Happy Halloween! We had a fabulous Halloween holiday. It was pack full of our church trunk or treat, Chase's martial arts haunted forest, the school Halloween parade, and then Halloween night of trick or treating! We got to visit our annual pumpkin patch and carve pumpkins. We had friends over for food and trick or treating while Jason scared all the little kids in the neighborhood.
We had a great time! What a fabulous holiday!
October break! We had a relaxing week here. The plan was for Grant to have his wisdom teeth out, but the office flooded, so it got moved to Christmas break. We started off going to Chase's freshman graduation for AFJROTC. It was neat to see him in uniform and marching on the field. We saw nice waves in the Gulf so we headed down for a surfing day. We love the beach! Everyone is happy there. The kids played in water for hours and Claire just can't get enough of the waves or the sand. Even after 5-6 hours, she's always saying "we're leaving already?" It was really cool to see both boys finally getting good at surfing! When we bought these boards years ago, we always thought it'd be so fun to see our kids surf, and they were doing it!
On the cool weather day, we headed to the local wooded park/lake to explore. We saw deer and squirrels, and blue heron on the lake. It was a beautiful day, sunny and around 65 degrees.
We had a fabulous time sleeping in, riding bikes (Claire got a new one after hers broke), shopping for Halloween costumes (Claire is scared of the huge decorations that move!) and overall, just relaxing. Unfortunately, now it's back to school and real life. Only 6 weeks until Thanksgiving break!
The baby is 8 years old! We had such a fun weekend celebrating her. We started with gifts and donuts, and she loved getting books, magnet tiles, stuffed animals, hatchimals, and other toys - always unicorn related! She loves to open presents and had been talking about her birthday for weeks. She was so excited and it's so fun to see how excited she gets. She picked Raisin Canes for lunch and then picked for us all to go to the trampoline park which is her favorite place if it's too hot to be outside swimming. We had a blast playing and running around with her. We came home and she wanted to help with the cake, so we made a rainbow cake together and played with all her toys. We had a great day celebrating her.
Claire is just so much fun! She's so adventurous and silly. She loves being around people and is not shy, will talk to anyone and everyone. She's so brave and outgoing. She loves unicorns and rainbows and loves going to school. She enjoys riding her bike and swimming and playing with her stuffed animals. She loves chocolate milk too. She is so kind, always thinking of others and is so generous and compassionate. She loves to share and is happy and creative and funny, always making us laugh. We had a great time celebrating her birthday and we love every day we have with her.
Happy Birthday and we love you Claire!
