HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Halloween makes me think of my dad. He LOVED Halloween when we grew up and when we were too old to go trick-or-treating he wanted us, or rather him, to have fun with the kids, or rather victims, in the neighborhood. He would spend days planning and decorating scary/fun things outside our house for the trick-or-treaters. We would have spider webs all over the place, fake spiders that fell on your head, spooky music, people jumping out of bushes etc. I have to say it really was a lot of fun scaring all the neighbor kids (even the older ones).

I'm not into Halloween as much as my parents were, but I really enjoy spending it with Rachel and our friends. Since it's Rachel's dad's turn to have her this year I only get her for a few hours, so I'll pick her up and go to Becky's to see her kids and take pictures. The years we do have Rachel are usually also spent at Becky's. Every year she has a bunch of people over and we have snacks and spiced rum and then go trick-or-treating as a group. It's always a lot of fun spending it with Becky but this year Rob and I will be going over to his sister Nicole's house in Everett. She does the same kind of thing and we can spend it with his family and their friends and not worry about Rachel being up too late and then a long drive home.









Here's Mason, Rachel, Michael, Rob and me at Becky's back in '06. If you can't guess, Rachel is Daphne from Scooby Doo.

Here's Rachel last year at a haunted house as a cute cheerleader!










I'll make sure to post pictures tomorrow of tonight. Have fun everyone and be safe!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

-Samantha

Halloween Video

Rob and I showed Rachel one of those Halloween videos where something jumps out at you. It was HILARIOUS! I know. We're mean but as you can see, it was worth it :)

Posse Up!

So, why did I decide to start this blog? My sister, Liz, and friend Tia have blogs and it's been such a great way for me to hear and see pictures of what's going on with them and their families. With a lot of my family and friends living out of state I figured I too should start a blog to share what's going on with us. So why start now? I figured with the three of us starting our new life together it would be the perfect time. The hardest part, to be honest, was thinking of a name. I know what you're thinking. "The Paul Posse?" It's kind of corny, I know, but it works, and what can I say... I LOVE that Sir Mix-a-lot song! :)

Last month, September 18th, Rob and I got married on Maui. It was absolutely beautiful. We had about 50 of our friends and family come from all over. The ceremony was on the Wailea Golf Course overlooking the ocean followed by a reception at The SeaWatch restaurant. When we got back we had another reception in Kirkland so we could share our special day with everyone who couldn't come to Maui. It also went amazing and Rob and I couldn't have asked for anything better. We haven't gotten the pictures back from the Kirkland reception yet, but i'll be sure to post some when they come in.

Now that we're finished with all the wedding stuff, our new challenge has been Rachel and I moving in with Rob. We've been working really hard trying to combine our lives together, or rather all our stuff. We still have a bunch of boxes all over the place, but little by little we've been chipping them away. We made a special bedroom for Rachel with the walls painted the exact color she wanted... a bright orange. It takes your eyes some adjusting when you walk in the room, but she loves it so that's all that really counts.

Well, thanks for reading the first post on our new blog. Please feel fee to leave your comments. I really appreciate any input I can get and love hearing from you! Talk to you soon!

-Samantha