Basketball boy!

Spencer surprised me this year when he came home one day excited about the chance to play basketball. He had never mentioned it before...but what really surprised me is how good he is at it! He loves his basketball games! He is aggressive and loves to shoot the ball. He now walks around the house dribbling a basketball and getting ready for his next game. The games are hilarious...the kids don't dribble half the time and there really are no rules except that they can only guard the kid with the matching wrist band on the other team. We love to go as a family and cheer on our favorite boy!

Happy Halloween

I am not sure why, but we have adopted Halloween as one of our family's favorite holidays...it's just so much fun! Jake and I were able to get to the school to see Rylee, Audree and Spencer in the big Halloween Parade (it was so wierd that Karlee wasn't there this year). This year the weather was beautiful and Jake and I had fun decorating the yard for our trick-or-treat visitors. I made some glowing jars to hang in the trees, Jake made a spooky guy out of a mask and cape (he was creepy and just stood there in the dark corner of the porch) and we had "What Does the Fox Say" playing on the radio...which made our porch a bit of a dance party station too. The kids had fun trick-or-treating with friends and Dad and the evening ended with hot cocoa and digging through the treasure. Another great one goes down on the books.

This year Karlee wanted to be something that wears a skirt and has curly hair...we decided on a 50's girl...so cute! Rylee wanted to be something related to soccer...an adorable ref was the perfect choice! Audree wanted to be "Pajama Girl", her own creative invention...I even made her the cape to match her pajamas (Auree was quite annoyed with all the people who couldn't figure out that she was "obviously" pajama girl and not a princess...she is so funny)! Spencer was going to be Harry Potter, but when we found this spooky dragon costume at the DI he quickly changed his mind...it was warm and made him happy, an easy choice. Jake and I went with the terribly annoying and yet addictive pop culture hit "What Does the Fox Say"...a fun costume that also keeps your head warm!

Pumpkin Fun!

We love to carve pumpkins! It's a great Halloween tradition...some of us (Spencer, Rylee, Karlee & Daddy) like it more than others (Audree). We always have fun scooping out the goop...Daddy got creative this year and actually "carved" his pumpkin (it got lots of comments on Halloween night!). After helping all the kids with their pumpkins, Mommy just ended up painting polka-dots on hers. Good times!