October and November 2013

I ran in the ROC (ridiculous Obstacle course) with 12 different obstacles.  A few girls in my ward and I dressed as cats with the one male in our group dressed as "spot" the dog. It was a blast!

I went slow and steady and did surprisingly well on many of the obstacles.

I hosted another craft night in which I made customized Yahtzee games with photos on them.  We had a short black out which was interesting to try to craft with no light.

We finally finished the yard.  We laid our own curbing and got several tons of rock.  We are  not super pleased with the outcome. The time and energy put into it feels like a huge cost for an imperfect and disappointing outcome.  We may be willing to pay for landscapers next time (although we learned a lot so maybe we would try it again . . .

(Mariah was sleeping so we are missing her hand.)

Halloween was fun for the kids.  They both really LOVED their costumes (which was easy for me to buy at Costco . . ) Hallie LOVED being her favorite princess and really got into it.

Jackson sang at a school function.  He loved the actions more than singin the words.

We took Jacksons class bear for a weekend and played at the Arizona Museum of Youth with them.

Jackson was the "super star" of the week at school.

Jackson finished up his first soccer season.  He sure liked dressing up like a soccer player every week, but I'm not sure he really enjoyed playing or not. I guess time will tell.

We got our tree up in Early November to try to enjoy the season longer.

Family haircuts . . .Jackson's first time in a salon (Daddy usually cuts his hair).