Halloween was 2 weeks ago....the kids got lots of candy! In fact I'm pretty convinced we'll still be eating it when all the Christmas candy and other goodies start arriving!
Aleah had a GREAT time trick or treating....by the time the night was done, her little bucket was FULL!
Flag football, for Carter has also started. He's having a great time. It's a good learning experience for him and he's able to meet lots of new kids. He has also started basketball practice (Trent is actually his coach) and their first tournament is December 5th. They start playing at 9:00 and will play 4 games during the day, ending around supper time.
We went last weekend to my parents house. Every fall we go to help clean out the woods on their property....taking dead trees down, limbs that have fallen, picking up leaves in the yard, burning brush, etc.... It was beautiful weather and we had a great time together. We always end the day with a campfire, roasting hot dogs and smores! Yum!! Right before we were getting ready to leave, my dad mentioned that they really wanted to get rid of the couch and loveseat from the basement....did we know of anyone that would want it?? Um.....yeah.....US!! We want to turn our "hole" (it's our actual basement - but it's a small area) into an area for the boys. A nice place that they can invite their friends....a safe environment that's fun and in OUR house....especially important as they get older. Well, I've been praying that God would provide a nice, but very cheap couch for us. We really don't have the extra funds to spend a lot of money on a couch for the basement. God provides. They are in very good condition and they are FREE! So I think we're going to go get them this weekend!
Carter learned how to drive the riding lawnmower this year. He thinks he's pretty hot stuff....little does he know that next year his job will be to pick up all the leaves with it! 
I think it's nearly impossible to get a good picture of all 3 of them!Evan has kept our house exciting this past week. Last Saturday, while at my parents house he started not feeling very well. By that evening, he had a fever....ran a low grade fever all day Sunday....spiked Sunday night and was gone by Monday morning. Due to school protocol, he stayed home on Monday, but went back to school on Tuesday. Tuesday evening, we took all the kids to get the H1N1 vaccine. Wednesday morning, Evan woke up again with a fever. With Tylenol it went down temporarily, but by 2:30 it was over 103 degrees! By Thursday morning it was gone again, but of course he was home again because he had not been fever free for 24 hours. Today there wasn't school, which was good. He's definitely doing better, but he's very congested, has a little cough, and just isn't back to his normal self. I'm hoping after one more good night of sick-free sleep, he'll be back to his old self! After talking to the nurse on Wednesday, she's pretty convinced that Evan had H1N1....not getting it from the vaccine, but he most likely started with it last weekend and the vaccine kind of "re-fueled" it.
God continues to protect us, provide for us and love us....God is good, we couldn't ask for anything more!
