45th Wedding Anniversary

On November 9, 1974, my parents were married in McPherson, Kansas!  So for November 9, 2019, the two of us kids plus the grandkid returned to McPherson to help them celebrate.   The weather was an amazing 70 degrees and sunny one day.  We were in heaven being outside!

Kid Chef and Grandma went right to it making us a delicious lasagna for our first evening meal.  I enjoyed it the next day for lunch leftovers on the patio with the local brew I sourced in the spacious, clean aisles of the small town Wal-Mart!

William was tasked with helping my dad with some outdoor projects but mostly he and Uncle Ryan just played in the yard!  Dad took advantage of the sunshine to hang Christmas lights on the house.

We enjoyed a prime rib dinner in Hutchinson to celebrate on Saturday night.   Since we had to get there early before the prime rib was gone, we saw the gorgeous sunset as we were driving.

 

Family Photos

We had family photos done early one cold Saturday morning!   I wanted to get them for our Christmas card and intentionally scheduled them post-fall leaf peak because all of our prior family sessions were fall and I wanted something different.  But funny enough the best ones turned out to be with a leaf background!   Oh well!  We used a few of them on the back of our Christmas card and went with a formal photo from Ryan's wedding for the front to get the colors I wanted.

 

 

Halloween

Snow and wind and cold = fun!   The wind mostly tapered off by the time it was to trick-or-treat but it was still cold and Mr. Dinosaur didn't wear a full snow suit under his costume.  I, on the other hand, was wearing a full winter coat and gloves, and the neighbors were serving adult beverages, so I was fine!   William made it about 90 minutes and then we went home and invited friends over for food and hanging out (and video games).

We joined up with buddy Zac and his inflatable to trick or treat.  Inflatables were pretty popular in the neighborhood this year.  At the first house we ran into Steve and his awesome tax form costume!