Wallyween 09

Yes, yes, yes, I'm finally getting these posted after a few requests! :)

I went with the collage since I just think that some of these look a little better smaller and cropped. :) Just sayin'! And a special thank you to Miley Cirus for making such ugly clothes/great costumes. Eric's costume was complete thanks to you and Eddie Van Halen for providing some pretty great shoes (the picture didn't quite make the cut). Thank you, Hot Wally, for a great night of music, dancing, fun and laughs and letting us all feel like were a little younger, back in the 80's for a night! Until next time....

For the birds

I am referring to the weather during our outings to the pumpkin patches this year. Each time we've been there it's been pretty wet and rainy. But no one seems to mind and a good time is had by all! We went after school last week with some friends just for fun.

Then on Friday afternoon I headed with the kindergarten class on their field trip. Wet and cold but the ladies at the farm kept us warm with fresh coffee and the guys who owned the place were so busy entertaining the kids (with the pumpkin launcher especially!) and everything else, it made for a great afternoon.

Saturday the sun was out just in time for a morning full of soccer games. Holly had her last game and did great! Mia had 2 last games. They were great games, super close and down to the wire but we finished off the season in first place!!

Today while the girls were in school, the sun peeked out for a while so the boys and I headed to the park to play for a little while! Oh yeah, and somewhere in there was a Rockin' Wallyween party but the pictures just didn't seem to flow with this post...sorry! :) It was another great week around here!

And one last note...don't forget to vote!!

Photo overload ahead

Sad to say but the Grey Rhino's season has come to a close. It was a good one, though. Lots of fun and lots of laughs!

But if you ask Lucas, Tyler or Joey what the highlight of the season was the answer probably wouldn't be the goals scored or goals saved, they would probably tell you that subbing was the BEST part of soccer. If you knew (or know) Coach Sloffy you know he makes EVERYTHING fun!

Friday afternoon, after helping to count over $54,000 in Jog-a-thon funds (actually, some of you will be happy to know I didn't do any of the money counting, I helped with other tasks that needed completing that didn't involve the details of bookkeeping!) :) I headed with Holly's grade to Stoney Ridge Farms for a field trip, a very fun field trip. Although, this year it was a rather wet field trip.

Saturday the weather didn't get any better, it actually got way worse! But we still had 3 soccer games to go to. (Thank you Grandma and Aunt Joan for taking extra kids so they didn't have to stand in the cold and rain!) Mia had 2 games and Holly had 1.

We did get them all in before the downpour and thunder and lightning struck!

Thanks to Uncle Dave for making rain so much fun. He took L, T, and J puddle jumping in the Rover. Later, while I was out with Lucas I was informed I could not find puddles good enough like Uncle Dave. Saturday night we stayed home and took a new approach to pumpkin carving this year. Less mess and rather fun to mix things up a bit!

By Monday after school I kicked everyone outside for some fresh air. (no swine flu here, yet, knock, knock, knock)

Today was the big show-n-tell event. I got to school in time to see Lucas reading his book to Mrs. De Boom Boom. :)

Then, the moment they've been waiting ALL year for. Their Guinea Pigs made their school debut. Here is an action shot of them fielding questions from their classmates. They didn't (L, T, and J) stop talking the entire time! God bless you Mrs. Cook!

Holly couldn't have them in the same building without them making a stop in her classroom. Apparently they're talked about in class quite often. They must have discussed fire safety in school yesterday and Holly was rather concerned if the fire fighters would know where to find them in the basement if our house was ever on fire. I asked her teacher if she mentioned that her brothers room is also in the basement and if she was at all concerned about the fire fighters finding them. The answer was "No." :)

We ended our day back at school watching Marissa's last cross country meet of the season. Marissa is really, really ,really fast! I think that's an understatement. She was in first with no one in site behind her. Great job, Marissa!

Brrrrr, it's cold outside!

Fall has definitely made its arrival this weekend with cold, windy weather but still lots of sunshine!

Thanks, Wendi, for the great pics! Thankfully, since I'm coaching, I can still hand off my camera to someone willing to take lots of pictures with ti!

There will be no more strangers hiding out in our playhouse, the playhouse is gone! Everyone agreed it was okay to let it go, we were ready to reclaim our backyard. More space for soccer and football games. Plus we had a buyer ready to take it so away it went!

Mia, Holly and Eric headed to the Skagit and came home with some dinner. Always providing for our family! :)

The kids had 2 days off last week because of Teachers Convention so Friday was declared Monster Playdate Day! Everyone had a great time (although, this photo might show differently with Mia and Holly!) Thanks, guys, for coming over and making it a great day off!

More soccer! I have lots of photos of L,T and J with their tongues hanging out. I think this is a hereditary trait they received from their Grandma R. (I don't know why I think that, I just do! Anyone agree?) :)

If you're on Facebook, you may have already seen these. I do think they speak for themselves. Unfortunately, this is not the first time he's done this.

Friday night "sleep over" in the basement. Who needs friends over, with enough brothers and sisters you can have one great sleepover together. Tyler is there, too, he's just tucked way behind Mia.

Mia, I finally updated the blog! Thank you for the daily reminders to do so! Love you! :)