Trick or Treat and Meeting Blogger Friends

In case you haven’t noticed, today is Halloween.  I love to see all the little Gremlins running  around in their imaginative costumes having fun.  I can still remember how much fun it was to get all dressed up and get candy for FREE!!  We don’t get many trick or treaters here so those that come go away with a good load of sugar.  Let their parents handle the rationing!!

We had a chance to meet with Blogger Rick and his lovely wife Paulette today.  Rick and Paulette, along with Molly and Riley, are on their way south for the winter.  Since they were heading down I-5, Eugene was right on the way.  We met at Roaring Rapids Pizza for a nice lunch and chat.



It was a bit too chilly to sit outside but we did go out long enough to look around and take a few snapshots.  That’s the Willamette River in the background. 



Outside, Russ had a parting gift for Rick as they were preparing to hit the road.   Click picture to enlarge if you can’t read the sign. 



I tried to get some shots of Molly and Riley but this was as good as it got.  They were way too excited to see Mom and Dad to sit still for photos.  It’s always fun to meet the folks whose journeys you follow on an almost daily basis.  Rick and Paulette did not seem like strangers at all and we sure enjoyed meeting them.  Soon Rick will be posting pictures of sunshine, warm swimming pools, and lots of sights in the area around Palm Springs.  Travel safe guys. 

BTW, if anyone is traveling the I-5 corridor on your way south, give us a holler, we'd love to meet you.

We picked up Grand daughter Emmie from school today and I fixed her some apples for a snack.  Unfortunately, all I had were some very old apples that had somehow become wormy.  She was a good sport and ate them anyway.




Later, our DIL Arwen, brought the older grand daughter by and picked up Emmie so they could all go fill their trick or treat bags.  I’m not sure who the Freddy Krueger guy is – just a friend of the girls.



Our youngest grandson stopped by to say hi and grab a few pieces of candy.  This is Brendan and he was a “Snow Ninja”!  Brendan will be nine in just a few  months.











We have one other grandson in Eugene, Corbin, age almost 12.  His dad decided Corbin is too old to trick or treat this year so he stayed home and handed out candy.   Guess all good things must come to an end but I’ll save some candy for him just the same.

So that’s all for tonight – we’re just answering the door and handing out candy.  Hopefully most of it will be gone before too long.  Happy Halloween Everyone.