A Little Bit of This and a Whole Lot of That

HALLOWEEN SEASON
I love this time of year, it's my favorite. I love the changing leaves, the end of the harvest, the yummy smells of the season, the clothes that you wear this time of year (t-shirts, jeans, flip flops and a sweat shirt as needed), the excitement of Halloween, picking pumpkins, and going to see the witches at Gardner Village. It's the best time of the year!!!

Here are a few pictures from some of our recent Halloween adventures!

Picking pumpkins for family home evening.
The girls

The Boys

Kassy

Jessy

Cody

Gardner Village - The Witches
Dave - looking thrilled, as always!

Kassy, Cody and Jessy

WEEKEND AT THE CABIN

Thanks to Brian and Michele and their family for inviting us to spend the weekend at Michele's parents cabin. We had such a great time. The kids loved being with their cousins and Dave and I loved getting away. The best part about the weekend was that we didn't do a whole lot of anything. We lounged around ALOT, took a MUDDY ride, and played games (Michele, do you think our version of Apples to Apples would be as funny if we had played it earlier in the day?). What a fabulous way to spend a weekend!

Jessy, creating a masterpiece!

Nap time!

Jessy, Dave and Brody

Muddiest Ride EVER!!

I think we might need to get one of these - super fun!

SOCCER
The soccer season is quickly coming to a close. Cody's last game is Wednesday night. I have to admit I am going to miss watching him play soccer, but I won't miss the 2 games a week plus a practice.

When soccer season began I was a bit worried about Cody's "skills" or shall I say lack of. He ran really hard and alot, but usually he was running away from the ball, not to it. The first few games were almost painful to watch. I remember yelling at him several times to run to the ball. We almost had to ban Dave from coming because he would get so frustrated. As for his team, hmmm, not the greatest players. This was the first time playing for a few of them and some of them seem to live in lala land (Not a bad place to visit at the right time). The first few games we lost. Finally on the Saturday pictures were being taken, the team got their first win. It was a big one at that. 11 to 1. WOW! It did something to our team and all of a sudden they began playing!!! The next game was more of the same, not as high scoring, but still an impressive improvement over the first part of the season. Cody had 4 shots that night. 2 of them were just short and the other 2 blocked. He was happy about the win, but a bit sad that he hadn't gotten a goal. We reminded him that he played an important part by being a great defender and getting the ball to those who had scored. I yelled less at him to run to the ball and more at him to take it all the way!! He was EVERYWHERE!

On the way to last Saturday's game, Cody told Dave and I that he was going to get a goal. We said that would be great, but the most important thing was to just do his BEST. His best was AWESOME! He was unstopable! If he wasn't running down the field with the ball, he was taking it away from someone, passing it to someone else, blocking it, or making a goal - 3 goals to be exact. It was fun to see his face beam with pride each time he made a goal. Each time he got a goal he would hold up that many fingers to show us. At the end of the game he held up 3 fingers and kept those fingers up pretty much the rest of the day. As he ran down the field to give the other team five, I had to laugh when I noticed he wasn't giving 5's but 3's. Way to go Cody!!! 3 might be his new favorite number.

So, like I said, one game left. We are hoping for another win, and a few more goals. As for now HIGH "3's" to you all!

Cody is on the Dark Blue Team. There team name is Blue Fire Breathing Monsters. We call them Blue Fire for short!

Give me 3! Seriously he kept his fingers like that most of the day!

Whew! The end!