A new member of the Brad Taylor Family was added the day after Thanksgiving. Santa delivered a shiny new sleigh to the house in the form of a Toyota Tundra. With the 2008 deployment coming up fast and Brittney's move to Kansas coming closer we needed a vehicle capable of hauling the puppies accross the country in style. 
What could it be? Brad and I wondered as we saw the flash in the sun room. . . It was more of a #*%? that came out of Uncle Brad's mouth when we walked out into the sunroom as some critter darted around his head. We stood inside looking out. . . finally the creature was still and we could see what it was. Why would he come here? had crossed our minds. Maybe it's a message from Claire, "You know she is studying at Hogwarts this time of year." I told Brad. We were reminded about her being at Hogwarts, becaues we were looking at keithtaylorfamily.com when our guest arrived. On her parents blog they had posted pictures of her in her Hogwarts Uniform on her trip home for the Halloween Holiday. Then Brad said, "But I think Claire has a white one, doesn't she?" All we could do was venture closer into the sunroom to see what he wanted. Being muggles that we are, we were a little bit frightened by the creature. Not to mention Aunt Brittney's fobia of such feathered friends and all their flapping about that they do.
So here is what we saw . . .
His message was in fact from Claire. I guess this is Claire's long distance owl. We won't discuss her personal message at this time. Just that she is having fun with Harry, Hermione, and Ron at Hogwarts.
So for the rest of Claire family and friends, don't be surprised if one night an owl comes flying into your house (or in our case sunroom). It's just Claire letting you know how she is doing. We thought this post would let you know what kind of owl Claire has. He safely made it out of our sunroom without any harm and should be back to Claire by now.
And to Claire, Molly wanted to let you know that she too is attending a Hogwarts type of school, but for four legged friends. She is learning how to turn her dog food that we give her into a Thanksgiving Feast. I will let you know how that goes. Molly wanted to also send you a picture of what her school uniform looks like on her.
As you can tell she is getting used to the hat.
And for the rest of the Doug Taylor girls. . . Max wants you to know what you think of his police uniform. He thinks that he would fit right in with the Washington State Troopers as best dressed. He still has a few more years at the doggy police acadamy as well before he officially becomes a police dog. Then he and Uncle Brian can both protect our streets.
He doen't mind his hat so much.
Until our next suprise from Hogwarts arrives. . .
We Taylor's in here in Virginia had a great time carving pumpkins this year. The whole family got involved. Max liked the taste better than anything. While Molly just liked playing fetch with her little one.
Brad and I also got involved the old fashion way. By the way the G is for Green Bay Packers.
In our neighborhood everyone site in their driveway or on their front porch to pass out candy.
I just wanted to share a few things that we heard while sitting outside. . .
"Dad can I have candy for breakfast tomorrow?"
"Look at my Spidy Man Muscles!!!"
"Wow honey, look at that cat. Why don't you go pet it?" To the mothers dismay our neighbor was not holding a cat at all, but a giant rat!! I won't write what she said next.
Hope all of you had a fun and safe Halloween as well.