Kelso Volleyball co-league champions

 Kelso beat Mountain View in 3 tonight, which makes them co-league champs with Prairie.  They play Prairie next Tuesday at Skyview for seeding to district.

And Rielee gave me a mini ball ♥️

Harper's teeth, Papa Pete's, the Gourde girls

Harper had 4 teeth pulled Monday, she left a letter for the tooth fairy.

She got $20 but no answers.

 Ava had her cast removed and has a brace now for 3 more weeks.

No soccer until then, she was very disappointed.

We ate at Papa Pete's Wednesday, Ava tried about 50 times (play till you win) to get the pink hedge hog, but just couldn't do it.  Harper tried, even Papa tried, no luck, but Papa somehow got 3 others.

 Harper really gets into the racing game.

 Rielee came over after her team dinner, we played some "31", but I had

stop the game early because of silliness overload (besides, I was winning).

Rielee made up a game of "Name That Movie Song"- Harper won.  It's so fun to have the three of them together, they always have such a great time.

Volleyball, pumpkins and cookies, trick or treaters

Tuesday Rielee had a home match against Hudson's Bay, they won it in 3,

Rielee had 22 digs.  

The Kelso volleyball team aren’t just winners on the court, they were also named 3A  Fall Team Academic Champions by the WIAA with a 3.895 GPA.

Wednesday we picked up the girls after their early release.  

They showed us their pumpkins, 

Ava was proud of her pink one.

Decorated some Halloween cookies later.

2 trick or treaters!  We were so happy to have Debbie and Josh stop by with Jordon and Jacob all dressed up, such cuties!

Dolan's Halloween party

The Dolans brought back their Halloween party Saturday night after a 12 year break.  There were lots of great costumes-Nancy was a pumpkin, Katelyn was a pirate, Colin was a mythical Greek bull, he made his mask, Brian was Sasquatch.

Des and Gabe were Insurance agents Flo and Jake, Parker and Kendall were crayons, and Rielee wore Des’ old Kelso cheerleader outfit.

Ava was a skeleton bride, Kelly a witch, Charb was a creeper, and Harper was creepy, broken doll.

Cathy was an old lady, and stayed in character all night. Bob was a ray of sunshine.

Papa was an old biker, I was Malificent.

Dan was Tom Brady, Emmy was Bill Belichick.

We played some fun games, Charb and Rick wore shower caps covered with whipped cream while their team tried to throw Cheetos and get them to stick.  Charb's team won.

 This game was a relay race, carrying and "eyeball" on a spoon in your teeth and passing it to a team member.

Kendall and Gabe made it look easy.

 The Family Feud game between the boys and girls was a big hit.

Laury (Ruth Bader Ginsberg) was the hostess with Bridget and Harper helping,  the girls team won.

Rielee vs. Dan 

There was a wild game of spoons played,

it came down to Des and Rick at the end, with Rick and Tor winning it. 

A couple of cuties.

There was also a "spooky" trail through the woods, a Halloween bingo game, and a race to see who could empty a box of Kleenex the fastest.  

It was a really fun party, made even more special since it was the first Halloween Steve and Nancy have spent together.

Camas Boo Bash

Wednesday we took the girls to the Camas Boo Bash Trick or Treat.  They close the streets and all the businesses hand out candy.  Sounded great and the kids were so excited to go.  However, so did about 5,000 other kids, it was so crowded and the lines were long and slow.  Making matters worse was the first two stops we waited and waited in line for were dentists!  No child, at least not these two, wants a toothbrush for Halloween.

The best part was when they met up with their friends.  Ava stayed in character. 

We left after that and went to a local hamburger place for some milkshakes and fries.

Rielee had a match at Prairie later, Kelly brought the girls to watch.  Kelso lost and is now tied with Prairie for first place.

Halloween cake

Ava is able to ride her bike now with her short cast on.

Halloween cake decorating was a little difficult for her, but she managed to make a haunted house.

We didn’t have a cake mix so we had to make one from scratch.  I didn’t think it was very good, but they said it was delicious.

Sunday morning my little witch was suddenly camera shy.

Halloween decorations

Papa had lots of help setting up the graveyard yesterday.

They decorated the driveway, too, Ava got creative with her headless horseman.