Happy Halloween

Jake went trick or treating with one of his buddies this year so for the first time in over 20 years I didn't go trick or treating with one of my kiddos. He scored lots of candy and had a great time with his friends. We stayed home and passed out candy and were amazed by how many stupid teenagers came trick or treating. I let my kids go until they are in Jr. high, then they can still talk me into it in 7th grade if they go with a group of friends as long as they still dress up but really, I swear some of the kids that came tonight shave and drive! What dorks!
Any way, we had a great time carving pumpkins last night. It wasfun to have everyone together again!

Giving soccer a try

Jacob dropped football this fall in order to try soccer again. His best buddy has been trying to get him to play soccer with him so this year Jake decided to try it. He tried out for the team and made it so football went out the door. Jake did really good and learned a lot since he hadn't played for over a year. The team didn't do that great but he loved every minute of it. It will be interesting to see which one he picks next year, football or soccer. Now just a long winter break and we can start thinking about the best sport again....BASEBALL!

Zombie Run

The kids ran a zombie 5K on Saturday. They had a blast and are planning on running it again next year and Jacob even wants to join them! I posted most of the pix on Facebook but here are a few of my favorites. The other kid in the pictures is our other son, Mitchells' best friend since first grade.
They dressed up like characters from The Walking Dead, their favorite t.v show. It was a fun day with perfect weather. I may even run it with them next year.

Yuck!

I am not ready for the snow but here it comes!

Sadies

It's that time of year for the Sadie's dance at the high school. It is a girls choice dance and one day I got a txt from a friend of mine asking if Thomas had been asked yet. I said no and she told me that he would be getting asked that night. He came home from swim and the doorbellrang and there was a pumpkin full of dirt (oreo crumbs) with a grave stone that said " I would rest in peace if you went to Sadies with me" He then had to dig in the "dirt to find her name, He was so excited to find out it was a cute girl he has known since pre school. Later that night we are sitting at dinner and the doorbell rang. I looked at Thomas and just laughed as he answered the door to another invitation from another girl asking him to the dance. Oh dear! He had to buy a flower and take it to the second girl's house and tell her he had already been asked. When he got to school the next day he had another girl ask him if he had been asked because her friend was going to ask him and then he got a txt from another girl that was ticked because she was going to ask him.

                                                         Doggie photo bomb!

So any way, he answerd the first girl back and last night they went to the dance. He had a great time and she is an adorable girl. It is crazy to remember them many years ago back in their pre school days.

More shots from Homecoming

Here are a few pix of handsome Thomas and one of his handsome best buds Dylan before they picked up their dates for Homecoming. What good looking boys!

The real reason why we got a dog