Halloween

 The friendly monster.

 The group photo!

 The Scream (James)

 Elf on the Shelf

My favorite Minions!

 

 Darth Maul (Brennen)

A beautiful day to go trick or treating:)  Lots of candy was gathered!

Best Buds

 These two always cuddle together to watch TV.  Once they caught me trying to take their picture, then they got goofy. I love how much these two love each other!

Kinsey kid of character

Today Kellen made me cry!  Tears of joy. As everyone knows, Kellen can be a bit of a challenge at home.  However, he has always been so well behaved at school.  Today, he got confirmation of that by being chosen as a Kinsey Kid of Character. Once a month, they pick a student who displays the qualities of a person of character.  During a school assembly, the kids get chosen and in front of the whole school, they get an award.  Kellen was so proud of himself and I was so proud of him.  You can read what the teachers had to say about him!

The Halloween box:)

The Halloween box has arrived!  The kids displaying some of the goodies.

First swim meet of the year!

It's that time of year again!!  Most of our Saturdays will be spent at the pool swimming and cheering each other on.

Great Photos taken!

Well, we really had a great weekend last weekend and I even documented it all!  Unfortunately, while we were out four-wheeling with friends, my phone fell out of my pocket and is now lost in a cornfield somewhere:( We had our annual trip to pumpkinland and spent the day out at our friends' farm fishing, hiking, and of course four-wheeling!  Too bad you can't see the joy on my children's faces.

Race Day!!

It was supposed to be me , Visa, Trefor, and Byron racing, but gradually people dropped like flies.  We were going to meet in Detroit, which is a central location for the four of us, so it was back to Detroit for me for the 2nd time in two weeks.  My main goal was to not have to walk on the run and to break two hours on the run and I accomplished both of those!  I was so happy.  I placed 2nd overall female and 13th overall (men and women)!  I was really happy with my race:)  My sister was very supportive and even managed to squeeze in a sprint triathlon while cheering me on.  She hurt her back, so this was a BIG accomplishment for her.  She had wanted to do the half with me...