There were a lot of Halloween parties this year

Party One: A family party at a friend’s house. The boys wanted to be wizards: Fire wizard, water wizard…I can’t remember the others. I was a witch and Rob was a nerd–a really far stretch for both of us:) We carved pumpkins, turned the daddies into mummies, smacked pinatas and ate a lot.

Party Two: Rob and I put on a How To Host A Murder party. It was A Night to Dismember edition. We had dinner and role played. Everyone dressed up–very fun for adults. Again–I was the witch. Doesn’t Rob make a great Frankenstein?

Party Three: We went to the church Fall festival. Rob and I were Frankenstein and his bride. There were lots of fun activities for the kids–cake walk, golf, bowling, doughnut catch, fishing booth, trunk or treat, etc. Here’s Ben during the pie eating contest.

Party Four: The neighborhood bunco group got together for their annual “Witches of Cherry Grove.” Lots of fun crazy women.

In the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville, are seven water falls. We hiked around two of them. I remember at Multnomah falls in Oregon growing up that you could get right up to the falls, now it’s all fenced out and you can only look at it from afar. At these falls in Asheville, NC, you can still get up close and even swim around them. There is even a waterfall that you can slide down. We didn’t bring swim suits, so we just hiked. It was fun and the kids still got wet.
Here’s Rob helping Gordon around the rocks

We found one waterfall where you can climb behind it. I’ve seen movies where people go behind waterfalls, but I’ve never been behind one myself, until now. It was fun…and slippery.

Here’s Ethan at Looking Glass falls. He didn’t want to get in the water. He just wanted to throw rocks.