My Daily 5 ~ #4

358. That my kids had fun on their looonnnngggg bike ride field trip

(picture not taken today, but ironically that is exactly what Elisha wore, LOL!)

359. that everyone was safe

360. listening to their stories of memories made on this trip

361. long conversations with a friend

362. rest

Pumpkins, Costumes & Everything in Between

The last week and half have been a bit of a whirlwind around here. But I am determined to post about it so your getting a bit of random post with lots of pictures. Buckle up your seat belts, and relax for the trip, it's a lengthy one!

This is possibly Bethany's last year to visit the pumpkin farm on the annual school field trip. She's gone to this one since she was in kindergarten and is now a fifth grader. It was kind of a bittersweet day.

A run through the corn maze!

She even stood still long enough for me to get this picture.

And got one final chance to go up front to play the instruments.

I'm in love with this picture! Elisha said I should use it for her 8th grade slide show. (The kids' school does a special slide show for its graduates.)

But I do like this picture too!

Worms!

Shifting gears....

Costume Sunday left us still waiting for a key piece of Elisha's costume to arrive from ebay so he went as a duck hunter instead. Can you guess what he was really going to be?

This is the best picture of my baby in her costume!

Did you guess yet? Here's a hint: There's this tv show that has duck hunters on it...

Sports team day at school.

Crazy Hair day pics...

Elisha's lizard didn't really turn out the way we wanted it to, but it still looked pretty good!

Good enough to pull off a win!

Yohn got into it too!

Some more favorite people!

Bethany's hair at the end of the day.

Now we're taking a detour...

Did you know I had triplets?

Two sets apparently!

And yes, they both won again, along with their friends.

Costume Day and cake contest entries...

Haystack cake with sheep, chicken and bull cupcakes.

Wolf cake

Did you figure his costume out yet? :)

My Superman fan!

Taking the exit now...

The original trick or treating crew...

Giraffe, Supergirl, Uncle Si (Duck Dynasty) and Zombie Surgeon

See how the crowd grew. We started out with four and ended up with seven kids and three adults.

Visiting everyone's favorite preschool teacher. And yes, all but two of them had her in preschool and the ones that didn't love her still because there's just so much to love about her. Last month marked her 40th year working at our school and she's still going strong and loving the little ones!

Free Krispie Kreme donuts!

We were definitely packed in... and this is before I joined in the back seat! We had so much fun even being squished and the kids, though very hyper, were pretty good. We wanted to do free IHOP pancakes too but just didn't have the time. Ah well, there's always free pancake day in February! (And no Bethany is not pouting even though it may look like it, she was trying, as she put it, "to show off her giraffe smile".

Did you make it to the end of our journey?

Catching Up... Sort of...

Okay, so leaving off with the last post I'm going to cover fall and kinda, sorta be caught up. There's still Thanksgiving to cover and another event, if you could call it an "event" that I'll post about soon too.

On a side note has anyone else ran out of space on their blog so they couldn't post any more pictures? Yeah, I have. Which is part of the reason it has taken me so long to post this one, cuz I wasn't sure I want to pay a monthly fee for pictures when I haven't been blogging all that often. All these pictures are links from my photobucket account to keep from having to pay here. Although I have heard I can fill that one up too and then have to pay there as well, so this isn't a win all situation, but it works for now.

Elisha had a report to do on Cougars. He got an A+ on his written, an A on his oral and an A- on his poster. He was super exicted!

We took our annual field trip to the pumpkin farm with the kid's school. This was Elisha's last official year, although he's asked to go next year anyway. We'll see.

Pumpking carving that weekend and we toasted the seeds too. It's funny the kids don't really eat the seeds, but they still insist we toast them. Go figure.

All of the pumpkins together. Clockwise from the bottom: mine, Bethany's, Yohn's and Elisha's. The kids carved their own this year with just a little bit of help. I'm still slightly nervous of turning them loose with a knife. 

We made caramel apples this year for the first time. They were good, but I'll try a different reciped next time.

Crazy hair day at school during sprirt week...

Bethany's idea was to have Mickey surfing the waves on her head. It didn't work out quite as she envisioned, cuz I really don't have the "hair-do skills", ya know. But fun nevertheless.

Costume Day! Elisha was Hulk Hogan this year and Bethany was a girl Ninja Turtle. Elisha's costume came with Hogan's mustache too, but we saved it for Halloween Night.

The kids earned their first Book It pizza prize for the month of October by reading their required minutes. Bethany had to read a minimum of 200 and Elisha had to read 300 minutes. Bethany read for an actual total of 353 minutes and Elisha squeaked in with his 300 minutes exactly. Can you tell which one of my children likes to read more?

We went mini golfing on a groupon I got for a slammin' deal!

There is nothing wrong with Bethany's arm, she just loves to dress up with that sling!

Friendship Stew at school, another annual tradition that Elisha will be outgrowing next year. Good thing he'll still be on campus and can "pop in" if he really wants to come.

Operation Christmas Child boxes to be taken to the drop off center. We saved and bought things all year for the items inside. The kids definitely love this way of giving to other children and are trying to figure out how they can do more boxes next year.

Like I said, I still have Thanksgiving and "other news" to share hopefully later on this week! Hope to catch ya then!

Project 365 (#217 - #230)

So clearly I am behind on this project yet again. I was not feeling well one week and then it snowballed from there. And now, well I am posting this late, but I decided better late than never, right?

But before I begin, here is the rooster that so many of you asked about. Someone dumped him at the church and for about a month and a half he stayed there fending for himself until some kind soul volunteered to take him home their own flock. Now, onto 365! (a few weeks behind)

Sunday ~ #217/365

We needed to get a new one of these today.

Monday ~ #218/365

I forgot to wash Bethany's favored leotard so she improvised this week with the black one that's a little too small and a black skirt.

Tuesday ~ #219/365

I continue to dominate our fantasy football league with my winning record of 5-0!

Wednesday ~ #220/365

I couldn't resist taking a picture of these fluffly clouds this morning.

Thursday ~ #221/365

Family Night!

We all decided that bowling would be a great way to spend the evening.

Friday ~ #222/365

Our 4th/5th grade teacher lost her husband a few weeks back and I was filling in for her. We did a picture project that said "Welcome Back! We missed you!" Unfortunately some of the class was missing on this day so we just spelled out welcome back.

Saturday ~ #223/365

Elisha and Anthony's team suffered their first loss today. Actually they didn't suffer much, they played really hard but just couldn't pull off the W.

Sunday ~ #224/365

We celebrated Jewell's birthday at a bowling alley. Had I been thinking we may not have gone bowling on Thursday night, but it's just as well, the kids had a lot of fun. In the first game Elisha got two spares and then a strike. In the second game he did the same thing and Bethany even got a strike! It may be bumper bowling but both of Elisha's strikes were straight down the alley.

Monday ~ #225/365

We went on a field trip with the kids to a local pumpkin farm and I couldn't resist snapping a picture of these 10 foot beauties!

Tuesday ~ #226/365

Kids are free at T-Mobile get yours today!

Okay, stupid joke once again. Sometimes I just can't help myself.

Wednesday ~ #227/365

He turned his head just as I snapped the picture. Yohn said he looked like he was praying.

Thursday ~ #228/365

Family Night!

We bough Bop It! from Target and had a blast playing this together.

Friday ~ #229/365

We completed the picture project since all the kids were finally back in class. There was really something going around there for about a week. The kids are posing for the "U" in "We Missed You!!"

Saturday ~ #230/365

Bethany won this tutu and other ladybug accessories at Gym Jam.

That's it, although it does not include last week's pictures, I'll have to post them with this week's project and promise to try my best never to miss out again!