Just a few things to report on here so far for October! I expect the next post will be full of Halloween pictures in a couple of weeks, so before I get into that here are a few things we have been up to.
Jackson trip - So for Spud Harvest break (the first week of October) we didn't do any big trips this year. In past years that has been our time to visit Wisconsin, since the kids have off school for that week. And most families around here do tend to either go to General Conference in Utah or travel someplace warmer, such as Disneyland (in California, which people here just drive to.) But since we went to Wisconsin in August and are going to Disney World in January, we just kind of stayed home all week like bums! Caleb was dog sitting for our new neighbors, the Dennis', who moved in about a month ago. They are empty nesters and she is a teacher's aid at the elementary school so Caleb already knew her, but they had to go out of town to visit a daughter and her new baby, so they asked Caleb to dog-sit for their little shitzu, Mesa. Everyone in our family had fun babysitting her. She stayed at their house but came over to ours sometimes to play during the day. But anyways! We decided towards the end of Spud Harvest week on Friday to drive to Jackson and go swimming at their indoor rec center pool. It's a really pretty drive this time of year and Avery, who has been anxiously awaiting snow, was super excited to see snow at the very top of the mountain during our drive. We even had to get out and throw a couple of snow balls! So that was our first taste of snow this season... but a little more was to come about a week later for us in Rexburg!
Caleb's last official game for football really was last Saturday. But they they decided they needed to also do play offs, etc. and since his team had done pretty well they had to play in one more game. The played on Saturday the 14th against Saint Anthony and won 18-6. So it was a good note to end on for them. But it was pretty funny that morning because we woke up to about an inch of snow on the group! As they were playing their game it was slowly melting and I think by the end of their game it was about gone. But it was time to be done in my opinion because snow means no more standing outside to watch football. Caleb had a lot of fun and plans to play next year but I think he was ready to be done for now and have a break.
Fall Fun at the corn maze - One night while Gabe and Josh were at a scout camp out, I took Caleb and Avery to this corn maze just outside of town. They had so much fun that Gabe and Josh had to come back with us again the next week. So here are some pictures of that! The kids always love going down this big slide. We went there for the first time last year and it's become our favorite Fall fun place here (since we can't very well go to the Little Farmer in Wisconsin). It usually takes us about 45 minutes to find our way out of the corn maze. It's really pretty big! They even give us a map and we still get lost. They also have this little train that Avery loves to ride. I also had to post this picture of the moon. It looked so spooky as we were leaving the corn maze that I had to text my photographer friend and tell her to get her camera out and climb out on her roof (she lives by us and does this often to capture the moon haha) So this was the picture she took for me that night of the October moon! ;)
Pumpkin contest - The kids at the elementary school always decorate pumpkins for this little display in the library. Caleb insisted I paint him a rocket raccoon pumpkin (from "Guardians of the Galaxy", which he is also being for Halloween) and for Avery we did Cinderella's pumpkin carriage. They each got a book and a certificate for participating (what everyone gets. lol)
That's all for now!
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