Gingerbread houses

Every year we make gingerbread houses with the kids (well...except last year, Mitch was on his mission and we didn't do it) This year Mitch tried to make up for being gone 2 years by making the tallest house ever. It is always a big mess and a lot of fun!

Beards

The kids have had so much fun with their new facial hair this Christmas season! 

Christmas Dance x 2!

The Christmas dance at the high school was December 15th. Thomas was asked to go by a cute girl way back on the first of November. he was really excited to go and when it finally came time for the dance he had a fantastic time! Then another day in December he was at one of his swim meets and the announcer said over the speaker for Thomas Sheridan had a "red alert" and needed to look at the scoreboard. he looked up and a cute girl from the other high school was asking him to their Christmas dance. So he went to 2 dances this month. What a ladies man!

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!