Happy Halloween!

We decorated the office and coordinated our costumes for the theme "Monstrous Mardi Gras" this year. I was the Devil King and here is my favorite decoration - the giant spider!


Here I am with the Ghost of Mardi Gras Past and the Witch Doctor Scream!



And here with Elvira Devil and Hannibal Lecter Jester.



We all had a great time and Dr. Scream won best costume in the whole Department!



Of course, I probably could have won if I'd just had the mask off when the judges came by :--)

Walk for Autism Speaks

Gina and I got to Reliant at 9AM and found the tent where we were to sign in.


Gina turned in the last of her off-line donations.

And because of the generosity of all our friends and family that donated to the cause, we both got t-shirts! I raised $175 and Gina got $174 (YEA! I beat her!)

Next we walked around to the vendor booths - I had no idea that there were so many agencies and others serving the needs of people with autism here in Houston! Here's Gina in front of the Avondale House booth.

It was an interesting looking crowd, but I couldn't believe my eyes. Was that who I thought it was????

OMG! It was! Obi Wan Kenobi!

Then I saw he was with some Stormtroopers who were more than willing to have their image captured on our primitive recording devices :-)

When I approached them for a photo shoot, they decided to arrest me!

Gina, Laura, and her sister Courtney were apparently unfazed by the rough treatment I was enduring from the Empire. (The balloons were the brainstorm of the Avondale House principal, Becky Ingalls - a good way to advertise their facility.)

Finally the walk was underway.


There were many groups walking to support a certain person with autism. Like this group who were all walking for Luis.

But others, like us, who were walking for all. Here's Becky, Lara, and Gina explaining.


THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO WALKED, VOLUNTEERED, AND DONATED $$ TO THIS EVENT!!!