Haunted Gingerbread Houses and family visits!

Haunted Gingerbread houses are way more fun than Christmas ones... and I love Christmas ones too! It should be noted that we didn't use real gingerbread, but chocolate graham crackers so I guess this post should be called "Haunted Grahamcracker Houses" but anyway--here are the results:
Rachel and Kyle:

Casey and Allie:
Kristine and Steve:
And Neal and me:
Okay, I'm lying. That was our house from LAST year which was WAAAAAY better! Our house from this year turned out like this, despite our best efforts:
Whatever. At least I look very skinny in the picture. ;) and yes, I was wearing the Halloween pajama pants. Fun was had by all, and this will continue as a tradition in our house. We love it!
In other news, Mom and Cale come out for a visit and it was lovely. I love spending time with my family! We also went to Jamestown at had a blast!



Cale is pretty darn cute and I always love seeing my Mom. I wish we lived closer to them, but at least we have Cali and Josh!
Neal and I are doing well. Sometimes I go a little crazy working full time and teaching at American University twice a week from 8-10 PM, but I love it. Hope everyone is doing well!

Putting the 'Neal' in Hannah and Neal...

Hello to all the Hannah fans out there. This is Neal! I thought it high time I posted a little something on "our" blog. Luckily, Hannah has been kind to me, and even mentioned me a little....ok a lot :) which is why I wanted to mention HER.

I'm a bit of a photo fan, and I want to focus on two of the best photos ever taken:

Hannah is the most beautiful bride I've ever seen. We have so much fun together and my life has been so great since I decided she'd be a good peach picking mate (and she decided I might be worth a few hours of her time...finally!). She's an even better wife (and she was a good peach picker, I must say), and I love her more every day. I always thought people were pretty cheesy for saying that, but I can't think of a better way to say it.

And this is the face I live for. Making her laugh is the best part of the day. I'm just glad that I'm very funny and get to hear/see her laugh often. I love my life with Hannah, and I'm so lucky to have her. She always says such nice (and true) things about me on the blog here so I wanted to say a few words in her direction too.

I LOVE YOU HANNAH!!!

I really try not to judge people when they.....

-have cheesy love songs lyrics anywhere on their facebook
-like Twilight (or the Notebook, but I've already mentioned that)
-cannot understand the different between your and you're
-put songs on their blog (it's not cute, it's annoying-- but I still love you!)
-say "I could care less" instead of I couldN'T care less
-eat pickles.. ESPECIALLY those huge ones
-pack their 5 year olds lunch to consist of a fruit snacks, capri-sun, cheetos and lemon pudding
-make fun of France and the French (ESPECIALLY if they're NEVER BEEN THERE, which is usually the case)... again, it's not cute, it's annoying. I don't tell you your passion is a cheese eating surrender monkey, etc.

I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE... (so I don't sound so negative)
-hug me
-marry me-- namely, Neal. I'll spare you the other cheesy, lovey things I love ;)
-let you in their lane when you're trying to get over
-act appreciative
-come out and visit me
-participate in my classes
-try hard to keep in touch
-give me money/gifts ;)


And there you have it.