House addition Part 3 WALLS and CEMENT

So it is actually starting to look like livable space and they finally had to break through into our house so we feel like we are living in a construction zone, everything is covered in dust and needs to be repainted and now I am really anxious to get it all done.

 They poured a sidewalk all the way around the addition, and a slab in the back for the hot tub (in the future).

 Well you can't have fresh cement and not take ownership of it somehow...... it's un-American really.

Halloween

Nothing can beat last year's Halloween, and this year didn't even come close!  We were pretty chill this year. We even missed Grandma's birthday party.  This was not Emily's costume, but her outfit for hippie day at school.  I just think she looks adorable.

  Oh the pumpkin carving mess!  Evan loves their guts!

Of course we went to Thriller for Kyle's birthday.  This year we took Maycee and Emily.
 For some reason, I will never understand, this is Kyle's happy place.

 These were a couple of our favorite zombies.  She kept begging food off of Kyle and Mason.  Christian was one of Jandy's students and he is always an impressive zombie.  YUCK!

 The class parties were fun.  I actually didn't stay for Matty's this year- but snapped this cute picture of her and Nolan Pead.  He's the grandson of our neighbors.

Everyone loved Matty's coconuts!  Evan's parade was fun, and I had a great time throwing his class party.

 I just love his teacher, she just moved here, from Oregon and she is great with these crazy boys.

Since Evan is usually beat up in one way or another, we decided this was the best costume for him, and I went as his nurse (my actual full-time job).  We did a good job on his make-up, some people asked how much of it was real.  The secretary at lunch asked him why he didn't dress up!

We did stop by the neighborhood party, which we haven't done for a few years. 

 We also let the girls go off on their own for a while.

 

Steve's family was down for a ball tournament and so after a while, they came over with Beckstrands and circled the neighborhood again.

Kyle put the black light at our front door and it was a pretty sweet effect.

He also took the four big boys to a haunted house at our gym, which they said was really really scary. -Success for teenage boys.












 The best part of the night was dumping out the candy and separating and trading.  How many decades has Halloween ended this way?

 And this way?

If the youngest and the oldest trick-or-treaters in the family fell asleep on the couch with candy dripping from their mouths, then it must have been a really good day!

Trick-or-Tri

This triathlon has quickly become one of our kids favorite activities.  So much so, that they are doing it twice a year now- but the spring time triathlon isn't Halloween themed!

Josh and George and Joel did the sprint tri, which is first thing in the morning.  George had been doing summer and fall swim team all season, so the swim was really easy for him.


















He hasn't been biking as much but this year he was tall enough to ride Kyle's really nice road bike so he kept up a good clip and smiled all the way.

Josh has been running cross country so the run was easier for him, than George.

I think his family members were trying to be helpful but in this picture it looks like they are just abusing him.

 They had a ball and that is why we do it!!

 George's overall time was just a hair faster than Josh's and they came in 1st and 2nd in their age groups!  Somehow they were missing when their names were announced so Penny and I went up to accept their awards and pocketed their massage gift certificates before they even knew they had won them.  They were happy to get their medals though- once they finally showed up.  By the looks of George he was in the bathroom fixing his hair....I'm not sure where Josh was ;) !!

Shayne and Sophie both raced in the beginner tri that started just after these guys finished, and they did great, considering it was a first for both of them. Then when they were finished, the littles lined up for their turn. 

 They had a lot of time in line before it started (so they could be first in the water and first done), which made for some craziness on their part, and Penny's.

 I was really proud of my little swimmers.  They missed 2 months of swim team but joined up s soon as we got back and have worked really hard since they have been home and they love to swim.

 They needed a little helmet help at the transition but then they were on their way.

 They made it!  They make me so proud.  I love that they love to do hard things. It was a great day.