Hi Y’all and Happy Halloween!

   I’m sending this just in the nick of time.  Randal and I went to a Halloween party this past Saturday.  Here are some of the photos.  It is really a fun holiday though the price of candy has gotten astronomical and is terrible for your teeth.  Actually candy isn’t  good for much of you at all except for maybe  your soul!  I certainly loved Halloween as a kid when it was safe to go out around the neighborhood and no one worried about anything other than kids eating too much of their loot at one time.  I also thought it was fun handing out candy; at least to kids who were shorter than I am. 

So it goes…

Ru

Our friends Lois and Gerry really know how to throw a party.  They go all out and Halloween is a favorite.  I’ve written about their parties in the past.  This year I took photos when I could stop talking or eating long enough to actually pick up my camera. 

Welcome to the party!

My favorites were the Poison Toadstools and the Vampire Ribs.

Spooky/cozy

The candles stayed put and didn’t burn down the house

A friendly witch and Snookie from Jersey Shore

Bobbie and Luke dressed as tourist to celebrate their RV and sailboat lifestyles.

Captain Randal

On October 27, 2006 Lois and Gerry hosted a party with a “sailing theme” in our honor.  Everyone was given a “sailor cap.”  I had folks sign the cap in 2006.   We still have those hats so wore them as our costume and folks re-signed them again this year, October 27, 2012. 

Gerry stayed in the kitchen cooking and Lois raced around seeing to everyone and everything.

We had roasted potatoes, chili, salad, muffins, wonderful ribs.  And that was after the Witches fingers and Poison Toadstools.  Then there was the Pumpkin Cheesecake and pies and cakes and…….well, you saw the menu. 

Chatting and enjoying the pre-dinner nibbles: Poison Toadstools, Gnarly Witches Fingers, and Monster Eyeballs were some of the treats with the less gruesome names. 

The party’s almost over

Andrew, Helen, Lois, Randal, and Gerry                             The Skelton has energy but I’m all done in.

Gerry is Randal’s inspiration for his ponytail!

Gerry and Lois