GIRL SCOUT

WELL TONIGHT TARALYN OFFICIALLY BECAME A GIRL SCOUT DURING THEIR BRIDGE CEREMONY. WE GOT HER VEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND PUT HER BADGES ON. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE OF THOSE TO COME. REMEMBER WE ARE SELLING COOKIES TILL END OF NOVEMBER. WE HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A FEW MEETINGS BECAUSE OF VOLLEYBALL BUT NOW THAT IT IS OVER WE ARE FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH GIRL SCOUTS!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

WELL THIS YEAR FOR HALLOWEEN WE DID A LITTLE DIFFERENT. INSTEAD OF WALKING FOR TWO MILES WE WENT OUT TO WILLIE AND GERRYS. OUT THERE WE LOADED UP THE WAGON HOOKED ON TO THE GATOR AND OFF WE WENT. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!! THE KIDS AND I ALL ENJOYED SITTING ON THE HAY BALES AND RIDING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. MY KIDS WERE TOTALLY INTO THE BAT THEM THIS YEAR. TARALYN WAS A BAT AND HUNTER BATMAN. NOW OF COURSE HUNTER HAD A NAP ON THE WAY OUT THERE AND DID NOT WAKE UP IN A GREAT MOOD. SO IT WAS CASUAL DAY FOR BATMAN AS HE WORE HIS JEANS!!!

WE HAVE BEEN FLOCKED!!!

WELL THIS HAPPENED A FEW WEEKENDS AGO..I AWOKE TO A FLOCK OF FLAMINGOS IN MY YARD. I WAS THE TALK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD! ADDI JO'S SCHOOL DOES THIS AS A FUNDRAISER. SOMEONE PAYS TO HAVE YOU FLOCKED THEN U MAKE A DONATION TO HAVE THEM REMOVED AND TO FLOCK SOMEONE ELSE. WE CHOSE TO HAVE TARA AND THE KIDS FLOCKED! THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. I MUST SAY I WAS SAD TO SEE THEM GO THEY DIDN'T STAY LONG. IT WAS SUCH A CUTE FUNDRAISER.

PUMPKIN CARVING

LAST NITE FOR TARALYN'S BDAY SHE WANTED TO GO TO DINNER AT OLIVE GARDEN THEN CARVE PUMPKINS. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TILL THIS WEEK TO CARVE OUR PUMPKINS. HUNTER WITH THE HELP OF HEATHER CUT OUT A BATMAN SYMBOL. MAYBE BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO BE BATMAN FOR HALLOWEEN. I CHOOSE TO CUT OUT A VAMPIRE BAT IN HONOR OF BOTH OF MY KIDS BEING BATTY THINGS. TARALYN IS GOING AS A BAT THIS YEAR. TARALYN CHOOSE TO LEAVE OUR BATTY THINGS TO US AND CHOOSE TO CARVE GHOSTS IN HER BIG PUMPKIN. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT NITE OF CARVING PUMPKINS. I MUST SAY MY FAVORITE PART IS CLEANING THE GUTS OUT.

BUSY BUSY

SO THE LAST MONTH HAS BEEN CRAZY. EVERY SATURDAY THE KIDS HAVE FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AND SOMETIMES AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE..HAHAHA WE WERE SO HAPPY TANA AND DANIKA CAME TO VISIT US ONE WEEKEND AND LAST WEEKEND WAS TARALYN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. MY DAD WAS ALSO IN TOWN LAST WEEKEND WHICH IS SO GREAT TO SEE HIM. HE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TARALYN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME, HUNTERS FOOTBALL PRACTICE, TARALYN'S BDAY PARTY AND LUCAS GAME ON SUNDAY! SO WE HAD A FULL WEEKEND. ONE MORE BIG WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND WITH HALLOWEEN, TARALYN'S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT AND I HAVE TWO NIGHT SHIFTS THIS WEEKEND. SO I AM GOING TO BE READY FOR A BREAK!!!! TARALYN HAD A GREAT OPEN HOUSE BDAY PARTY..SHE MADE OUT LIKE A BANDIT. WITH ALL THE NEW TOYS SHE HAS DECIDED TO GO THROUGH HER OLD STUFF AND DONATE TO HOPE HOUSE FOR OTHER LITTLE GIRLS TO PLAY WITH.

PUMPKIN PATCH

WE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH WHILE TANA AND DANIKA WERE IN TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. WE DROVE DOWN TO LOUISBURG CIDER MILL FOR THE DAY. I WAS SO SUPER EXCITED TO LEARN THEY HAD A PUMPKIN PATCH..A PUMPKIN PATCH YOU CAN GO OUT AND PICK YOUR OWN PUMPKINS!! I AM SURE EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BUT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD TO PICK MY OWN PUMPKINS. SO I HAD TO WAIT LIKE 30 SOME YEARS TO DO IT BUT IT HAS BEEN DONE AND IT WAS FANTASTIC! HUNTER DID NOT WANT TO GET OUT OF THE STROLLER TO PICK HIS OWN. INSTEAD HE SAT THERE AND TOLD ME HOW THAT PUMPKIN WAS TO BIG OR TO YELLOW OR THE STEM WAS TO BIG TILL WE FINALLY FOUND THE RIGHT LITTLE PUMPKIN. TARALYN WAS ON THE HUNT FOR A BIG ONE. THE CIDER WAS GREAT TOO AND THE CARMEL APPLES. THE BEST PART WAS WE WALKED OUT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH AND GOT OUR PUMPKINS THEN DECIDED TO TAKE A TRACTOR/WAGON RIDE. WELL WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT THAT THE TRACTOR TAKES YOU OUT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH AND COMES BACK AROUND TO GET YOU!

VOLLEYBALL

TARALYN HAS BEEN PLAYING VOLLEYBALL ALSO THIS PAST MONTH. HER TEAM IS ORANGE AND THEY ARE THE SHERBET'S.. THERE IS A TOUGH NAME. I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND THE SPORT SHE LOVES. IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE HER ACTUALLY ENJOY PLAYING SOMETHING. SO HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IS THE END OF SEASON WITH A TOURNAMENT SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES. THEY HAVE WON AND LOSS ABOUT AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF GAMES. REALLY NOT BAD FOR GIRLS WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED. TARALYN DOES A GREAT JOB OF SERVING AND HAS REALLY GOTTEN THE HANG OF GETTING UNDER THE BALL AND GOING AFTER IT!! I BELIEVE NEXT SEASON I JUST MIGHT HAVE TO COACH!