Halloween, Izaac and Noel on the roof!

Went to Des Moines today for (nephew) Ben's and Mema's (my mom's) birthdays. Uncle Charlie treated us to Old Chicago pizzas--yum!!

Izaac was Batman for Halloween and enjoyed going door to door in his neighborhood. He wouldn't tell a 'joke' but had conversations with the 'treaters' about their decorations and candy. He woke up early this morning hoping he could go fill his candy bucket again!

Izaac posing with Samantha (Sa-may-may, as he calls her), who had a tire problem on the road today, but made it safely to Des Moines.

Izaac wanted his hair styled "like a mohawk" this morning, and he liked the look!

Mom's trying to choose new shingles for her roof (and having trouble deciding) so I was trying to take a picture of our new shingles out the upstairs window. When I opened the screen to take a close-up of the shingles, Noel escaped out the window.

She crawled around for about five minutes, decided it was too far to jump down and crawled back into the window.

Emmitt is slowly getting over chasing the kitties....

That's Emmitt under my sewing table (except my computer is on it much more often that the sewing machine, unfortunately), after Georgy (on the chair) swatted his nose when he got too close.

Emmitt will be going home this afternoon with his 'mommy'. I think we've had a pretty good week, and Emmitt has enjoyed being here.

This is where Bogie has spent most of the last week--on top of the cupboard in the bathroom--so he could avoid the dog.

This is where Queen (the oldest) has spent most of the last week--on top of the hutch in the Prairie Room.

(Last Sunday morning after I was ready for church, I was trying to feed Queen a bowl of tuna, and when I reached to put the bowl up there with her, I dumped some of the tuna and juice down on me--including my hair. I didn't have time to RE-shower and get to church on time--so I didn't go! I think it should rank near the top of the 'weirdest excuses' not to attend church!)

Emmitt in the early morning!!! (and My 500th blog posting!)

This is about how far Emmitt gets from me (he's sitting on my feet) inside or out of the house unless he's answering 'nature's call'...

That's not the sun setting in the west, that's the moon going to bed! It was much prettier than the picture, however.

Emmitt got up VERY early this morning, so does that mean he'll go to bed without whining or barking early tonight?? His 'mommy' will be here Sunday afternoon to retrieve him.

(The orange tint on the pavement is actually from the yard light that was still shining brightly this dark morning!)