Just our usual silliness . . .

The other night the full moon was so beautiful we had to take some pictures.

And have a little fun.

Yes, I know. I've said it before, we're dorks.

(Well, some of us more than others)

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so thankful for all the wonderful people that fill our lives.

We wish we could be with you for the holidays, so.....

When can we expect you??

Gobble, Gobble!

Harry Potter

So last night, Craig and I braved the midnight showing of Harry Potter.
Something I will never do again.

In the future, I will remember that I belong at the early bird special, with all the other cheap, old, movie fans. Fans who cannot stay up late or be in the same proximity of obnoxious teenagers without wanting to throttle them. Needless to say, no pictures were taken this night.

With that said, as a dedicated Harry Potter fan, I thought it was pretty darn good. A bit slow and very dark, but pretty true to the first half of the book . And more importantly, a wonderful telling of the story.

I will now take my tired, old, sorry butt to bed and try to recuperate from getting home at 3am.
I will be going again next week, when I'm more alert and not so pissed off at those around me.

A journey, a demonstration and a feast.

This past weekend we headed up to Dallas to visit our friends Kim and Brett and, of course, Sophie.
While we took zero pictures in Dallas, we did get this . . . .

and this.

I know. A slight fail on my part documenting our adventure.

But I did better the other night. Sort of.
Chloe had her first band demonstration.

We got to see what they are working on and how they are learning. We were so proud
(and a little bit relieved to hear that Chloe is right where she should be)

Okay, I have absolutely no comment for the photo below.

Moving on, today we went to Kaufman for Logan's Thanksgiving feast.

It was adorable, of course.

The food was yummy.

And the kids got a kick out of having the parents there.

Well, we like to think that anyway.

One week and counting!

OOOOHHHH, I'm getting excited!!

Thanks!

All Things Chloe

Saturday was the league Super Bowls and Chloe's big performance.

We had a special little someone come out to cheer for her.

(Aunt Brandy came too!)

She performed a half time dance at all 4 games.

And did a great job!

After receiving her cheer trophy, we came home to a message inviting Chloe to join the All Star's traveling cheer team. So this means 4-6 more weeks of more advance cheering for the Senior All Star team. I'm not sure how I feel about traveling all over Houston, but Chloe is VERY excited.

Oh, and did I mention my girl made straight A's.

She's pretty awesome, this girl.

(still waiting on my other half to down load video of her dance . . . stay tuned!)

Just for a giggle . .

Uh, yeah. I have WAY too much time on my hands.

Halloween Fun!

Friday I went in to help Logan's class do some pumpkin math. We got to crave pumpkins. Weigh them, guess their circumference and count every seed.

We had 534 in ours, in case you were wondering.

Saturday, Inge and Kaitlyn came to visit so we decided to check out a local 'exotic' animal pumpkin patch.

While the pumpkin patch wasn't much to look at, they did have a few animals that we weren't used to seeing at your typical petting zoo.
The camels were great. Very friendly . . .didn't try to spit at us once.

They had two pot bellied pigs wandering around. Penelope and Jenny seemed to enjoy the attention from Kaitlyn and Chloe.

There were also two little piglets. These guys were so cute. If you scratched their sides, they would just fall over sideways so you could scratch their tummies, like a little puppy.

And, for a mere three dollars you could paint yourself a pumpkin.

and their creations . . .

Here the kids are awaiting the special 'surprise' animal presentation.

This is Justin, the Fairy Armadillo. Yes, Logan actually named him.

He was adorable. Just 3 months old.
I think I was the most excited since this was the first LIVE armadillo, outside of a zoo, I've seen since we've been here.

They also had Jewel, their rescue Kangaroo. She lost part of her leg and now lives at the farm.

The kids loved her. She was so soft!

Later on we donned our costumes for a practice run at trick or treating up at the church. They were having a little Trunk or Treat activity. You know, because we didn't think we'd get enough candy that night.

I'd say it was a successful trial run.

Then we went home so Spiderman could rest up for the grand finale later that night.

A little later the kids were ready to go.
(If you look closely at this picture you can see Logan is smiling under his mask!)

In addition to Spiderman, a Pirate and Madonna's back up dancer, we had Tony Hawk visit. Skateboard and all.

And Mister T.

Actually, this is Nate, our neighbor. Who committed to his costume 100% by shaving his head.

And we wrapped up our evening with the traditional sorting of the candy.
Chloe separated hers by favors, Kaitlyn by type and Logan by shape . . .you know, all the circle's went to together... all the rectangles. I had never actually seen that method before, but it seem to work for him.

Then the kids were sent to bed and I began my yearly raiding of my children's bounty.
Inge and Kaitlyn left this afternoon, back to the cool temps of Oregon. It was a fun visit and I hope they come back soon . . .and bring more of that cool weather with them.


Editors note: I've gained 3 pounds since this post when to print.