Pumpkin Carving

Two posts in one weekend ... don't faint!

I wish I could find (make) the time to post as often as I used to, because I love going back through old posts and seeing the activities and faces! Maybe I can get better at that again ...


We carved pumpkins yesterday and had a great time. Abby LOVES reaching in and getting the slimy pumpkin guts out, haha. Last night was trick-or-treating here, as we always do that on a Saturday night when Halloween falls on Sunday to accommodate a couple of groups in the area who don't like those activities on a Sunday. In the end, I think it works out better anyway to not go out on a school night, regardless of the other ideas about why not to do it on a Sunday.

I'm sure we'll still see a few little goblins at our door tonight, those who missed the memo! :-)

Halloween Parade

Abby had a great time at the Halloween parade last night, and even was one of the winners in her age group for the costume contest! She wore her tumbling recital costume and when it was her turn to cross the stage in front of the judges, she did the splits and all the kids went "ooooohhh" haha. I think I see a performer in our future! :-)

Ready, Set ... Dodgeball!

Friday night was the Tremont Middle School dodgeball tournament, and it is always a great event for the kids. A good mixture of exercise, fun and competition! TJ's team made it into the semi-finals, finally losing out to an 8th grade team. Action shots are tough in the gym, but you can see they had fun.

TJ is also deep into practice for the 7th grade basketball team ... and looking forward to games in Nov/Dec/Jan. Right now they are practicing 6x a week for 2 hours (12 hours a week!) so we told him that he will be all fit and ready for track season when he's done, haha

Carthage Homecoming 2010

We had a great visit this weekend to Carthage to see Drew ... beautiful weather for homecoming and great to spend time with him. Prior to this weekend, I had spent just 2 days with him since July 10 when he left for China. And those 2 days were spent unpacking from China, doing laundry, packing for college and moving him into the dorm! So this weekend was our first time to relax and talk for several months, and I enjoyed every moment of it!

I put some pics from the weekend on Facebook, and you can see them on this link even if you do not have a FB account, just CLICK HERE