H-A-Double L-O-W-Double E-N Spells Halloween!

The title of this post is a song I used to sing when I was in Elementary school :) Below are pics of our goofy jack O' lantern... crazy eyes and all!!

Trick or Treat... Treat please!

I told Carter yesterday that I used to LIVE for Halloween. But basically, I was really living for the candy. I wanted to sprint from house to house to get as much candy as I could. Unfortunately, my dad liked to have a 5 minute conversation with EVERY single person who gave us candy. It always hampered my plans. 

My other favorite part of Halloween was coming home and emptying my pillowcase on the floor next to Jamie and Rob. We would all sort our candy, and then trade to get the candy we liked... such fun memories. Well now I get to give candy out, so I am going to carve a pumpkin into a jack o' lantern for the occasion... my phone has an application that you can "make" different pumpkin faces (kind of like a Mr. Potato Head) and change the background color. I think I'm going to go with a happy face! 

Fall Decor

Hobby Lobby was having a sale, so Carter and I went exploring and splurged on some Fall Decor. What I really wanted to buy was Christmas decorations (which were also on sale), but I am holding out a little bit longer. :)

Last weekend my great friend Jen visited :)

We had a blast watching Carter's practice, going on walks, going shopping, cooking dinners and just hanging out. We were so thankful for her visit! :-)

Jen being goofy... one of the many reasons we are friends!

Self-pic on our early morning walk!

SNOW!

Ok, so it hasn't happened, but look at Monday! That means it's getting cold. My blood needs to THICKEN, and FAST :)

Last full Philly day

On my last full day in Philly, I got to go to Chad's football game and watch him coach his team to a come from behind victory. They were down 20-0 and scored three touchdowns in the last five minutes to win the game. SUPER exciting to see Chad as the offensive coordinator, inspiring his players to not give up. It is the first year of the football program's existence, so that made it even more exciting.

 

Mom and Dad enjoying the game.

The winning drive!!

Chad celebrating the winning touchdown with a fist pump!! :)

Misc...

Here are a couple of pics that I took while in Philly. I have some of Jamie's graduation and Chad's football game next :)

We took the kids to a Castle Park :)

Levi likes the pumpkins!

Maddie crossing a stream near the mill.

Valley Green Tree

Valley Green

Yesterday we went on a walk to Philadelphia's green area near the Wissahickon Creek, called Valley Green. It was a beautiful day, and we got to throw lots of rocks into the creek, and Evie and Maddie built a sand castle. I also caught Evie singing a song to Levi in the stroller, all about behaving your mommy and daddy, and the Lord. So cute!

Post-walk trampoline jumping: Levi's hair is prone to static! :)

Rittenhouse Square, an old mill house built in the 1600's.

The leaves were beautiful!!

Kristie and the girls :)

The little girls :)

The walk!

Super Saturday

Kristie and I took that kids to Dan's homecoming game yesterday and this is the only photo I got!! Dan's team won 3-0, but I missed the first two goals because my attention was diverted for a moment (or lots of moments!!)

I also got to see my cousin Bonnie yesterday. We went to the World Cafe Live (WXPN radio) to hear Mutlu. I had never heard of them, but they were great and we had a blast hanging out :)

Chillaxin'

I was able to snap a few pics yesterday while Jamie and I were hanging out with the kiddos. What a fun day!

Toby and Levi

The Goofballs

Goofballs II

Jamie and Maddie putting on fake temporary nails

So pretty :)

Monopoly...

I am now in Philly and Jamie snapped this picture with her new iPhone.
Evie and Levi were my Monopoly partners. :)
It didn't last too long, but it was still fun :)

Old stomping grounds

I was showing Carter the campus at Wheaton when we saw some of my friends walking around. We stopped to say hi, and someone snapped this picture in the process.

Homecoming 2008

My mom and I made chocolate covered frozen bananas with Eleanor and Ezra this morning. Yummy!

We also went to Eleanor's soccer game this morning. She was SO AGGRESSIVE until she got whomped in the face with the ball. Ouch! Ezra sure had fun kicking around on the sidelines though :) All in all, a very fun morning!

I've figured out how to make the pics a little smaller so they are easier to post! Here are three from Tuesdays ride!

A typical sight here in Indiana, but still very cool.

I love this Oak tree. 

These purple flowers are the reason I stopped to take the picture from the last post. They lined the whole side of the bean field! 

Bike Ride II

Here is a pic that I like to call, "Storms a brewin." All the soy fields are a mixture of gold and green, and they look pretty cool. I like them because they are all unique!