BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day #02846 Today was Halloween and the kids are all grown up but each of them are having great nights with friends. Eva is off in Boston at college and going to see Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time with a full stage cast and the movie, I'm not sure exactly the venue but they are very excited for the event. They are going with two of their good friends and I cannot wait to hear what they thought of the show. Andy prepped for days for their Halloween. Last night they started making all of the amazing goodies for their friends. Today Andy went to their friend Emi's house for a Halloween party and a night of trick or treating. I did not go over to drop Andy and all the goodies off but Allison did and she got some great photos of Andy and Jazzy who went as Jack Skellington and Sally from A Nightmare Before Christmas. Andy with Jazzy in their costumes. Andy made every edible thing on the table except for the pizza. There was so much food and the presentation is am...

Photo-A-Day #02845 Tonight after work I came home to Andy and their girlfriend, Jazzy, making treats for the Halloween Party tomorrow. Andy has all sorts of ideas for different treats. I think they are going to be making about 10 different things. Today was a busy one for me. I opened The Pretzel Factory this morning and worked until 5pm. Then stopped by America's Best Defense to bring them a giant box of pretzel bites and Halloween themed dips. They were very grateful for the treats.  Then I headed over to House of Fortune and picked up dinner for us. Now I have a night of work ahead of me. Very busy day.

Photo-A-Day #02844 Earlier this week I picked up some things at Michael's for Andy. I also found this little scratch art booklet for myself. When Andy got their Invisalign installed on Monday I started this page and Andy was done so quickly that I barely got much scratched off. It is a fun mindless activity.

Photo-A-Day #02843 Halloween is Andy's favorite holiday. This year they made 5 different pumpkins. these two little guys are from a cartoon called "Over the Garden Wall". Andy was excited to get a few pumpkins and carve them. Andy has also been preparing for Saturday where they are making about 15 different treats for their friends. Andy had been worried about all the dental stuff because of all the things that they would be making and was hoping not to miss out on everything. Luckily, things have been working out okay with the Invisalign.

Photo-A-Day #02842 The moon looked pretty awesome tonight and the sky had looked great with the clouds and that super bright moon. Capturing the moon with your camera phone is tough and almost always has an extra bit of light. I tried using night sight to get a better shot. 

Photo-A-Day #02841 Today Andy got fitted for Invisalign. Andy has been wanting braces/Invisalign for a long time and has not been happy with their smile. The breaking point was Andy's freshman photo. Andy had a simple smirk in the photo and when asked why they were not smiling Andy said that they hated their smile and their teeth. I looked into Invisalign that night. We got things going to get andy's teeth fixed up. And here is another image of Andy's smile. This is the smile of one who has to confront the fact that what they want is not going to happen despite best intentions. Andy was at their girlfriend's house helping to build an outdoor storage bin in exchange for the cardboard box that was used to ship it. Andy has been collecting cardboard for some project, not sure what the project is but something is being built. We tried to get much of the cardboard into my car but this piece in the image would not fit even sticking out the windows. We all told Andy it would n...

Photo-A-Day #02840 I planted a bunch of wildflowers in a mixture around the house and all through the Spring and Summer they did not bloom. Now after a first frost we have flowers on these giant wildflowers. No idea why.