Love birds, vampires and werewolves, oh my!

Okay, okay I have finally come to grips with my addiction and as a part of my 12 step program I am openly admitting my problem to the world. I have become addicted to the Twilight series. I picked up a copy of Twilight last Monday and now find myself in the middle of book three, Eclipse. Now for many a die hard fan the fact that an entire week has lapsed without my ability to read the four book series in its entirety may deem me a wannabe fan, not a true fan. But in the interest of full disclosure I remind those die hards that I have managed to read Twilight, New Moon and the first half of Eclipse in under two weeks while attending nursing school full-time, working part-time and raising a family with four children. (Hopefully that will give me a little wiggle room)

Needless to say, it is my goal to finish the remainder of the series before watching the movie next weekend. Though I am very excited to see Edward & Bella's unconventional love on the big screen, part of me is trying to prepare for a little disappointment. I realize that the movie is not likely to live up to the book, but I'm still willing to pay my $ 9.50 to take my chances.

A day late and a dollor short....

For those of you who know us well, you know that we are notorious for our lack of puncutality when it comes to acknowledging birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and the like. Yes, ask any of our immediate family members and they will truthfully tell you that they have on at least one occassion had our family's rendition of Happy Birthday (Happy Birthday to you, yesterday, Happy Birthday to you, yesterday) left on their answering machine. It's sad but oh so true. Keeping that in mind, it will not in the any way surprise you that I am just now posting the pics from Halloween on the blog. And yes, I do know that there are only two weeks until Thanksgiving.

By way of explanation, there are not any Halloween pics of Beth because she bolted from the front door promptly at 6:00 pm with two of her friends. This was the first year we have allowed her to trick-or-treat without an adult present. Armed with cell phones and flashlights the lightning fast dash from the front door at 6:00 pm yielded 6.5 lbs. of candy for each girl by 8:00 pm. Needless to say they were pleased with their spoils.