And suddenly it's December! Here's some of our events from the past few months.
My birthday! I'm 41 and feel 82. For celebrations we made some sopapillas and played ticket to ride!
Homecoming happened pretty quickly in the school year, and of course Cade asked Mackenzie!
Aren't they so cute together??
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| He made her his favorite meal and they had some sparkling cider. Weather was perfect! |
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| Coordinating crazy socks |
Last week of September Dan and Joe went on a 4-5 day motorcylce ride down the Pacific Coast Hwy
Isn't Apollo looking so cute for the fall?
For our 19th Anniversary we spent the day at Mt. St. Helens. I was the only one in the family who hadn't been there. It was an enjoyable day. I even attempted a 3 mile hike and definitely struggled the last mile. I'll blame on the elevation... not anything else I've been dealing with the last 2 1/2 years! ;)
Cade is doing a dual credit program with the local community college which has actually really freed up his schedule since all of his classes are online. Now he only goes in to school for Band first period, and the men's choir is 2nd period so he got suckered into joining. I think he actually really enjoys it!
Veterans Day ends up being a busy one for our family with lots of performances around that time. I just wanted to share a pic of Dan all dressed up and performing!
Here's Dan on a non-musical Army type day. They had range qualifying and he had pizza delivered to his soldiers that had to stick around for a long day.
Our 2022 Halloween pumpkins!
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| Cade's drippy skull |
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| Dan's funny face. This pumpkin naturally laid on its side. Perfect for a unique design! |
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| My creepy cat- inspired by our new kitty |
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| Alex's creation based on a character in the Portal games |
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| Cade's costume. He likes these masks |
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| Dan used Cade's mask from last year, and paired it with his motorcycle suit to creep out kids at the trunk or treat. He spoke an alien language and everything |
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Alex with his friends who made these costumes from scratch! Lots of work and fun making themselves look like Hollow Night characters
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Halloween evening we invited the two Cornwall families over for dinner, trick or treating, donuts and games!
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| Tortellini soup |
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| Alex was dying to make his own old-fashioned donuts. Yum! |
First band concert of the year. Both my boys are in the same perfoming group and doing awesome things to help out their band program this year. Cade actually played Euphonium and french horn on this concert, and of course alex was on trumpet.
About a week later Cade had an honor band convention called WIBC. It was a little bittersweet because he had been sick all week leading up to it and wasn't sure he'd be able to go. Then Mackenzie got sick the night before and definitely wasn't able to participate. He was tired but I think he still had a wonderful musical experience, which is what it's all about, right?
We finally put up all my metal signs downstairs. Love it!
And believe it or not we're still going strong with attending Football games with the marching band. The Yelm football team was undefeated through the regular season and has just kept winning each game. They made school history by making it to the semi-final game, which we also won. We're heading to the State finals in a few days against another undefeated team. Should be a great game, and what an accomplishment for Yelm High School to be there. We love that the administration has been supportive of the band and letting them go to the away games to keep the team spirit going!
Well, here's evidence that Christmas is well under way. I love little moments like this where the kids still participate in the simple things that bring holiday cheer into the home. Here's to a wonderful holiday season- and that maybe you've already gotten this awful sickness that's been going around and can enjoy your December bug-free!
Oh! And in January I start a long-term sub job here in the Yelm school district. I'll be working with two of the elementaries as a full time elementary music teacher through the end of the school year. I'm a bit nervous, but it will really help our family out and maybe just maybe I won't die from the fatigue. Send me your prayers in January!
