The Patten Family: November 2012

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Happy Halloween!

Last Halloween, we moved into our house. We actually got the keys, started moving a few items and barely got to trick or treat (we even forgot to buy candy to hand out with all the commotion of the move). This year, we got into the spirit early, decorated the house with scary spiders, webs and creative pumpkins. The kids picked out their costumes - Princess Ariel (with a wig!) and a Monkey - and candy baskets early and rehearsed saying "Trick or Treat" for weeks. It paid off - we had a fun time and our friends Lisa, Jeremy and their 1 year old Riley came over for pizza and we all went door to door showing off our rehearsed "trick or treat!"

Baptism weekend

This past weekend, we celebrated the baptism of Sonia and Neal with our families. We had a full house and loved every minute. I think in total we had ~25 family members in town! And to top it off, some of our dearest friends joined us for the service and brunch at Ray's afterwards. What a wonderful weekend!

The kids with their Godparents, Auntie Hilary Beggs and Uncle Matt Patten.

With the grandparents!

To start the weekend, we celebrated Erich's birthday at PF Chang's with our early arrivers. So much yummy food!

While Ammama and Tata were in India, they brought back some special and super cute outfits for the kids to wear during the ceremony. They looked wonderful!