Pumpkin Patch

A couple neighbors went with us to the pumpkin patch. They played in the hay stack, went through a hay tunnel, went on a hay ride, and played in the bouncy castle. It was such a gorgeous day! This weather has been so awesome!

Halloween treats....

I love making treats for halloween!

We had mini caramel apples...




Chocolate skeletons...

Chocolate ghosts and pumpkins...

...and ghostly cupcakes!

I also made orange rice krispie treats with candy toppers and chocolate pumpkin pops for Dylans class, but didn't get a photo.

School parties

I had to spread myself between two parties this year. Both boys had a fun time. The whole school had a parade through the school... out the front doors... a couple times around the playground and back to the classrooms. They were ready to eat by then. The weather has been unseasonably warm. It was about 70... I think norm is in the 50's. Today will be about 77! I think mother nature is giving me a chance to get the garage cleaned out so I can get my car in before it snows!

Mummified Dylan.... they did the toilet paper game

Savannah was quite content in Skylers room.... she is so ready for school!

Savannahs true colors...

Skylers class...

Always playing catch up

So I'm a little behind... again. It seeme like their is always so much going on and I don't take the time to sit down and make note of it. I wish I was better about that. Not only do I like sharing with you all the things the kids do, but it's also on here for me to look back on and remember what they did.

So, first topic... football. Jerreme wound up coaching Dylans football team because the other coach just happened to not know a thing about football. I guess they just needed a body so there could be a team. As it turned out... I don't think the boys knew anything either. He had fun helping them though and would do it all again next year.
This game was a double header and it was pouring!

The boys had fun playing in the rain...


My neighbor and I had been going on morning walks and one morning it was a little drizzly, but it wasn't going to stop us. We got about 4 blocks away and it started in a little harder so I commented... then it started pouring and I commented again... then it started hailing and my neighbor said "don't say anything!" So we're trying to run back to the house with kids in the strollers and looking like drowned rats. It was definately something to look back on and laugh about.


Neewollah...(that's Halloween spelled backwards) In the town we recently moved from they have a huge week long festival... carnival rides, street vendors, entertainment... this year Terri Clark was there. We got to go back on Friday and participate in the kiddie parade. The kids had a great time and got to see some friends. Skyler was sad the spectators weren't throwing candy at us!


Sunday we drove two hours to watch my dad skydive! He's 66 and I guess got the idea from Bucket List. It was very exciting to watch and Jerr and I are ready to save up and go!


Last night we carved pumpkins. Savannah really liked digging in and getting dirty. The boys had a double sided pumpkin and Vannah and I worked on a girly one. Jerr and I wound up staying up late finishing them. We had much fun though!
The girly Little Mermaid pumpkin...

Skylers pumpkin (he had the idea and dad had to pull it off)

Dylans pumpkin

Everybody getting dirty...


Tonight was parent/teacher conference night... oh boy! Both boys are doing very well. Skyler wrote a little book and took it into school at the beginning of the year and I guess it set off a spark and all the kids are making books and wanting to share them with the class. The teacher said she is running out of paper!

Tomorrow we have class parties and a parade in the school. Then no school Thurs. and Fri. and we can't wait till Trick or Treating!! I was practicing with Savannah on what to say when you go out. She said trick-or-treat so I took it a step more and held up my imaginary door for her to knock on. She knocked and I told her what a pretty costume she had and then I whispered "what do you say?" and she said "...give me some candy!" So maybe we need to work on that a little more!

Sorry....

Sorry to leave you all hanging. I know you were all on pins and needles wondering what we were up to! Well, Jerr made it back on time and we made it to the wedding. I picked him up at the base and told him we were leaving that night. He looked at me with blood shot eyes and said "I just flew 10 1/2 hours...." and with the time change it was about 1am for him still. I told him he could sleep while I drove and we made it there about midnight. My friends wedding was very unique. It was in the theater at the the University we went to. It was fun singing in the theater and I'm glad I was able to share in his memorable day.


The next week I was getting ready for a garage sale. We had it on a Thurs., Fri. Sat. I have never been in a town where a Thurs. sale is so popular! Shouldn't all these people be at work? I'm glad they weren't though... over the 3 days we made almost $900! Does that tell you how much stuff we had to get rid of? Plus, I hauled off 3 car loads of stuff to the thrift store. So now that the 3rd bay is empty we need to get the stuff from the other side of the garage and shove it over there so we can get the cars in before it frosts... at least that's the goal for the week! Then on Sunday we went to the neighbors birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese... always mass chaos!

Jett and Chuck


Today we had a soccer game (Dylan's team won!) The kids and I took a walk to Sonic to get a 1/2 price drink and play in the play area. They are re-paving our road so it will be nice for it to open again and have sidewalks. The road closed 3 days after we moved here (July 6)and it's kind of a pain to go weaving around the neighborhood to get to a main road when you're the second house from the road you can't use! I must say the upside is we pretty much live on a cul de sac now with the barricades up so it's a street party every night with the kids playing. Jerr has drill this weekend (a guard thing) so after he got back we got the waterslide out and let the kids play. They were complaining they were hot and that definately cooled them off! Savannah didn't want to get in the water so she jumped on the trampoline and Jett occupied himself with a mud puddle :) Jerr and I decided to go down the slide too. I don't know if it is really meant for two adults, but at least it didn't collapse on us! Thanks for checking on us and I'll try not to be so long with the next post!

My June bugs playing in the rocks

Jett and Dylans puppy (this one is for you Mandy!)

Blackmail photo of Jett in his sisters tutu

Dylan on the slide

Skyler hanging out in the pool

Jett playing in the mud. That thing in his hand was his white sock! He was slapping it in the mud... that's why he's all splattered!

A better shot of the mud splatters

Savannah and Jett on the trampoline

Me and Jerr on the way down the slide!

Update

So I guess there was a leak in the forward fuel tank and it's not supposed to leak. I think it's okay for the others to but not that one? Anyway, there was a crew working 24 hours a day for 2 or 3 days trying to get it fixed so they could get back to Germany on time. Germany has a quiet curfew or something and they can't fly after a certain time and also can't fly out of there on the weekends, so it was important to get back there so they could get back home... otherwise it would be next week. So...good news! They made it back to Germany! He will be home tomorrow about 5pm! Can you tell I'm excited?! This means I don't have to travel this weekend by myself. It wasn't the being at the wedding alone as much as it was the 8 hours in the car by myself (4 hrs. there/4 hrs. back). I don't think I've spent that much time by myself since before Dylan... that's been a while! I may be awake by myself most of the time till he gets his sleep schedule back to US time. That's always a hard adjustment when he gets back from overseas. So that's all I have for today... thanks for checking on us!

Lost...

So sadly I wait for the phone to ring each day to hear from Jerr. I'm not used to not being able to talk to him whenever I want. He left on his Germany trip on the 7th and is supposed to be back on the 19th. They flew to the UK yesterday and I guess the plane is broke now. So depending on when they can get it fixed will determine whether they get back on time or next Mon/Tues. I guess they can't fly out of Germany on the weekend. So they have to get it fixed, and get back to Germany in time to leave Friday or they have to wait till next week. So I'm hoping they get it fixed soon! We are supposed to go to a wedding this weekend. I don't want to have to be the goober that shows up by myself when I have a handsome husband stuck half-way around the world. I haven't seen some of these people in 10 years and feel silly by myself when I have such a beautiful family I can't show off. So check back on me and I'll let you know if I'm the goober by myself or if I get a weekend with my hubby and no kids!