Emily and Kolby: Halloween and Baylor Homecoming 2014

Well, our Halloween didn't look quite like we expected it to. We were going to be in Waco for the weekend for Baylor homecoming, so we decided to drive down on Friday early evening and take Beckett trick or treating in my parents' neighborhood.

There's not a good way to say this without it seeming more dramatic than it really was, but we were in a car accident with an 18-wheeler on the drive. Thankfully, it was during rush hour so traffic was moving really slow. We had just gotten on the highway and were in the right lane when a big truck tried to move into our lane without seeing us. There wasn't much of an impact at all, just a very loud grinding sound. Kolby was driving and honked the horn so the driver would realize what was happening and not push us into the barricade in the shoulder. The accident was the truck driver's fault (although he wasn't being negligent, it was just a wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time thing) and he felt so, so bad when he came to check on us and saw that he had hit us right at Beckett's door. I don't think it made him feel any better either when he saw that I was mondo pregnant. Anyway, several cops came and to make a long story short we kept on rolling to Waco on a spare tire.

Unfortunately it was nearly 10pm by the time we made it, so we had missed trick or treating. Beckett is too young to understand so he didn't care one bit, but I was sad we had missed the opportunity to take him trick or treating with my parents. Oh well--everyone was safe and that's what matters.

The next day we tried to make up for it by letting him trick or treat inside my parents' house, then when we got home on Sunday a few friends from church offered to let him trick or treat to their house just for fun. Beckett was the cutest elephant you've ever seen. It's his favorite animal (well, tied with a gorilla). Plus I got his costume used for $5 and you can't beat that ;)

Saturday was Baylor homecoming and we had a blast! We went to the parade early that morning and Beckett loved watching the marching band (which he still talks about) and the balloons and floats.