Guess who came for a visit?

The other night my niece and nephews came over to visit while April took care of her hubby. She sent me a text to say, Batman, Spiderman and Elmo were on their way. Tucker came to the door and said, "Trick-orTreat" (just a few weeks late, but that's what he says every morning for preschool, too!)

Terry sits with Audrey and her favorite puzzle.

Playing with Papa Doug's phone...

Coulda been a great story...

...but it's not, really. Last week on Kim's walk home from school she and Andrea were minding their own business on a rather windy day. Kim got something in her eye, the left one, and closed it for a second (while continuing to walk) and BAM...right into the back of a truck...yes a parked truck on the corner of our street! This is a few hours after she had iced it and stopped crying!
This is Day 3 when the swelling settled in and the black eye began to form. In order for her to see you she had to tip her head up so she could see through the slit in her swollen eye!

Day 10 was Halloween and we joked that she should have been a boxer to trick-or-treat. Instead we put a little purple eyeshadow on the non-injured eye to help them both match better. Her right cheek was still swollen and sensitive as was the quarter sized knot still there above her right eyebrow. Oh well...coulda been a great story!

Happy Halloween

Aaron, Taylor and Bradley gave Grandma Jill the "My Little Buttercup" dance routine as a great big thank you for all her hard work on their costumes.
And Kim gave her a great big thank you, too!

This was across the street at Wayne's house in his "electric chair".

After trick-or-treating we had a few friends over for chili, nachos and hot chocolate. Aaron and Kim did some candy sorting...with Mom and Dad's help. We had to make sure all the Butterfingers and Milky Way were safe...oh and the Almond Joy!

We actually carved our jack-o-lanterns in time for Halloween this year. Jaimee grew some white pumpkins and the kids carved those! (Not that you can tell in the dark).

Mom's jack-o-lantern.

Aaron's on the left (his was double-sided) and Kim's on the right.

TP'd...again!

Better start cleaning Aaron!

This is the "sweet" little note that was taped to our front door...

I guess it all comes in the territory of having a teenager living here...

Terry's 39th Birthday

For Terry's birthday we met some friends for dinner and then went to see WICKED, it was awesome! We all loved it so much we bought the music CD and sang along the rest of the night!

At Brazilian BBQ for dinner in San Francisco before going to WICKED.

After we came home we celebrated with the kids and had cake and ice cream with them, too!

The Three Amigos

A few months ago, after watching the Three Amigos movie, Aaron and his friends decided to be the three amigos for Halloween. Their dream came true with much help from Grandma Jill. She found the black pants, and sewed their jackets, bow ties and cummerbunds. She even found frilly ribbon/lace to add to their white shirts. Ruth and I spray painted Chevy's hats (that Terry found). Grandma Weaver unpicked the logo and then we added their emblems. We used a TON of white puff-paint (sent us back to the 80's) and silver glitter galore! Rod found guns, holsters and even spray painted his own pair of brown boots! These boys are some of the luckiest around!

At the church dance Saturday night Sharon, Madison and Kiera dressed as "senioritas" and surprised the boys. They were not expecting a match to their costumes. Way too cute!

Red Ribbon Week

The week of October 19th-23rd was Red Ribbon Week at Antelope Crossing Middle School. Kim participated everyday, but I only captured two days in pictures. Monday was Sports day and she wore her Sacramento Kings jersey with Bibby's name on the back. (She said that lots of people reminded her that he didn't play there anymore, but we're still Bibby fans!) Tuesday was neon day (pictured below). Thanks Heather for the shirt, headband and glasses!
Wednesday was denim day and she wore her jeans and a denim headband. Thursday was hero day so she wore her (my) velcro shirt with "Be a Hero, Not a Zero" on the front and a sparkly cape to go with it.

On Friday for Music day she wore my HAPA concert t-shirt. She is a spirited girl!