Halloween

 We had 4 trick-or-treaters this year.  Rielee showed first, she was an ancient Greek goddess.  She was headed to Lexington to go out with her cousins.

Right behind her were Jillian, Bridget and Tor.  We got a kick out of them, they were so busy and found several balls and balloons to play with.  When it was time to go, Tor was pretty upset about having to leave a ball here, so Uncle got some balloons out to send with them.  Rick blew one up right away and Tor was happy again.

Wish book

 We got a Target Christmas catalog in the mail this week so I had Rielee look at it Wednesday morning and mark an "R" on anything she wanted for Christmas.  When she got done, we laughed because she had marked so many items, I told her she could have just marked one big "R" on the cover and called it good.  When the twins came up Wednesday afternoon, it was their turn and they were very serious about it.  There were a few surprises in what they wanted, besides all the dolls, kitchen and princess stuff, Harper marked a dinosaur, Incredible Hulk, and a giant Nerf gun. 

Dan's birthday

 Sunday we went to the Dolan's for pumpkin pie for Dan's birthday.  It was a short and sweet celebration since it was held during halftime of the Seahawk game.

Dan got a stick from Sam-"hope no one else got you a stick" -a take off on the funny dog card Emmy got for her birthday from Sam.  The Dolan pets always give nice birthday presents to their family.

Macee volleyball/Auna homecoming

 Gonzaga played at the U of Portland today, winning in 4. 

It was so good to see Macee, she's been away from home for a long stretch this time.

She played DS in all 4 sets and did a great job.

Rielee, Harper and later Ava, held up their little signs and cheered for Macee.

  Since we were at Macee's game, we missed seeing Auna all dressed up and looking beautiful for her first Homecoming dance tonight.  Emmy sent me this picture of her and her date Dakota Golden. 

Parker football, Auna volleyball

We watched 2 games today, Parker's at Heritage which they won easily.  He did great at his kicking, making 2 PATs and 1 close field goal, in which the ball hit the crossbar and just barely crawled over!

It was cold there, Papa put the umbrella up to block the wind to keep Rielee warm.

From there we went to King's Way Christian to watch Auna play, they started out strong and won the first set, but then struggled and ended up losing it in 4.  Auna played well though.

Free Cookies

The girls haven't played with Play Doh for a long time, but they made up for it today.  Papa let them open a new package and they had about 6 old tubs of dough.  They used it all to make tons of cookies in all shapes and sizes, pretending to bake them in their oven and microwave, then set up a stand where they gave them away.  Harper sat there singing out  "FREE COOKIES" over and over until she got some takers.   Ava got hungry for real ones so we made some M & M cookies, too.  That, with some dance parties to Taylor Swift songs mixed in made for a fun, busy afternoon.

Janelle's soccer

 We went to our first high school soccer game tonight.  Joanna let us know that Janelle's team, Kalama was playing at Castle Rock.  Janelle played goalie the first half, not much action there, CR only had one shot on goal.  The second half she played forward.  The game ended up a 0-0 tie, but was exciting at the end, with both teams trying to score. 

Joanna and Uncle Steve afterwards, it was great visiting with her, he couldn't believe we could talk through the entire game.

Janelle and Mom, darned flash messed up my picture!