Happy Halloween!

Carson, Gavin and Morgan were so cute on Sunday for trick or treating. Carson was the brave Knight, Gavin the Dragon, and Morgan of course was the Princess. We had a beautiful day for trick or treating and the kids had so much fun.

One more thing- Morgans bottom two teeth have just started to pop through! She has started up again on cereal the past 2 nights and actually did really well!

11th Annual Halloween Bash

Well we survived another Halloween party- amazingly! It was so much fun to see all the creative and hilarious costumes! We loved the Don Imus and the "Nappy Headed Ho", the Girls gone wild, the Geiko Caveman and so many more. Al was a Blue Man Group Guy (and looked pretty real if I might say so) and I was the Blue Man Group- Groupie! If you don't know what the ring around my mouth means...... ask someone else. :)

Everyone had a good time playing the OJ game, sitting by the bonfire and watching the Burger King guy (Terry) and Craig dance. I guess we know the party was a success because the cops showed up at our house at 1:30am asking us to keep it down. Click on the link below to see some of the pictures! Now we have to start thinking of costumes for next year!

Thanks everyone who brought toys for the "toys for tots" collection. Our dining room table is full of great surprises for the children. Thanks again!

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Almost Halloween!

We hope everyone is set for the 11th annual Ghys Halloween bash this Saturday. Al and I finally have our costumes finished and are ready for the laughs! We are looking forward to seeing all of the great costumes again this year from everyone else too! And luckily, the weather for Saturday looks cool but comfortable- perfect for the bonfire!
Somehow, I will pick out a few of the best pictures after the party to post here but I know that is going to be very tough!
Carson, Gavin and Morgan are going to be so cute in their costumes! I will definitely add a photo from trick or treating this Sunday.
Happy Birthday this week to Mom, Joe and Kris!

Family Updates

Morgan is 5 months old!!!! We started her on rice cereal on 10/11 and she did really well with it the first day. She was actually leaning towards the spoon and moaning for more if we fed her too slow. However, the following couple days she had no interest in the cereal so we may hold off for a week before trying again. She is still drinking mommy's milk really well and VERY often! I think she may be going through a growth spurt this week.

Al is out of town in Norfolk until Thursday so its going to be a long week. Thank God all kids are healthy- and hopefully they will remain that way.

Carson came home from kindergarten last week saying 2 girls kissed him on the cheek. What a little stud already! :)

Gavin is such a sweetheart! Whenever I yell at him for doing something wrong- he turns to me immediately and says "I love you Mom". He knows it just melts my heart and I simply can't be mad at him. Smart kid!

We are so blessed to have our three healthy, beautiful children. I thank God everyday for them.

They Did It!

Tara and Craig got married on Fri. 9/28 & I was lucky enough to be Matron of Honor. I had to include the picture of my hair- thanks honey for taking that photo. Hairspray can do amazing things!

The wedding was a blast and I made it through the speech much better than I anticipated. We can't wait to see the professional pictures and the honeymoon pics!

Door County Getaway

We went on a family trip to Wisconsin this past weekend which was wonderful! We stayed the first night in Appleton, WI and surprised cousin Kelly for a visit at their restaurant. Thanks Kelly and Rick for the delicious pizza at Pizano's in Appleton! We highly recommend it for any of you traveling through Appleton soon. Carson and Gavin were terrors that night at dinner- luckily we were the only ones left in the restaurant at that point. The boys had fun swimming at the Residence Inn after dinner that night and passed out within minutes at bedtime.

On Friday, we made our way through Packer country to Door County. It was beautiful weather- mid to high 70's most of the weekend with exception of rain on Saturday morning for a couple hours. We checked into our cabin in Bailey's Harbor around 11am on Friday and then went to lunch at Diggers before heading to Peninsula State Park. We started off at the lookout tower where Gavin made it to the 3rd step up before crashing down and cutting his chin on the step. We did finally manage to climb up the tower and get a beautiful view of Door County. Al and I had been there before 10 years ago! Man how time flies. After climbing the tower we went on a 2 mile hike through the woods and near the water. Carson and Gavin loved hiking past all of the caves and Morgan took a nap in the backpack carrier on Daddy for most of the hike.

On Saturday morning we went to the Pumpkin Festival in Egg Harbor. It was raining for the first couple of hours but it quickly cleared up and actually became hot! Carson and Gavin got their faces painted and spent at least 2 hours jumping on a bouncy house and a tornado bouncy slide at the festival. Al and I had a great time sitting on the grass with Morgan, Al with his Honeyweiss and me with the Door County Chardonnay. Not a bad Saturday! For dinner Saturday night we went to PC Junction which was a restaurant where a train dropped off your food in front of you. The kids were all in heaven! The restaurant also had bikes you could ride outside, multiple swing sets, and wood and paints for families to decorate and hang up on their barn. We ran out of time to make our sign on Saturday so we stopped back on Sunday to paint one. Hopefully sometime in the future we can go back to see where our "Carson, Gavin, & Morgan Ghys, 10/07" sign is hung.

On Sunday morning we went on a row boat on Kangaroo Lake with the 3 kids. Then we spent the day driving to the northern part of Door County and doing a lot of "treasure hunts" as the kids like to call them. (GeoCaching with a handheld GPS). For those of you not familiar with this- visit the website at http://www.geocaching.com/. It is great outdoor fun for all ages and its free! We found 17 "treasures" over the course of the weekend all over Door County. Carson and Gavin loved taking turns finding them and trading out their toys and trinkets each time.

The cabins surrounding ours were all full of kids and Carson and Gavin had a blast running around and playing with them all at the playground. Carson even was part of the flag football game with all the kids!



Check out our video to see some of our favorite pictures from Door County. It was a wonderful family weekend getaway!