Happy Halloween!

Another beautiful weekend here in Minnesota. Weather was in the 60s all weekend. Thursday night we were "ghosted." Someone left a treat bucket on our front steps and ran away, leaving us with a letter instructing us how to "ghost" two other neighbors with treat buckets and a picture of a ghost to put on our own door so that we would not get ghosted again. Friday night we joined the neighbors for a bonfire. The adults enjoyed a few beers and Cole LOVED driving the neighbors kid-sized tractor. Saturday the kids went to a Halloween party at the YMCA. We hosted gourmet club Saturday night. We had a fondue theme which went over surprisingly well. One couple couldn't join us because their son had broken vertebrae from playing football and had to have corrective surgery last week. This is the son of my friend who broke her leg so badly several years ago on our ski trip (she was, of course, on the front steps of the condo when she broke her leg -- not actually skiing). Yesterday we did a lot of fall clean-up around the house and yard. Cole can sure run a broom! We are prepared, if not actually ready, for snow.
Have a Happy Halloween all!
Dad, hope you feel better soon.
Melinda & Co