HAPPY HALLOWEEN....a little late

After all the ghost and ghouls have had their fun and we have gorded ourselves on the troves of candy collected (or stolen from your respective kids), the Arizona Tracys are wishing everyone a Happy "Late" Halloween!

Ours began a week before Halloween when we went to the local pumpkin patch and picked out the most perfect pumpkin! We braved the blazing October heat (it had to be 80 something) and cut through all the vines to find that all elusive perfect pumpkin. We went back to the Hatch's place and had a great pumpkin carving party!

At the party we kept the old tradition of all pumpkin carvers world-wide, Meghann, Kylee, and Clarie were busily getting their men Halloween treats while the men were actively engaged in a good work (making the pumpkins SCARY).

Some of you might be wondering, "Why is a piece of paper on Daniel's pumpkin?" Well, Daniel is always out for perfection. He HAND drew the image he wanted on the pumpkin and wanted it do be the best pumpkin EVER (it had to be better than last year)!
These are the pumpkins that we all carved that night!!!!! The picture below is our pumpkin with the candle in it. It looks scary huh!?! We even got the drunk neighbors approval when we put it on the door step.


Does Meghann ever turn into a monster on Halloween?????
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Yes, but Daniel had her back in the house before the last stroke of Midnight fell.
Halloween was fun and we dressed with the theme of Decades! Meghann was a hippie in the 60's (she even tie-dyed her own t-shirt!) and Daniel was a Wanna-be in the 70's. We ended up going to the Thunderbird Old Hallows Eve party and got to see all kinds of costumes. Namely Vampires (non of the Edward variety), Smurfs, Kung-Fu Panda, a Gold Digger, Satan, The singing bush from Three Amigos, Easter bunny and so many more. We had a great Halloween and hope that you all had a good one too!

Trip to Utah!

One thing Meghann REALLY misses about fall...are the changing leaves. Since we've been living in Arizona, we are constantly reminding ourselves, yes, it is October. It's easy to forget when it's oohh 90 degrees outside! During our drive up to Utah it was nice to be able to get a sense of good ole autumn weather! As you can tell, Meg was super excited. So excited, we had to stop and take a picture of her hugging a tree. Tree hugger.
We made the trek up to Utah for wedding festivities in the honors of Rachel and Scott and to spend some family time with the Tracy's. It was nice to be able to spend a long weekend with the fam vacationing from work and school! Our weekend however did not go untouched from delay. For the 4th time Meghann has, you guessed it, locked her keys in our car. Yup. We had to take a moment and document Camille's diligence in jimmying the car door with a wire hanger and screw driver. Classic. All is well! The keys were right where Meg left them...in the back seat.

After two days of shopping, eating and eating, the fam was able to gather together for Rachel and Scott's reception. It was so fun to be with everyone during the exciting beginning of Rachel and Scott's life together!

Wedding weekend would not be completed without the initiation of the newlyweds car! Streamers, two canisters of silly string, some markers and condoms later we have completed our masterpiece! It was all out of pure love, we promise.



On the way home from a relaxing weekend, we took our time driving back home to enjoy the scenery. We think this is a "baby" canyon leading into the Grand Canyon. Whatever it is, it was an awesome view!

We made it home safely and want to thank the family for such a great weekend. We miss you all!

THE KILLERS!!!

Recently Daniel and Meghann had the opportunity to see one of our favorite bands play down here in Phoenix. As you can tell... THE KILLERS took the stage. And all it took was Meghann to pout for an evening lol. Mission accomplished! For a Monday night concert, we needed "pick-me-ups" so there we were... equipped with energy drinks in hand and ready to brave downtown Phoenix for the first time!

Feel free to sing along, as the lyrics do in fact correspond with the few photos that actually turned out. Clever? We thought so....

"Are we human, or are we dancers?! My signs are vital, my hands are cold...and I'm on my knees searching for the answers. Are we human, or are we dancers?"

Meg's favorite.

"I got soul but I'm not a soldier, I got soul but I'm not a soldier, I got soul but I'm not a soldier, I got soul but I'm not a soldier....I GOT SOUL BUT I'M NOT A SOLDIER!!!"

And for the encore, Dan's favorite....

"HE DOESN'T LOOK A THING LIKE JESUS! But he looks like a gentlemen like you imagined, when you....WERE YOOOOUNNNNNGGGGG!!!!!"

They rocked this last song!!! We do have a video of the finale, but Meghann didn't realize that screaming and jumping up and down would loose the effect of watching the video later. Also, you couldn't hear a thing....rats.

Concert tickets, $100.00. Monster energy drinks, $4.00. Parking, $10.00. Missing Monday night class and screaming so much your voice is hoarse the next day for the best band ever...PRICELESS.