Halloween Festivities

Our Halloween festivities started last weekend.  Steve's friend Roben has a Halloween party every year and we've never been able to go because of other parties.  It worked out we were able to make it this year, so we recycled last year's costumes... Big Boy and Wendy!  My favorite part about these costumes was they were essentially home made.  I had so much fun putting Steve's costume, especially, together last year.  We also had so much fun carving our pumpkins and passing out candy to trick or treaters.  It was a good thing I had so much, we had WAY more trick or treaters than last year- we almost ran out of candy!  There were only a few dum-dums left :(  Thanks to Katie for coming over and helping us pass it out!  The highlight of Halloween was the Leitch Halloween party.  The best part about it is that it is only a few houses away- although we do get some weird looks walking down the street... I think I scared a few neighbors! :)

Big Boy and Wendy

Our pumpkins turned out really well this year, and thanks to some clear spray paint, the squirrels didn't eat them!
Anna and I were SO happy with the way our "yummy" mummy costumes turned out!  We had so much fun making them, just wish we'd known how long it would take to put them on.  Anna was an hour late to her own party! 

Steve and Jeff- aka Wayne and Garth

The Boss' and the Leitch's :)

Promotion..

Just a quick note, as I was making my last post Steve called.  He just got word from his boss that he was approved for a promotion.  He is going to be an APSM of his office.  Which means he'll be a manager in his office.  Super exciting for him!!!  We have been waiting for this promotion for awhile, and I am so happy and proud of him that it is here!  He'll now be going to New Jersey for training in November and December.  Yay, Steve!!!

Chicago Marathon 2008

On October 12 Katie ran her first marathon and we made the trip to Chicago to cheer her on.  It was so much fun.  We made signs, and jumped trains, and ran ourselves all over the city to try and catch her running in as many spots as we could.  It was SO cool to watch 45,000 puching themselves to their limits.  I was so proud of Katie for accomplishing one of her lifetime goals!  It was awesome!  Oh, Steve and I also do not have any pictures of Katie actually running the marathon, because we were too busy jumping up and down and screaming with our signs.  I hope her dad got some! :)

Here's Steve holding up a sign for Katie's running partners, Jamie and Jelanie... aka Jelamie!
After the marathon- all the runners and spectators.
A very tired and happy Katie!
Katie and HER Steve enjoying the free beers the runners get after crossing the finish line.
Me and my BFF! :)  After the marathon was over we then walked ANOTHER 2 MILES to 

The Cheesecake Factory for dinner... only the Boss Family!

Jason and Michelle Kelly...

Recently I lost the cord to transfer pictures from my camera, so I haven't been adding anything to my blog.  In the next few days/weeks I will hopefully be blogging on what has been happening recently in our lives.  On October 4, 2008, our friends Jason and Michelle got married in Chicago.  It was such a fun weekend and a BEAUTIFUL wedding.  Thanks so much to them for hosting such an awesome evening.  We were so happy to see Jason marry Michelle.  We had all been telling him from first meeting her he wasn't going to find anyone better!

Michelle and Jason with all the Sig Tau's at the wedding (after Olesky fell off the chair!) :)

All the Sig Tau wives and fiances!

Seriously, best ever...

I have a serious, serious, serious addiction to Sex and the City.  I have come to terms with my problem recently... as recently as today when I watched the movie twice through, back to back, and some parts with the director commentary because I was so interested in certain things Michael Patrick King had done.  Hmmm... obsess much!?  I have not always been die hard, but as soon as I started regularly watching, my love affair began.  I have seen every single episode at least two or three times.  And, I definitely did not understand the critics who gave the movie such bad reviews... it may not be the world's best cinematic masterpiece, but seriously... is that really what you were expecting?!  No, what should have been expected was a GREAT GIRL MOVIE!  Kudos to any straight men who went to see it... Steve never would.  Every once in awhile he will watch part of an episode with me, until he realizes that he's actually watching SATC and enjoying it!  Anyway... I just wanted to share my thoughts on my obsession and addiction.  Cosmos and Manolos for all!!! :)

Teeny bopper again...

So this was the first year I actually watched most of the episodes of American Idol... at least enough to know who all the people were and become semi-invested in their lives.  At least as invested as I could become by fast forwarding through most of their backgrounds until they started singing... 

Anyway, ended with some friends with free tix to American Idol tour concert at Van Andel a couple weeks ago.  It was so much fun!  We had such a great time yelling like the fan-crazed teenage girls surrounding us...  Here were just a couple of fun shots of a couple of my favorites, Jason Castro and of course, David Cook.  Enjoy!

Congratulations...

My dear friend Abby got engaged on Friday night.  I just wanted to share my congratulations for her and with the world.  I love Kevin, her fiance and am VERY happy for the two of them!  Welcome to marriage guys!  Well, almost... She will be getting married April 25.  YAY!  Oh yeah, and Kevin did a REALLY good job- her ring IS GORGEOUS!!! :)  So, Congrats... LOVE YOU!