We carved pumpkins on Friday and I should be posting those photos, but I was too excited to edit our Halloween shots so that's what I'm posting first...
Courtney Lee was a nurse.
Annie was Dorothy (and impossible to get pictures of).
And Coley was Harry Potter.
Courtney Lee's not really crying...that's just one of her many goofy faces.
And then there was trick-or-treating...


Beautiful pictures! Happy Halloween.
Warmly,
Bernie
Posted by: Bernice Colyandro | November 01, 2009 at 04:36 PM
Great pictures! Love all of their costumes! Coley made a great Harry Potter!!!
Posted by: Heather | November 01, 2009 at 04:38 PM
Awesome!!! I love all of the neat old houses, the tree lined streets, and of course the cute kids.
Posted by: Sara M | November 01, 2009 at 04:52 PM
STUNNING...JUST STUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNING!!!
Posted by: Dawn | November 01, 2009 at 05:44 PM
Awesome pics Karen! The kids had great costumes!
Posted by: Addie | November 01, 2009 at 05:46 PM
Great pictures!
Posted by: Melanie C. | November 01, 2009 at 05:47 PM
SUPERB.. smiled the whole time looking at them.. STILL SMILIN'!!
Posted by: Tammy Mellish | November 01, 2009 at 06:01 PM
I'm always so inspired by your pictures!! I wish my kids were younger and I had a second chance to capture those memories!
Posted by: Margaret | November 01, 2009 at 06:03 PM
aww what fun pictures!! They look so adorable..
Posted by: Grace P | November 01, 2009 at 06:03 PM
Wow! Awesome shots! Looks like y'all had such fun!
Posted by: Ann | November 01, 2009 at 06:04 PM
How fun! I think my favorite shot was #7 or #8 surrounded by the Fall leaves/colors (we don't really have much of a fall here in Texas!) I hope you enjoyed your week off of blogging! We all missed your posts :)
Posted by: Lori | November 01, 2009 at 06:35 PM
1- Your pictures are wonderful.
2- That neighborhood looks lovely.
3- Your kids are super cute.
Posted by: Jaimie | November 01, 2009 at 06:40 PM
The street you trick or treat on looks gorgeous with the foliage!!!! Perfect for picture taking!!!
LOVE IT!!
Posted by: Tina | November 01, 2009 at 06:41 PM
Your children are always adorable, your photos great and it only took 5 days off for you to return refreshed and BRIGHT as always.
Posted by: Judy Webb | November 01, 2009 at 06:43 PM
I love how no one raked the leaves, really frames the shots. What a beautiful neighborhood.
Posted by: Kimberly | November 01, 2009 at 06:49 PM
I LOVE EVERY PHOTO! BEAUTIFUL! I told my son that I wanted to take pictures like you do in my lifetime.
Posted by: Melanie | November 01, 2009 at 06:55 PM
These are so good! I wish I could get great trick-or-treat photos but my girls are always too excited to stand still for any amount of time. That, and it's dark about 15 minutes into it!
Posted by: Erin Sweeney | November 01, 2009 at 07:00 PM
What fantastic pictures. As always, your talent blows me away.
Posted by: Jennifer M. | November 01, 2009 at 07:01 PM
that was so UBBERLY cute I can't stand it. Love love love the pictures and love the fall of your Trick Or Treat Zone. B E A utiful.
Posted by: Ada | November 01, 2009 at 07:12 PM
What great pictures!! Love the neighborhood and the kids!
Posted by: Ann | November 01, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Love the pics! Your Dorothy sounds like my Raggedy Ann ... impossible to get her to sit still for 30 seconds for a picture, let alone one with the wig on. All too much fun nonetheless!
Posted by: Cate O'Malley | November 01, 2009 at 07:19 PM
Thank you Karen:
I just thought I would check, cause although you said you were taking time off, I hoped you would share a few Halloween pics. Love the costumes-well done! And the picture (#8) from behind the gang with the tree lined street is absolutely gorgeous-amazing!! Thank you for sharing! Hope all is well.
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa | November 01, 2009 at 07:24 PM
Stunning, simply stunning!
I tried so hard! I made a list, checked it twice and got my kids down for naps because they were both naughty and NOT nice....so, they slept until 4pm. Woke up starving, made pizza's, got dressed and gosh darnit, if it wasn't too dark to get amazing (I had great expectations) photo!
But then when I sat back and thought about it, no one on our street was home to even hand out candy until 5:30pm, so it would have been a bust regardless! we would have been roaming the street with no candy to be had!
Maybe next year! Thanks for the inspiration, you rock!
Posted by: juli | November 01, 2009 at 07:47 PM
looks like a magical halloween night little missy....i sure hope that the carving night included some melon baller memories ;) we did that on halloween before trick or treating and i thought of you!!! Hope your weekend was happy sweetie!
Posted by: tanyawebster | November 01, 2009 at 07:49 PM
Beautiful, the kids looks gorgeous and the autumn colours in your area are stunning.
Posted by: Susy | November 01, 2009 at 07:52 PM