Fall Festivities

Every year I think it will be our last in dress up times, but the kids are still interested in the fun, so I am all for it.  This year for one festival, Ezra brought back the vending machine again and Shiloh was a hunter.

The hunter idea (don't worry it is a fake gun her grandfather made), goes with the theme of our neighbor dressing up as a deeer.

Ezra's buddy make for a cute Shrek!

Siblings.

They entered the costume contest.

and Ezra won one of the prizes.

Park break after walking around the trail.

We briefly stopped in Lows to use the bathroom before hitting up one more festival.

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That evening Zoe was available to join us for a different festival (she is a pickle).

Ezra traded in his costume for a baseball player and found a trunk that went with this theme!

They had so many amazing trunks here!

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The next day we went to a couple more, Zoe was now a pink shark....

She received a lot of attention for such and enjoyed making the kids happy!

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The kids' school had a trunk or treat, and Shiloh's cheer team had a trunk...

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When Halloween rolled around, Beach and I joined in as well.  Our new GM asked if we would be willing to join in a Lorax theme, and we obliged.

However, Beach was quick to change, as he does not like suites.  Our roaster dressed up like Beach this year!

I, however, was all in on the craziness, despite hating attention, I was committed.

Jaden and I went shopping for some needed supplies and made a funny video of it as well.

Ordering my coffee from my fellow Lorax. 

I continued with the fun and picked the kids up from the bus in costume....However, the video I was attempting for their embarrassment did not work.

A silly day with a couple more pictures before the Lorax retired!

Then we went trick-or-treating with a pickle and a tax collector (pretty scary). Zoe was out of town on a church retreat - but we did miss her.

Loved the silliness and play of the day, and we always enjoy catching up with our neighbors!

September Ect... ('25)

Beside many cheer/football nights for Shiloh and cross country meets for Zoe, in September we, also, celebrated my birthday, Zoe went to her homecoming dance, and we all went to a USC football game to watch Shiloh cheer. That keep us pretty busy but a couple of other memories in the month...

Ice cream date with the middle child!

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The kids gets a little bit of a dog fix when we visit my parents.

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Selfies on my phone this month....

My phone is not safe at work either if a child is there.

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The Okra Strut parade is something we always look forward to.  We realized we had gotten rid of most of our collapsible chairs, so I just sat on Zoe for awhile.

Curbside for the action, including the blow up Okra!

The kids always love all the goodies that they get!

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Sweet moment captured by a friend behind us at church.

Thankful for the time we do get to spend with family during this busy season!

Zoe's Homecoming Dance

 Zoe wanted to go with friends to Homecoming, but still wanted to do so in a cute way and make a poster and basket for one of her bestie to ask her.

They have a very sweet friendship.

I love that they don't have to worry about a date and can just enjoy being together! While she does not go to school with them anymore, they are able to bring a friend and were so excited to do so.  Quick pizza before all the fun!

Then we headed outside to take photos!

I took a ton, wanting to capture all the beauty and love.

Angels.

And some individual ones...

One last silly one - a 67 marking it's place in time!

And then it was off to the main event, and I dropped them off at school.  There was some drama later reported but the girls are so supportive of each other and did have a lot of good memories!