My grandson Emmett was going to go as a highlander but had some fears of being teased (He is teased by other kids for being fat and even a doctor told him he was too fat (the day before he played in 2 basketball games for a city team and played in his last little game of the season. The week before he went on a 5 mile over night backpacking trip with his father) anyway he changed his mind and went as a Scottish astronaut.
Another branch of the family went as lord of the rings characters
My daughter made the costumes from thrift store buys (sweaters for chain mail ect) or sewed them and I made the helmet, gimli's axe, the bracers, the hobbit's cloak clasps and other assorted knives from leather.
The beard my daughter made from yarn
My wife and I went to oak glen to hike
I really like this one. The feel just attracts me. She stands in the cold foggy morning. She hadn't brought enough to stay warm so I gave her the shirts I had brought to keep me warm
Me after the hike when the fog had burned off. I wore my new anderson. I am replacing the others as I had finally made it back under 200 pounds. 20 years ago I reached a high of 300 and could no longer look in the mirror and "yep still got it" I finally had to say you got it but way too much of it. It has been a very slow and steady work of slow 20 ish pounds then a lot of plateaus but now I felt I needed to show off my girlish figure. The other thing is I found a company that does length for basically off the rack and not just 24 standard and at 5'8" that's too long for me and my gimli legs.
My wife and grizzly. This was what she had brought to stay warm
It still is apple season so the the trail has a lot of gifts the bears leave
Grizzly doing his pumpkin pose
Originally Posted by Panache
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