October Days

Yep, it's late and I should be in bed... Oh, well. I'll be starting out the week tired! So what else is new????

Only one more day of soccer! Lyndsi has her last practice tomorrow night. Dylan's last game was Friday night. Whew! I made it through another soccer season! Steve still has several games to go but I think he'll survive also. His girls didn't do so well yesterday. With a 4-0 loss they won't be taking state but they still have a chance to particiapate in the tournament. Pretty sad for all of them.

I took this picture of the Okanogan River the other morning. I couldn't resist! This is what I drive by every morning when I take Lyndsi to preschool. No one can say that I don't live in a beautiful part of the country. I love our river!

Steve continued work on the deck. He now has pegs up for the pickets. It's looking so good! I can't wait until next summer when we can bar-b-que and sit out there. We also borrowed our neighbors' riding mower today to mow and mulch all our leaves. Wow! What a trip! What normally takes all day took Steve about 30 minutes. The lawn looks better now than it has for a year! Of course Steve thinks we need riding mower now. Can't say I disagree!

We finally took some time this evening to carve our Halloween jack-o-lanterns. They were monsters! Our beloved Mrs. Baker gave each of the kids their pick of her pumpkins this summer. Little did we know how big they'd grow! It took over an hour to clean and carve them! What fun! Yep, the kids hit the showers when they were through. Dylan did all of his own carving and Lyndsi even cut out one of her own eyes (on her pumpkin that is!). You can tell which one - it's the little bitty eye!

I'm not sure what Dylan was doing here but it was too good to pass up the photo opp. At one point he stuck his head all the way into his pumpkin and was almost stuck for good!

With Halloween on Wednesday, the kids are hyped! They can't wait to get out trick-or-treating! We usually go to our good friends' The Cheesemans' for a party but we're all taking a break this year. Amy is busy with her online classes and everyone is busy with other things so we'll party again next year.

No New Pictures But an Updated Slide Show!

I don't have any pictures to add today but I did update the slide show to the right. Take a look at some of the pictures!

We spent the day with Nana and Papa today. They came over last night. It's always fun for all of us when Nana and Papa come over. We went to Dylan's soccer game and then spent some time shopping.

Tonight was the homecoming dance. We won't mention the football game last night (last I heard, the score was 77-0. Ouch!)! Anyway... back to the dance. Steve chaperoned and the kids and I went along for a while. Both kids wanted to wear their best clothes - Dylan in a tie and jacket and Lyndsi in a sparkly red dress! Steve and I were very underdressed in our jeans!

Still working on the deck!

HarvestFest 2007

Ahh, the lazy days of fall....WHATEVER! I don't think we have all been home together before 7:00 pm since August! Soccer is fun to watch - it's work that gets in the way! Steve's soccer girls have had a fantastic season so will continue on into playoffs. Their last league game is Thursday but they begin District playoffs next week. Dylan has 3 more games and 2 practices left. Lyndsi has 4 practices. What will we do with ourselves in November?

Last weekend was our town's annual Harvestfest celebration. It was combined with the Centennial and our 3rd annual Autumn Leaf Run. The kids and I have participated in the run for 2 years now. Last year we completed the 5K with the help of a stroller. This year, not feeling up to pushing that bulky thing, we walked the 1 mile route. I'm proud to say that not only did we finish but we all ran about a half of the mile! You may be thinking that I'm proud of the kids for doing that - wrong! I'm proud of myself - hee hee! Running is not my thing!

Dylan and Ruth also took part in the Kiddie Pet Parade. Ruth was a little less than eager to be with all the dogs (yes, she's a strange one!) so gave Dylan a little trouble. That just gave me the chance to walk alongside Dylan and Ruth in the KIDDIE pet parade. Yippee! I'm pretty sure I was the tallest kiddie there!

We stayed around town buying apples from the Farmer's Market and pumpkin bowling for pumpkins before meeting friends for lunch. The weather was bright and sunny and perfect for a harvest festival. All in all it was a great day!

The beauty of living in a small town is getting caught up in the hype of homecoming. This coming weekend will be the Homecoming football game and dance. We will be attending both, as fans and as chaperones. We've been here long enough to look forward to seeing the kids who make it back to town for the events.

I hope the weather holds for one more weekend as I have great plans for working in the yard. I don't like the icky mess of stinky leaves after the snow flies!