We hope you all had a great Halloween!! We had a great day, how fun that the holiday fell on a Friday this year! Payton had her friend Mia over for the day. She didn't have school so we headed out early to visit her Montessori school. Payton had fun spending time with her buddies and going on a parade to the retirement home. She even saw Gladys her reading partner, which was a special treat.

After a day of playing at home, we had a quick dinner and then headed out for trick or treating. One of the neighbor girls showed up to trick or treat with Payton (which was chaotic) so we didn't really get to stop by and chat with our neighbors like we usually do. About 30 minutes into this hyper drive trick or treating, we parted ways with Payton's friend. Shae had a hard time keeping up with them and we really wanted to take our time saying hi to the neighbors while out. Troy joined us with the golf cart so he and Travis had fun driving around with Reid.

It was so warm out while we were out that Shae was sweating in his Sully costume! Payton was perfectly fine in a light shirt under her Ariel costume. Darn it, the one year that Sully costume was too hot. Usually it is so cold trick or treating. This was a better year to walk, most years we drive the kids around!

Travis went to Jack Pot last night (Saturday) with Chris, Troy, and David. Chris's family rents a bus annually to ride down to Jack Pot for a night of gambling and fun so the boys were invited. The kids and I had a slumber party at Alyssa's. We played dress up, danced, and played games. Payton and Shae enjoyed learning how to play Jenga:) I completely forgot that it was daylight savings this morning! We snuck out at what I thought was 7:45 this morning so Alyssa and Kyla could sleep in (Miss Kyla was up a few times last night)----all 3 of my kids were up and ready for breakfast. I get home and check my email and happen to look at the clock on my computer. that is when I realized we gained an hour and that we were all awake around 6 am this morning! That is WAY too early for me!! Shae has been pestering me all morning about his candy, I seriously let them eat candy all day yesterday in hopes that they would go through most of it---apparently they have more to consume. I usually take it away and only allow them one piece a day which takes FOREVER to get rid of. This year I thought I'd be nice and let them eat it all. They both had tummy aches yesterday! Little piggies love candy!!

This week will be a mad dash to finish up packing. I would have liked to have more done at this point, but I am finding that packing an entire house while keeping up with normal daily tasks is really difficult. I think Travis and I will have some late nights this next week packing while the kids are sleeping. That may be our best bet in getting things accomplished. We put our house on the market on Friday so pray that it sells soon!! These next two weeks are our best bet to get it moved---otherwise we must face reality that it could stay on the market indefinitely.

Have a great week!


SUGAR HIGH!! Yeah let's eat it ALL tonight!


WHAT?! I'm totally chilling, NOT about to get into that HUGE bowl of candy.....


Trick or Treating


Sully with his care bear


Funny little care bear


Reid as a care bear


Payton and Mia spent the day together


Payton, Mia, and Mr. Reid


Payton with Paige, Mia, and Nicole


The Halloween parade at the retirement home


Payton saw Gladys at the retirement home! Gladys is now 100 years old!!!