Year of the Cowboy

We had a rootin' tootin' Halloween!


Most of Ryan's pictures have a mean tough cowboy look to them... but this one captures how happy he was to be a cowboy. He loved his spurs, his gun, and his Sheriff's badge.... and had a great time posing for all of his pictures. More on his blog.

Katie was most excited about being a Cowgirl. She actually wanted to be one last year but I told her if she waited until this year then she would have an almost one year old brother that would be the cutest cowboy ever. She agreed it was worth the wait. "I just think I look so good." she kept saying all night. She wore her cowboy boots all weekend long and is even wearing them to school today. Check out Katie's blog for more pictures.


Classic Emily, she was super smiley for the camera. But tonight for some reason she kept laughing hysterically. Chris kept asking, "Emily, what is so funny?" which would only make her laugh more. She's so funny. She was super excited about being a cowgirl, especially because she could have braids 'just like Jesse from Toy Story 2'. She even called herself Jesse all night.

Megan wanted to be a ballerina, which she was for her Preschool Halloween party, but when she saw the hat and boots, she was definitely game for being cutest cowgirl in the posse. Megan loved trick-or-treating and looking in her bag frequently to check out her loot. When I was tired and ready to be done she was happy to quit the door to door and start the eating. She and Emily divided all their candy into piles and went at it.

Luke had absolutely no idea what was going on. Chris kept making all the kids laugh when he told them that Luke really thought we had all turned into cowboys and cowgirls and would keep saying 'Howdy Partner!' for the rest of our lives. Luke loves being outside so he was happy to just hang out, crawl around and scuff up his cowboy boots during our photo shoot. Luke only made it up to a couple houses for trick-or-treating. He held his bag with his few pieces of candy and didn't think much of it but loved watching the kids run and being held by Dad. When he tasted his first sucker back at home then he probably wished he did a few more houses.

Sheriff Ryan and his Deputy, Luke and three beautiful cowgirls.


***Thanks Chris for being the best Halloween Daddy ever. Like always, he comes home from work early, helps get the costumes on, entertains the kids for endless pictures while smiling the whole time (seriously, he's amazing), and after half of us are tuckered out he takes the big kids trick or treating until they decide they've had enough. He always makes it a great night for the kids AND for me. Your the best, babe.