Thanksgiving

So much to be thankful for. Our tree was very full, especially since I was on it this year and had everything ready to go on November 1st this year. Might be the first and only time, but it was fun to have a full month of thankfulness. We headed to Grandpa and Grandma Arnold's for Thanksgiving dinner and had a nice, relaxing day together.

Veteran's Day program

No photos of the actual program, but I documented the girls' outfits. Abby's brother, Ken, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes earlier that day, and their parents with with him at the hospital (update: He's doing well! Only in the hospital for two nights.), so Abby went to the program with us. We even came up with a decent outfit from Aubrey's closet. I love that their music teacher teaches the kids patriotic songs and about honoring our veterans and the things we have to be thankful for.

Halloween

Five out of six of us dressed up for Halloween this year. Kari went as herself, a soccer player, Kylo Ren with a mini saber, and a spy. She really didn't want to dress up, but she did tromp around the neighborhood with her friends that night. Russell and Ellery joined the kids trick-or-treating. Joel took off with some friends he met up with in the neighborhood and came back a couple hours later with a ridiculous amount of candy. As usual, our neighborhood was a happening place. I stayed back and handed out candy and chatted with my friend, Traci, between knocks on the door. It's always fun to see so many neighborhood friends and school kids on Halloween. I got a lot of kids saying, "Mrs. Moffat?" and "Aren't you Kari's mom?" or Joel, Aubrey, or Grant's mom. :) Subbing and volunteering has made it so that I know most of the kids at East and West Orient now. Pretty fun! The kids all came back with copious amounts of candy. We have generous neighbors.

A Jedi knight, a mad scientist, Kari as herself, and Pippi Longstocking

I fell asleep on the couch right before the kids carved their pumpkins, so I confess I didn't participate in that tradition this year. The last weekend of soccer and the craziness of the week got to me, and I zonked out. Kari carved a Christmas pumpkin (loved that). Aubrey's was a winking emoji. Grant's had a toothless smile to match his own, as well as a Captain America symbol on the other side. Joel had a "classic," which he carved all himself.

Harvest Party

We dressed up for Halloween, our church Harvest Party, and a school Skateworld event before that, so we got good use of our costumes this year! Other photographers documented this day for us. Great to have those visual memories. The middle schoolers planned and ran the games for the party, and they did a great job.