was beautiful outside! Oh, man... it's hard to get 3 kids to hold still, smile, look at the camera, etc. But, we did manage to get a couple decent ones. Here they are:

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Here is the obligatory post-halloween blog:

Ethan is crazy is about Star Wars these days, so our Halloween pretty much followed the theme.

I know, I know, it looks a little like Dora the explorer,

but obviously this is supposed to be a Darth Vader pumpkin.

(We also learned that in Arizona, pumpkins last about 25 minutes from the time of carvage to complete decay into a teeming pile of orange mess. Duly noted. We'll remember that next year)

"When nine hundred years you reach, look as good, you will not"

Since Mariah is too young to have an opinion on her costume,

she got to be Yoda to round out our Star Wars trio.

This is young Obi Wan Kenobi in a pre-trick or treating picture.

He made quite a haul this year, and spent the morning of Nov. 1st puking his little Jedi guts out.

Hayley humored Ethan and went as Princess Leia.

Of course, what goes around comes around, and next year,

Ethan might have to dress as one of Cinderella's stepsisters.