October Festivites...

So as I said before I have a little catching up to do. So growing up my family always had a Halloween tradition of having scones and chili on Halloween night. My mom would always make homemade scones and chili the night of Halloween so she could ensure that we would have a good meal as well as something to help keep us warm as we ventured out in the cold evenings. Our costumes would usually be tucked under our coats or sweats were under are costumes, but our tummies were full of scones and chili. This is something that I remember doing every year and it didn’t seem like Halloween unless we enjoyed this meal on Halloween night. So with that being said Mom happened to be out of town the week of Halloween and I knew most of the family, ok the Larsen family (the only family with children) had places to be on Halloween night. So I decided to take it upon myself to carry out the tradition. So the night before Halloween my sisters, there hubbies, children, and my other sister Daja and her nephew Oakland came over and enjoyed scones, chili, and pumpkin carving. Hmmm this just made me think of something I wonder if this was a family tradition so we would be full and wouldn’t want to eat any candy till later. That way mom and dad could pick out the good candy before we go to it…hmmmm sneaky, sneaky. It only took me 28 years to catch on to this. This whole time I was just thinking it was a great family tradition of scones and chili that I felt needed to be carried on.


Melisa watching as Cameron, Kevin, and Oakland work on their masterpieces.


Cameron and Oakland playing in the leaves.



Cameron is growing up so fast he is already growing facial hair.