Picture Pages! Picture Pages!

The plan was to go to Wal-Mart and have a family photo session done with us in our American McGee's Alice costumes. We arrived a few minutes late, waited a very long time, but the photographer remained MIA. We did offend a significant number of Wal-Mart shoppers, which I suppose made the trip worthwhile--however, the whole idea was to have these wonderfully disturbing images to send out with the Christmas cards this year. And of course, ultimately, since Dad refuses to have photos of his children amongst their family photo gallery--a very large, elegantly framed photo was to be one of his Christmas gifts. Damn missing Wal-Mart photographer--that would have been so cool!

So, instead, we had Therese and Johnny catch some family poses (these ones won't be used, but are still fun to check out) and we will be picking our Christmas photos from these (including the picture for Dad)--suggestions would be appreciated--we have the final choices narrowed down to these nine (numbered for your suggestion convenience)... The backgrounds aren't as cool as the waterfalls, fall foliage, Barbie and other backgrounds we would have gotten at Wal-Mart, but they'll have to do.



Old Town, Winchester, Virginia (Saturday, October 27). Random trick-or-treating shots in Old Town (including James trying to juggle and his scary encounter with a mechanical ghoul). Random buildings in Old Town and houses in Winchester (unfortunately my batteries died and the charged ones were trapped in the back of the Exploder). Before and after trick-or treating pictures, including our dinner at Glory Days (a FANTASTIC dining experience with food to die for + they still treated us like royalty, even though we were bloody, gory and toting two young kids--highly recommended--request Rick, he's the best!).



Family pictures that I stole from Jennifer's computer, Jennifer's car after the nice policeman plowed into Matt and pictures of the kids on Halloween day.



Dia el los Muertos at Michele's (Friday, November 2nd). Our journey included a trip to the liquor store (Blue Nun for the dead, resurrected priest & Fish Eye for Jesus--wine, of course)--which almost got us lynched...

Clerks: "Halloween party?"

Priest: (funny look) "Um... Halloween is over..."

Jesus: "Day of the Dead."

Clerks: (scared looks--wondering if we are planning to go dig up corpses or something equally heinous) The stares and dirty looks continued as we walked out and got into the Flair Mobile. Some people just don't get it...

Michele's pictures are great--she's got some REALLY interesting ones! Plus, we managed to get LOTS of goggle pictures. Anyhoo, we toyed with the idea of having the theme be religious figures for Halloween in April--but I'm thinking we'll stick to the Alice theme. While bloody Alice in Wonderland offends almost everyone, it's nothing compared to what just two religious icons brought about! C'mon guys, you don't think God has a sense of humor???