Happy Halloween

Shay and Aiden in their costumes!

Sophie and Lilly had a costume too!

Even though our Halloween fun is not entirely over (we have

trunk-or-treating tomorrow night at church), we already feel like

we have had a terrific Halloween! The kids attended a Fall

Carnival last weekend that kicked off our festivities. The kids

picked pumpkins, trunk-or-treated, made a craft and

of course ate yummy food. Then we attended another

Fall Carnival at Aiden's preschool where the kids played

games and trick-or-treated again. Yesterday they attended

yet another Fall Carnival where they also trick-or treated.

This afternoon we took them Downtown where all the

stores were participating in trick-or-treating. Then we

headed to the mall for trick-or-treating. We then topped it

off by taking the kids to see Toy Story 3 this evening.

Needless to say.....we are TIRED! Tomorrow we have

church in the morning and then we carve our pumpkins!

Tomorrow night the kids have Awanas and then we

trunk-or-treat AGAIN! This time we are participating

in the trunk-or-treating by decorating our "trunk"

(truck bed) to resemble the Biblical story of the 3

Hebrew children and the Fiery Furnace! Should be a

lot of fun! *BLESSED*

A Fun, Fall Day!

Today has been an extremely fun day! Rob and I took the kids

to a Fall Carnival at the Preschool that Shaelyn use to attend

when she was little. It is the sister church of the Preschool that

Aiden now attends. They had a really neat "pumpkin patch"

where you could purchase a pumpkin and then decorate it.

We ate lunch there (yummy hot dogs) and the kids enjoyed a

cake walk, craft, bounce house and even truck or treat! We

then came home and made our scarecrow family on the bench

out front. We set our pumpkin family on the front steps until

it is time to carve them for Halloween. We then enjoyed

playing in the many, many leaves that nature has blessed us

with in the back yard. It has been a day that we will remember

with fondest memories!

Braces

We have reached a new milestone! Shaelyn has braces!! She

got them on Wed. (10-20-10). She is still in the "sore phase"

of braces and is not sure she is in love with this idea. I think

she has done well and keep reminding her that the soreness

will go away. I am proud of her for overcoming her fears and

having them put on . She is a little trooper! Way to go Shay!

Awana Club

Shaelyn concentrating on writing her memory very on the parking lot.
Aiden LOVES playtime!
Aiden was thrilled to get a New Testament from the Gideons.

Our church recently starting an Awana Club. The kids
have really started enjoying it. Everytime they go
they seem to like it more and more. Aiden is in the
Cubbies group and Shaelyn is in the TNT group. They
meet on Sunday nights from 5:30 - 7:00. We are
thankful that our kids are being exposed to such a
great program. We are blessed!