The Year Before the Trick-or-Treating Begins....

This is the year before the trick-or-treating begins, so we had to celebrate as usual even though I happened to be over 6 months pregnant. The good thing about being pregnant on Halloween is that this belly serves as a good prop..... once the appropriate costume has been chosen. ;)

So we met at the Rookie's house and had a wide assortment of characters there to pre-party.

Coach Saban stopped by

and one of those Bama twins must have followed him up here with her lady doctor.

Speaking of football, Brett Favre joined us as he was down south searching for retirement homes.

We had the Cooks pest control guy on hand with his friendly ladybug.

Our Mexican Pedro and French Maid even got the night off to celebrate.

But it was a big night for Lucas ~ or should I say Billy Bob - and I.....

It was our weddin' night!!!

We made it official with a kiss. I was even wearing my high school class ring as my weddin' band.

We raised our solo cups for a toast

(Note: Not actually my beer, people.)

Everyone seemed to have a great time ~ even though it was a bit cold!

And luckily there was a doctor on hand in case of any emergencies....

Hmmmm...... maybe not.

Halloween 2009

Ashley, Rafa, and Lily Ann
26 Weeks

Note: This Halloween costume was not meant to offend anyone. But this is Alabama and I do know a few people who fit these roles year-round.... thankfully I don't think they read my blog. You just gotta laugh!

Note 2: I bought my dress at the Thrift Store. As I was standing in line to purchase the dress, the woman in front of me asked me when I was getting married. Really?!? You can't make this stuff up.

The Devil Wears Fake Prada

The night we have all been waiting for finally arrived. Halloween! I got all of the luminaries and pumpkins lit for our trick or treaters. We had like 4 or 5. Where have all the trick or treaters gone? Maybe they were scared away by our loud music. Oh, well. We still had a great time with our crazy group of friends.



First off - My little angel!

Isn't he so precious? And who's that devil I see?


It's me! Throw in another angel and we've got one really mixed up family. Ha!


Also attending our party - Michael Phelps. Yea - we know him. I didn't know he was such a drinker though. Who knew you could drink so much beer and still win 8 gold medals (and need floaties). Ha!


I took a few laps.


Of course, we had some nerds come crash our party. Ha! They aren't really nerds they just dress up like nerds on Halloween (yea right, *wink* *wink*)!

And of course, the drinking pregnant lady - with baby (and I guess she felt a little self concious - she stole the angel's halo to make herself feel better).


A few of these and we were good to go.


She came in late - I can't let her drink alone. Haha!


We had a great night out with friends.


A few group shots:




Here you will find a dirty dentist, a speed racer girl (she's with the dentist), and a Cadillac thug. He was really too funny - even drinking Colt 45s. Haha! He left 2 in my fridge - we won't be drinking those. Yuck! There was also a clown and a prisoner who didn't make it into these shots.

And of course you have the political people that I just had to have my picture with.


This couple by far wins SCARIEST costume of the night. I told them that. I don't think they were too amused.


Oh, well. What can you do?

Goodbye Halloween '08. I already know what I want to be for Halloween '09. You'll find that out tomorrow!

Late Night Projects = Glowing Results

Mom came over last night again and this is what we worked on until 2:00 a.m.

Ghost luminaries - spooooooky!

Ghost luminaries - spooooooky!

Obama pumpkin!

I'll have better pictures on Monday. I forgot my camera and only had my blackberry to take pictures with. We have a fun night ahead of us!!!

Happy Halloween, everybody!!

Opposites Attract

Our family has decided to dress up as opposites for Halloween! What? That isn't enough of a clue for you? Okay - here is a hint.

Us on a normal day:


Hehehehe!!! Got it?

Well, we are having quite a few people over tomorrow night I do believe. With the husband working, me playing tennis for the third night in a row tonight, and pumpkins still left to carve - I'm not quite sure how it will all get done. But I can't wait for Halloween!!

Stay tuned for Halloween costume pictures! It's going to be good!

You Win!

You win, blogging ladies who talk about nothing but Twilight. I am no longer able to function in the blogosphere without reading this series. So I bought the first book yesterday when I was grocery shopping. My work is going to wind down next week and I am taking a trip to the beach. It seems like a good time to start.

Also, I bought 2 pumpkins for my campaign-o-lanterns. And I forgot to put the link up so you can carve your pumpkins, too. Here you go. (I realize everyone else has probably already carved their pumpkins but cut me some slack. I will get it done in due time, hopefully before Friday.)

Happy Hall - O - Ween!

Get it? O..... Obama. Yea, I am definitely more excited about pumpkin carving after finding these.


There are Republican stencils, too, if you so choose to desecrate a pumpkin.

Hehe! Just kidding.... sorta!

Remembering Halloweens Past

The following memories are from Halloween 2006. This was quite possibly one of the best Halloweens I've had as an adult (okay, I'm using the word adult very loosely).

Candice, Shelby, and I drove up to Nashville to celebrate with old friends! Antics ensued!

Here was our group! We had some cowgirls, a pirate, Michael Jackson, Wendy and Tinkerbell, and me - Officer Ashley. Hehe!


We had a great time! We started out at some fraternity party but the troopers went on.

So, a police officer, a pirate, and Michael Jackson walk into a gay bar......


I just thought that was funny. Sounds like a joke. But it was no joke at all. We had the best time! And since we were all taken at the time it was fun to just dance around and not have to really worry much about standard bar losers. All the guys were great!


Check it out. Yea! He was under arrest. Ha!! And I'm in my serious officer pose. We met lots of great people - including Gay Super Man - I need to show ya'll that picture. It's at home. Let me just say, from this night forward my favorite song has to be 'It's Raining Men' Hallelujah!

And you just have to see this picture because you must know about these boots. And see - we're in Nashville. There's a guitar on the street!


I remember we were walking down the street and a police officer rolled down his window and said something - I don't really remember if he was talking to us or someone else - but I told him not to worry, I was handling the situation. Haha! He laughed - good thing.

I have a feeling that this year is going to be another great year! No Nashville gay bars - but it will be fun. Stay tuned for detail.

(I know I keep leading ya'll on but I want some good pictures of my plans before I start talking about this year's costumes!)

Caught Up!

Well..... sorta. When I came back to my bloglines subscriptions, I had over 800 posts to read. I did not read all 800 - but I did scroll and hopefully have not missed all of your important going ons. I made a few comments but for the most part am just starting fresh - so from now on I promise to be a dedicated reader.

I am currently in the midst of Halloween planning. We have found a fun party on the top floor of a parking garage in our dowtown area. We're trying to get a group together at our house to pre-party and pass out candy before we head downtown. I have costume ideas in mind but I'll save them for another day when I have more in progress.