Happy Halloween!!

Elk Camp

Yesterday we went up to the mountains so Josh and randy could set up there "elk camp" for hunting this next week. I LOVE being in the mtns. It was an absolutely beautiful day and the kids had a great time!!

The Pumpkin Patch

On Friday Ry's class went to the Pumpkin Patch... my kids LOVE going to the pumpkin patch. This was the first year his class did the corn maze and thank goodness the owner told us the secret to getting out before we started!!! Being lost in a corn maze with ten 4 year olds is not my idea of a good time.

That evening we carved the pumpkins that Riley picked out. He did a really good job at getting some big ones. After we carved them I told Josh to go out and get some pics of them.

If you are wondering where the pics of the pumpkins that I asked Josh to take are... well so am I?! The pics above are what he took when asked to take pics of the pumpkins... I am confused!

So I went and took this one this morning.....

The Firestation

So this is officially my 5th field trip to the firestation... one left to go and there will be no more trips to the firestation. I am not sure if I am happy or sad about that. There isn't much to do here in Homedale... so the firestation is at the top of the list for field trips. And it is the exact same speech and demos everytime we go. But my boys still love it so I go and act like I am really thrilled about being there! Isn't that what us moms do?!

Ry had a great time... he is so different then his brother. Jace would be really quiet and not answer any questions or volunteer for anything.... Ry volunteered for everything and yelled the answers out. They put him on the stretcher and he was fine until they lifted him into the ambulance and they he FREAKED! He rolled around on the ground demonstrating the stop, drop and roll. He is so much more outgoing then his brother.

On another note... I went to pick him up from preschool on Thursday and his teacher asked me to stay a minute because she needed to talk to me.... UH-OH! That is never good. She was laughing and said during class she was talking about the planets and after naming all the planets Ry raised his hand and said "Teacher Erica.... which planet is hell?" She asked him "what did you say" and he said "You know the place where bad people burn". Oh my.... I am happy he has the concept of heaven and hell but had to sit down and try to explain it a little bit better. The things kids say!!!

It finally hit us....

I am honestly not surprised, I am surprised that it didn't happen sooner. Jace has the flu!! Whether it is Swine flu or Influenza A we will never know... there is so much of it here in Homedale that they aren't even testing for it any longer. It hit Jace like a ton of bricks.... within 12 hours he went from running around at football practice to 104.3 fever. He couldn't even walk into the doctors office he is so sick. My heart breaks for him!

I am keeping my fingers crossed the rest of us don't get it... but I won't hold my breath!

bad about blogging

I haven't blogged in quite awhile... my camera is having problems and has not been working so there will be no pics.

Jace has been playing flag football.... the kid loves sports!! He has done really well and really seems to like it.

Josh and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on Sept 25th with a trip to Jackpot (technically we celebrated it when we went to Vegas last Spring but I felt we should do something the weekend of). We had such a good time!

I have really been trying to get out and walk everyday... been doing good, about 2 miles a day now. It helps that I have 2 great friends I go walking with... helps keep me motivated!

I started a bunco group and last Friday was our 1st night. I had played in one about 5 years ago with a friend from Nampa but it all ended when she moved to Hawaii (lucky gal) so I got one restarted and we had so much fun! It is a fun kid free night once a month with 7 good friends... just what I needed to get re-energized!

I think that is pretty much about it.... I have been driving bus pretty much every day and I LOVE IT!! I wish I had started doing this years ago. I only work 2-3 hours a day, make fairly good money and am with my kids at all times.... what more could I want?!