Bye bye October!

We started out our delightful October with fun on the farms, and more importantly, with Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory caramel apples! We hit the “Festival of Family Farms” again. This time I got to come along because I didn’t go to my annual scrapbooking retreat.

The next weekend was our last opportunity to go camping. The girls had a three-day weekend. We went to Lone Fir on the east side of our mountain range to find some sun. It was chilly, but still sunny.

Gramma Debbie and Grampa George joined us on our trip. We relaxed and enjoyed a nice hike. Then we had a nice campfire.

Gramma made her special popcorn for us.

The next day we all went for a hike up to Blue Lake. It was a beautiful day for it!

Michael  and Kelby went fishing up there and caught a bunch of little ones.

We love camping in the fall. It keeps us all cozied up in the trailer playing games.

Debbie and George only stayed one night, but we stayed two. The next morning it was a little wet and we kept hoping it would get nicer. Instead, it just got wetter. We played games and relaxed.

For our second Girl Scout meeting of  the year we took off and went letterboxing…looking for treasure boxes in the woods. Fun! Everyone had a good time, but it was pouring on our heads!

Kelby has been busy with Cross Country every Monday through Thursday. I tried to go to practice one or two times a week and then we went to all the meets. She does great…coming in in the middle even though she starts out in the back. She has a steady pace and keeps running even after the other girls start slowing down and walking.

The next weekend in October I was gone the whole time at a Girl Scout camp training. I took a Quantity Cooking course. It was just a weekend spent cooking, but it was great fun….except when I cut my finger. I met some great new ladies.

Anika’s Girl Scout Troop had a Halloween party….and started off the costume season.

Then we went out to visit the pumkin farm we always do every year. Just love the pictures from there!

What a cute family I have!

The next weekend we got to go to a Girl Scout event sponsored by Dove about self esteem. They had a great time doing their crazy hair and Zumba!

Then we got to celebrate Gramma Debbie’s birthday by going out to dinner with the whole family! We had a great time with all the cousins.

The older Girl Scout troop had their Halloween party this last Tuesday. The girls planned it all and had a blast.

Then on Wednesday Kelby’s band had a special concert. They played some great spooky songs. She kept whacking people with her wings!

Then there was all the pumpkin carving. This year the girls did a lot of it themselves. They are getting so big.

Then, of course, there was the fun at school. Anika had a Halloween party.

We went to visit all the family to show off our costumes. The girls are getting so grown up now. I don’t think we’ll have too many more years of this sweetness.

The girls all went Trick-or-Treating for awhile and then I took Anika over to a nearby church for some “Trunk Or Treating”. This cowboy was the trunk we voted for...mostly because he gave Anika a whole handful of candy.

That is the fun part of the end of October.

The bummer part, in the last few days, was our water heater was acting up and I wrecked my car! I’m still waiting to hear what has become of my car. I have full coverage, but it is on the edge of being totaled. I’m so sad. (It was my fault too, so that is a major embarrassment. Luckily the water heater is still under warranty and we got a part shipped overnight to us. Mike got it replaced and now we have hot water again…mostly. The pilot light seems to go out every now and again still.

Cross Country is over now and I missed Kelby’s last meet because I wrecked on the way there. Very sad!She doesn’t seem to think she’ll try Cross Country again next year. I’d love to see her do it again, but I understand not wanting to do it.

On the bright side, I got a job as an AVID tutor helping 8th graders and I LOVE it! I might even go out for more jobs in the school district as a classified substitute (not a teacher, but as a teacher’s aide). I’ve also been working on a new website project, but I’m not sure how that’s going to go, so I save that for next month.

 

Love you all!