Happy Halloween!

You gotta love the time of year when the weather turns cold, the leaves change, and hundreds of children dressed as Spiderman come begging for candy!  Well, here in Phoenix, it's still in the 90's, the cacti are still green, but we do have trick-or-treating!  The Kruse household actually set a record for most candy given out since we've lived there, which was great!  We team up with the neighbors across the street and have cocktails while we pass out candy at the end of our driveways.  Too fun!

The next night, we had a Halloween party.  Lot's of character's showed up! Here are some good ones: 

Hannah Montana, Adam Sandler's best friend in The Wedding Singer, and a Thief (get the irony?)

 

The Birthday Boys: Camile Toe, Hugh Heffner, Don Draper

Hey, hey, hey!  It's the whitest Fat Albert you've ever seen!  (Notice Easy E and the Ceiling Fan in the background!)

Vegas, baby, Vegas!

It was our (now) annual pilgrimage to sunny Las Vegas for a little R&R, ice cold beverages, and of course, Jimmy Buffett! Here is a picture of our whole group (minus 2):


Pretty good following! Kudos to the Boos family for starting a mighty fine tradition and allowing other Parrot Heads to join! Speaking of Parrot Heads, anyone ever guess they'd see Diep in this get-up?!

We LOVE it and think this is a look you should sport more often, Diep!

Another good get-up (there were far too many to showcase them all) was this little ditty. While the Kruse's are not publicly endorsing or denouncing any candidate, we found this funny either way...

That's all for now! As Jimmy would say, "Its a jungle out there kiddies, have a very fruitful day".

K&R

Pumpkin Patch

Fall is officially here!  My cousins from Vermont came into town this weekend with their 11 week old baby, Will.  We packed up the troops and headed over to Schnepf Farms to kick Autumn into high gear!

Here is my sister and niece:

Here's Will's first train ride:

Unfortunately, I had to leave early, so I missed the Beer Garden.  Oh well - there's always next year!

Still No Camera

I've been waiting to blog with pictures, but since my camera is gone and I can't seem to get the pics I took with my mom's camera downloaded, we'll have to sans the photos!

Ryan and I spent the weekend campaigning for the PV Schools Overrides.  My good husband stood outside a high school football game Friday Night holding a sign, exploiting himself.  Good Man!!!  I came to the conclusion after our Friday Night Lights experience that I am a big, huge, prude.  When did girls start wearing shorts that are the equivalent of bikini bottoms and high schoolers begin drinking their "Powerade" right in front of adults?  Ryan told me that it reminded him of his glory days, but I apparently missed out at my high school!

Hopefully my next entry will come with pictures! We finished our insurance claim so cross your fingers for a check!

Gus' first Cashmere

The Three Dog Bakery is going out of business and we got a steal on a sweater for Gus. You can't beat cashmere at 60% off, and since he is a Kruse, he needs an argyle sweater for golfing on brisk days. These pictures were taken with my crappy camera phone, but you can see how the blue really brings out his eyes...

The Big Break (In)

We were robbed! No - we didn't not place in America's Got Talent, we were actually robbed. Yesterday someone broke into our house and stole our watches, my jewelry (including my engagement ring), my camera, and other small items. So while I can't show pictures of our ransacked bedrooms, I will tell you - we are PISSED! Apparently the guy took Ryan's business credit card and bought gas, a necklace at a jewelry store (to go with the beautiful new ring he recently acquired), and stuff at Wal-Mart. Good thing he's not that bright because they have him on surveillance videos at the jewelry store and Wal-Mart. Apparently he's 5'6"ish, heavy-set, has long, dark, curly hair he wears in a ponytail, and drives a late 80's white Camero. Be warned Camero drivers with bad hair - the Kruse's are on the look-out! We'll keep you posted...

Side Note: After dealing with my car accident and this I must say that the Phoenix Police Department has really proven themselves to be top-notch! We are so grateful to have them on our side!