Lots of pictures! The first couple are from our recent visit with Grandpa Ralph (whom Marie affectionately refers to as just "Ralph"), and Aunt Heidi. Joel and Ralph were having fun doing some push-ups and sit-ups, and she wanted to experience first-hand how they both got to be so buff!

Working off some of that lingering baby fat.

Getting ready for a trip to the "gun show".

At home, dressing up to celebrate Halloween with some other little ghouls...I mean, girls. Wow, I never thought I'd be such a cheeseball of a parent.

Very excited that she was finally going to

get to wear the pumpkin costume!

The Sargeants invited us over for dinner

and a little costume party for the girls!

Checking out Lucy's bunny ensemble.
Marie was basically just sizing up her candy competition.

Us.

Lucy, Ella and Marie posing for a picture and wondering what in the world was going on.

Dave/Ella, Scott/Lucy, Joel/Marie

Okay, now that we've gotten the obligatory 1st trick-or-treating pictures out of the way, WE'RE OFF!

First stop, Tinkerbell's house!

Getting the hang of it. By the end of the night Marie was knocking on the door and holding her basket up. She got a bit aggressive, but we were proud of her for saying "thank you" each time she was given a treat.

Getting a little worn out. We only planned on going to a few houses, but the daddies got greedy for candy and started dragging the girls from house to house :-) Well, not really. The girls really enjoyed it and ran around the neighborhood until well past their bedtimes.

A little play time before calling it a night.

Reeeeally happy after her Kit-Kat and lollipop :-)