We kicked off November with a trip to the orthodontist to trade in Halloween candy for cash. The boys were very excited about those crisp dollar bills. We couldn’t let a month pass without visiting out favorite place. We also couldn’t let a month pass without an inevitable sick kid….
We came home from our quick trip to Arizona in time to help at Troy’s Gobble Gobble Give service project at work. It was fun for the boys to see the campus where their dad spends a lot of his time. Not surprisingly, Nash started a name-tag trend. We helped…
We headed to Arizona for the beginning of Thanksgiving Break to soak up some family time in the desert. We took a day trip to the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess to enjoy the heated pools. We came back another night for the annual tree lighting ceremony. It’s always amusing to see…
September and October are our hottest months, so the pool was not a bad place to be. Troy and I had to divide and conquer for a few of Blake’s Saturday meets that conflicted with soccer games. Finn got to tagalong with me and he did not appreciate the early…
Here are a few things that happened in October, according to my phone. Crew settled right in to the kindergarten routine and he loved seeing so many friends from church at school. Sometimes we had picnics on early-out Wednesdays. Finn and I walked over to pick him up every day…
The boys think that the best part of October is having reasons to dress up in their costumes multiple times. First up was Blake and Nash’s Halloween piano recital. Next was the kindergarten parade. Finn had a party in preschool. Back at the elementary school, they had “Fall Activity Day.”…
It usually feels like a race to end to pull off all of the costume parts and accessories that the boys plan out, and this year was no exception. Nash’s costume in particular took a considerable amount of time to get right. He dressed up as Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! I…
We had another successful trip to the pumpkin patch. Tractors, pumpkins, wheelbarrows, hay bales, corn maze, and petting zoo – what’s not to love? Crew set his heart on the largest pumpkin he could find. He couldn’t quite pick it up, so he settled on using the giant pumpkin as…
We were on a major America’s Got Talent kick this year. We drove up to LA to see a grand total of FIVE recordings. It was so easy to snag tickets and we got so wrapped up in the season that it got kind of addicting! We kicked off the…
We headed to Newport Beach on a World Series game day. The Red Sox were up 3-1 and we were hoping that some pre-game beach vibes would secure their victory. Blake stayed home to work on homework but my other three were happy to get some fresh air and represent…
My parents came to town for my mom’s 60th birthday celebration and even though we offered to take her to a nice dinner or have a party, all she wanted to do was go to the beach. When Nash was fighting a cough on the big day, we just took…
