Costumes and Windows

Our shady tree
Our favorite tree holds this swing we pulled out of the "jungle room"...remember the room with the Bali mural and plants everywhere that left our collective heads scratching?
The swing survived the excavating.

Anyway, our swing is a place where we play, snack,
talk, think, hold hands, lean on each other and (maybe)escape.
Or watch bunnies.
RIP Ernie.
(My bunny friend that never ran away from me.)

I love how the Milkbarn looks in the fall.

Delivery complete.
We filled this dumpster up within a week or two of tearing up the apartment.

Windows installed!

The three on the left is where the kitchen sink will be.

Early fall morning looking towards the canyon.

Autumn never gets old for me.

Our backyard neighbors must be sick of looking at this mess.

The kids picked this up unwillingly.

Ah, Milkbarn memories.

Sleeping in our future kitchen yo.

Halloween chaos.
I decided this year to make some Halloween costumes. I have never been able to get any of my kids on board for a group costume. Seriously never(!), they have some definite ideas. But this year, something must have been in the Milkbarn water.
Based on a video game that we sometimes play(understatement),
I made some Skyrim inspired costumes for the kids.
I only had one voice of dissent.
I think you'll spot it as you scroll down.

Henry's armored vest with scales individually cut and sewn.

I had been watching a LOT of Project Runway so I ventured into making the costumes as a collection. I loved doing this because I could sew with fabric I really liked and wasn't replicating something I had seen.

I think the ward party didn't know how to handle my Clay's deer hide thrown over his back.

Is that real?

I thought we looked cool.

We definitely needed more parties to go too.

The dissenter.

But a cute one.

We had a fun Halloween.

It's a favorite!

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