Halloween

Here are a few pictures from the Plumb's very fun Halloween party. The kids were all very cute, the food was very yummy, and it was great to sit and chat with fun people.















Ruth, Angela and Vivian with their babies!















David, Sam, Ephraim - with their babies!















The game - the guys had to eat the gummy worms and candy out of a plate of whipped cream.




















Ken is victorious!




















Wendy the pumpkin and Ken the farmer. I was so excited to be a pumpkin for Halloween. Not a pregnant pumpkin, but that the baby was the pumpkin, except I wasn't quite big enough to fill out the shirt so well, I look kind of silly. And most people at the party didn't even realize that I was pregnant, almost seven months pregnant that is!

A Very Vibrant Fall

On Sunday after Stake Conference I really wanted to go for a drive and a walk. The fall colours have been so vibrant this year and I was getting worried we were going to miss the peak. After lunch the fall colours weren't quite as enticing as a nap. After the nap a drive into the country seemed too ambitious. We settled for one of the many parks in the city. It was beautiful but trying to get the right angle on the colours proved difficult as many trees have already lost most of their leaves.














And then there's the whole I'm pregnant and I don't have any pictures of me looking pregnant. We took a few pictures but I wasn't wearing the right shirt, so this will have to do for now.














I just love the fall!

Chinese Lantern Festival - Year Number Three

Ontario Place has, for the third year in a row, been host to the Chinese Lantern Festival. We've gone the last two years, and we've blogged about it. We weren't going to go this year as it is expensive and we figured we would take a year off. At school on Friday I had a conversation with Lisa Boyd, the teacher I share a homeroom with (this year I'm Boyd-Bacon). In the course of the conversation she offered me two tickets that she had won to the Lantern Festival. I tried to convince her to go, but I didn't need to, she had won four tickets and well, she didn't really want to go anyway. I happily relieved her of two of the tickets and yippee skippy Ken and I were able to enjoy the Lantern Festival for a third year in a row - for free!!

This year's theme was a world theme. The were landmarks - the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, and there were animals from around the world. Canada was represented by raccoons that were taking over a house. It was a beautiful evening down by the lake. Here are a few of my favourite pictures. The rest are in an album on our picasa site. (Click on Ken and Wendy's photos... if you want to!)
















Wendy and Ken - self portrait.




















A pagoda made of cups, saucers and spoons.





















The Eiffel Tower.




















ANIMALS!!

Ken's Day Trip to North Bay

When we heard that Laura, Keenan and Will would be moving to Dauphin, Manitoba, my first thought (aside from yahoo - Keenan got a job!!) was, when are we going to see them again?! Ken decided to go up to North Bay for the moving day to help out. He left here (Thornhill) at 5 a.m. and spent the morning with Laura and Keenan and Will. After having lunch at Wendy's, the Radcliffe's headed west and Ken headed south.

When he got home I asked to see the pictures he took.
He said "They're not very good, I took them from the car".
I said "What do you mean? Didn't you take any of your sister and her family?"
He said "I was helping them move."
I said "What? This is the last time you'll see you sister for who knows how long and you didn't take a single picture???"
He didn't say anything...

I would like to call this - "Goodbye, we'll miss you! Have an awesome adventure in Manitoba!"














(Now if only that were their car driving towards Manitoba!)

Anna and Suzanne Come to Visit

One of Suzanne's best friends from high school got married on Friday, October 3. (Congratulations Neesa!!) Suzanne flew in for the weekend with Anna. We were all so happy to have Anna come to visit and well, it was nice to see Suzanne too! I think that Anna is just so cute, perhaps the cutest little girl ever - a title which she may retain... unless of course I have a little girl.




















Suzanne and Anna in their wedding attire.



















I love these next three pictures...














I don't like the cat hat.





















Seriously, are you done yet?




















Go on! Leave me alone!



But of course, no one was happier than Grandma!