Midwest America Halloween Capitol - Foy's of Fairborn

When it comes to city's and towns most have their thing, a great football team, a natural wonder, a historical section, or a unique restaurant, but for Fairborn, Ohio what they have is Halloween. That's right, if any town in the Midwest can stake a claim to this Fall time holiday it is Fairborn. Why you may wonder, it all has to do with a chain of stores called after the last name of their owner.... Foy's. There are six Foy's stores along Main St. in Fairborn and each provides something unique and linked to Halloween. From an adult costume store, to a children's costume store, to a haunted house supply store, to a general Halloween store, there is even a Diner, and a five-and-dime store. So when October rolls around Fairborn comes alive like no other time of year.



So we decided to take part in this Fairborn nostalgia. We grabbed some food from a street side vendor and then went through Halloween Avenue - Foy's style.


One local personality we found hanging around Foy's whom also stakes claim in Halloween is Dr. Creep. In the 1980's he was a late night horror host for a local TV stations Saturday night movie horror marathon. He currently is at it again on Sunday nights. Molly had a great time meeting the Doctor and even got his autograph. Molly later learned that her Uncle Eric also met Dr. Creep but was too afraid to talk to him. To learn more about the good doctor go to www.drcreep.com



One of our purposes for visiting the Foy's Halloween Stores was to find Kristy a new costume. Due to Neleha's current love of Disney's Incredibles, Kristy got her own Incredibles costume to match the one we got for Neleha.


After we found Kristy's costume we came across this make-up effects artist making wounds on people. After he had finished on someone he asked who was next and our Molly jumped right up in his chair. She was so thrilled to have this chance to get what she called a "scar" on her face.


She did such a great job in staying still, the artist even commented on how well she did. He even said that she was bound to be a movie star one day because of how well she was able to cooperate with getting made up.



Molly was so proud of her scar that she insisted on trying to preserve it through the night by covering it with toilet paper. Unfortunately this method only prevented the make-up from rubbing onto her pillow. Her scar was a real mess when she woke up the next morning when she agreed to finally clean it off.

FHE: You've Been Boo'd

A family tradition that started two halloweens ago is for us to go around and "BOO" some of our friends. It all started when our friends, the Williams, Boo'd us which in some way required that we Boo three other families. Since then we have kept it up. The idea behind the Boo Chain is that you drop off a bag of candy and goodies with a Boo'd sign, directions, and the Boo'd Story. The directions indicate that the receiver do the same for three other friends thus the Boo Chain continues.

This year Molly wanted to do the actual Booing and so she ran to the doors, dropped off the bag, knocked on the door, and ran back to the car. She was a natural Boo'er.

For those interested in participating in this fun family activity just print the images below and you will be well on your way to being a Boo'er.

Chicken Pox and Trick-or-Treat

Two things that do not mix is "Chicken Pox & Trick-Or-Treat" as our girls found out when Kristy had planned to take them to a local gathering of the Dayton Deaf Club to celebrate Halloween. Participation in one of the Deaf Club activities was required by Kristys sign language class and so she had planned to take the girls with her to this one. Unfortunately the chicken pox found them first. Both of our girls had been immunized against chicken pox when they were much younger and so their outbreak was mild....but still contagious. So to make it up to them, for missing this event that they had been looking forward to, we had our own little trick-or-treat at home.

My Last Wedding....as the Photographer

My photography studio has reached the point where I am finally able to focus on the aspect of photography that I am most interested in. From the beginning my hope was that I could simply take artistic photographs...through the last three years I have been able to earn enough to pay for all my equipment I have had to purchase and now I will turn my efforts toward my desired direction. This means that I will no longer offer senior, family, and wedding photos. My last wedding was appropriately at the same place that my first one was at.... the Columbus Temple. In fact the bride was the sister of the groom of my first wedding. It all seemed like it was meant to be.

Kristy has always been such a support for me during the last few years of wedding photography, this wedding was no different. My beautiful angel sweetheart was by my side for this last wedding.

The reception was directed by a friend of mine that was been at weddings as long as I have but only with DJ services. Check out his website www.inrealitydigitaldj.com . This particular reception was by far one of the most fun, the pictures of the kids show this well.

Kristy Celebrates her 24th Friendly's Style

So everyone gathered at the Friendly's in Troy to celebrate my sweethearts 24th birthday. We all enjoyed each others company and some of the best ice cream in town.

Everyone was very busy this night and so that is why we decided to hold the occasion in a central location.... hence Friendly's. Besides that Kristy has always been a big fan of the restaurant and so it only seemed appropriate that it be the place for her birthday gathering.



The staff sang Kristy their "Happy Birthday" song and then Kristy opened all of her wonderful gifts.


Kristy has been asking for an acoustic guitar for some time, I think ever since we visited Loretta Lynn's ranch last summer, so I sought out and found a guitar that best fit Kristy. . . . a pink guitar with a heart shaped cut-out.

Leonard played a short tune on the guitar for everyone's listening enjoyment.

Kristy's birthday gathering turned out great and everyone left full of ice cream and memories. How blessed I am to have been able to spend with my sweetheart her last 7 birthdays, I certainly am looking forward to the many more ahead.