Drew and
Mikayla are all dressed up and ready to go Trick-or-Treating! This was a new experience for our family and for our children. Normally, we go to fall festivals, and Drew and
Mikayla don't really "trick-or-treat" except at my mom and dad's house and my grandma's house. This year, they had the most fun trick-or-treating all through Ocean Lakes Campground in Myrtle Beach with Nana and all the cousins!!
Belle,
Mikayla, Drew, and Trey pose for pictures in their costumes.
Haston is dressed and has joined the others for pictures.
Now, we are off!! Our caravan included four
golf carts, with Chris, Julie, and Julie's mom leading the way. They were followed by Nikki, Tracey, Trey,
Haston, and Drew (seen above). Next in line was Craig,
Mikayla, and I, and Jason, Angel, Nana, Belle, and Ella brought up the rear. Look out, Ocean Lakes - I'm not sure you will ever be the same after this...
Our golf carts split up once we got into the camper section because there were so many people and it was hard to stay together. We had Drew get onto our cart, and we moved from campsite to campsite as a family. Here, Drew can't believe what he sees at one of the campsites.
Mikayla is not real sure about this campsite's decorations as you can tell by her face. Drew, however, is taking it all in! I had to walk into this with
Mikayla or she would not have gone in. Right after I took this picture, I turned around and there was a man dressed as a mummy right over my right shoulder. I almost stepped on him as I turned around.
Mikayla didn't like that at all.
Drew and
Mikayla trick-or-treat at one of the campsites.
Mikayla said she didn't want candy from this campsite - I don't think she cared for these decorations, either. But, you can see as Drew gets his candy, the decorations are not going to stop him.
Trick-or-Treating at another site.
After 3o minutes of trick-or-treating, Drew and Mikayla's baskets were overflowing with goodies. They had the most fun watching other people and looking at all the different costumes and decorations. Sylvester, the cat, was walking all around and we kept passing him every time we turned up different streets, and I think that was Mikayla's favorite part. Nana has talked about making this a yearly tradition for all of her grandchildren. Drew and Mikayla would be thrilled to go to Ocean Lakes every Halloween.
Craig and I on the golf cart after taking pictures! Nana had been wanting to get a picture of all of her grandchildren on the beach for her Christmas card for years, so we all got up and headed down to the beach Sunday morning before leaving to get the children together for their pictures.
Mikayla rides back to the house on the golf cart.
Drew riding back to the house.
This is the picture that we took of just Drew and Mikayla for our 2009 Christmas card!
I love taking pictures like this - of their backs as they look out at something.
After taking pictures of all of the grands/families on the beach, we went back to Nana and Papa Fred's house and took a picture of Papa Fred with all the grands. I begged Nana to get in this picture, but she will next time!
Craig asked Angel, our sister-in-law, to take a picture of us on the beach. I think it turned out to be a good picture of the two of us!
Our family picture - one of the many that were taken. By the time we got to the family pics, Drew and Mikayla were quite tired of taking pictures.
One of the pictures of the "grands". We just put them together and we all started flashing the cameras. I was snapping back to back, thinking with all of this, I'm bound to get one good one.
Again...
and again. These are not all of the ones that I took, but I tried to pick some of the best for this. We had the most fun that morning with all of the families down on the beach with the nice cool breeze blowing trying to get six children to all look in the same direction and smile at the same time. 
In October, Nana and Papa Fred invited all the kids and all the "grands" to the beach over Halloween weekend to celebrate Papa Fred's birthday and to trick-or-treat at the beach. Nana, Papa, Craig's Uncle Ovid, Fred's daughter, Nikki and her family, Fred's son, Dig, Craig's brother, Chris and his family, Craig's brother, Jason and his family, and our family had the most fun spending time together and watching the kids play!! I wasn't sure if Ocean Lakes would ever be the same after having all of us there at one time, but all the kids played exceptionally well together, and the adults had wonderful conversations!! I have a lot of pictures of this trip, so I will be making more than one post.
One of the things that the kids, Craig, and I were looking forward to was carving our pumpkins. We took two pumpkins with us (one for Drew and one for Mikayla, of course), with the plan to carve them right on the beach! One of my friends from school shared that she and her family had done the same the year before, so the kids couldn't wait!
The finished product!!
On October 24, 2009, Craig and I took the kids to Enchanted Tracks!! The kids and I had gone with friends the year before, and they had a ball so I looked up the dates and made plans for our family to return. It is held at the Pavilion Recreation Center in 
Last October, our family went to the fair just as we have always done every year. It was very cold the night we went so there weren't many people there. That made it nice because there were not any lines for the rides. Drew and 
