annnddddd I’m back in St. Louis, in my bed, ready to crash…but I can’t do it without doing a post. I haven’t done one since Friday.
Everyone got into town on Friday evening and my mom made soups and all sorts of other treats for everyone’s arrival. We spent the night just munching, talking and playing with the kiddos. We also played a little bit of “dress up” with Ali :) Her and Andrew are going to some sort of Heart Gala thing in Kirksville next weekend and apparently it’s a little bit fancier than your average party. Ali has to wear a red dress and the one she picked is going to look absolutely gorgeous on her! She decided she needed some help with make up and hair seeing as how she doesn’t really do either. So Friday night was spent primping Ali compliments of Kaitlin. The end result was great and Ali looked beautiful…now if she can only remember how to do it all next saturday :)
Then everyone decided to get into it and we did Ellie’s make up and her’s didn’t come out quite as beautiful, ha!
and I TEASED Caroline’s hair…beyond teased it…it was massive. Look at that sucker in ponytail form!
Then Zane showed off his new hair do (that’s their new dog Max)
I caught these two being all cute on Saturday morning
I ran around on Saturday afternoon and took some pictures of some of the decor for the party on Saturday night. The carved little pumpkins and hung them in the trees. They looked AWESOME when they were glowing that night!!!
This say’s Trick Or Treat when it’s all lit up. So cute :)
The party was so so so much fun and everyone did such a great job of getting ready for it. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD!!!! I really wish I would have had my camera more, but I think I can get some pictures from my sisters.
oh look at these two
The Farwell clan in their Halloween outfits
Miss Sassy Pants herself! Carson was taking a nap during all of this, so we didn’t get a picture of him :(
Then it was time, the time of day they had all been waiting for! They were so excited, I was certain one of the potty trained one’s would pee their pants :) Did you guys see Superman’s muscles?? take a look (apparently Superman DOES NOT smile)
Oh this picture makes me smile :) It’s not all of them, but I still love it!
Superman and his sidekick. Again, there is no smiling involved in being a Super Hero. It’s serious business.
is he not the cutest Scarecrow you’ve ever seen?? He wasn’t super excited about the whole thing, but I think he still had fun :)
I didn’t really have my camera with me the night of the party, but my mom did manage to get a couple pictures with my camera. I didn’t plan on dressing up, but Kaitlin INSISTED that we go as dead prom queen’s. I let her do my hair and make up but I didn’t even attempt to get into one of my prom dresses from high school. I ended up changing pretty early in the evening so I ended up just looking like an idiot with bad hair, bad make up, a tiara & jeans. Caroline and Jared went as Jackson & Ellie and it was HYSTERICAL!!!! They even acted like them. I didn’t get a picture, but I’m pretty sure Ali or Amanda did. Jared changed costumes half way through and decided to throw on a mustache and just be creepy.
Molly was a dinosaur and her costume was awesome too, but I didn’t get a picture. She wore really exaggerated make up :)
I will end the post with a picture of the front of the house last night. Those are all my dad’s carving creations :)
I only had two shoots while I was back in Kirksville and they were both this afternoon. We also had Molly’s Confirmation this afternoon so it ended up being quite a busy day. For some reason I’m even more exhausted after this trip than any of my other trips back to Kirksville when I have like 8 shoots. I think it’s because I’m starting to get sick, ugh! Ali has lost her voice and feel’s like crap…and I’m pretty sure that’s what I’m getting. Jackson is also sick and he did a sleepover with me on Friday night, so I think that contributed to my feeling crappy. So, you will have to bear with me if I’m running a little slow :) I now have 10 shoots to edit and 2 sneak peeks to get posted, christmas cards to get started, emails to answer, orders to ship out, etc…and my mini shoots are this coming weekend. I hope this week doesn’t kill me :)
Good night!
Mom says
TOO MUCH FUN….and now I miss everyone…
mimikspowell says
It was a great evening and it was fun for all! Lissy, I hope you are feeling better soon!
Mom says
Love Bella’s chubby little legs…just needed to say that.