Grandpa Steve's 71st Birthday

We had dinner at Bang, where Grandpa Steve tried hard to teach Benji how to use chopsticks:

Then there was cake, of course:

Welcoming Grandpa Steve

He flew up for a birthday visit last week and Abby and I met him at the airport:

Self Check-out

Leading the Girl Scout Campfire

Our girl scout troop took on the big job of hosting the council-wide campfire this year. They did great:

Leading the campfire songs

Benji helped with the freeze dance station

Abby led Edible Campfires

Greenbrier Fall Fun Fair 2016

Human Foosball

Book Walk

Toiler Paper Toss

Harry Potter Halloween

For the second year in a row, the town of Scottsville has converted itself to Hogsmeade Village the weekend before Halloween. We did not make it out last year, but this year we were able to swing by for a couple of hours with our friends the Shadels and Dukes:

Halloween 2016

We had out traditional Halloween-themed dinner (Mexican this year!):

Abby opted not to trick-or-treat, but Benji inherited this cool Rubik's Cube costume from a neighbor:

We met up with our friends the Daly's and the Wolf-Cossoulos/Jones's so that the kids could trick-or-treat together:

When we swung by our house, I got a picture of all of our jack-o-lanterns lit up:

Abby, Benji, Kevin

Ruth (with some assist from Kevin on the mouth)