Trick-Or-Treat BGR Style

In BGR they are starting to have an annual tradition for Halloween. A hot dog roast for dinner...then trick-or-treat hayride around the neighborhood. This year had 35 kids, 25 adults, three tractors with trailers and a parade of cars following. It was a little "chilly" this year for this activity. Noah and Eli were both planning to come, but Noah was sick. So just Eli and papa went. This trick-or-treating turns out great. I know exactly when they are coming...how many are coming...and it's done in about 10 minutes. Perfect. In order to shorten the route a bit... they told me to be at the corner of Palomino Springs and Buckskin Trail. Since I already had my "trunk" decorated from the fall festival, I just parked the suburban there and had little bags of "pirate treasure" for treats. We live in a great neighborhood.

Fall Festival

Each year, one of the best activities at church, is the fall festival. Chili cook-off, games, fellowship, and trunk-or-treat. It is always on or near Halloween and our primary program is also scheduled for that time of year. So each year, when we are planning the festival, I tell them..."primary can't be in charge of anything...primary just comes to play." So I show up with some chili and my trunk-or-treat, a couple of cakes for the calk walk, and my camera :) I never plan on winning anything with my chili... but I won second place this year- lol. All of my kids and their families love the costume part of Halloween... usually doing some fancy family-theme-costumes. I love the trunk-or-treat part, not the costumes.

Just For Me

Out on Pinterest I have a board called "Just For Me". I save stuff there that probably no one else needs or wants, but at some point, there are things there that are just for me :) That is what this post is...nothing that anyone else needs...but some time later I will want to look at it. Some time later... when the girls divide up my cute stuff and put me in a nursing home... I will be able to look at this post and remember all of my cute stuff- lol. On Monday, October 2nd, mom was having a bad day. Since I was having to answer her call button about every 30 minutes, all I accomplished that day was "putting around" getting my Halloween "stuff" out. I needed to be upstairs working on the storage room, but I couldn't work on that project until Lisa got here. (So, I did that during the evening, instead of Ron and I going out on visits.) Then, last Thursday, I made the spiral mesh wreath for the door. It turned out bigger and fluffier than I wanted...good thing I have a big door. But using the mesh in spirals and the colors turned out well. The "HAUNT" letters are new. I just ordered those online and glued the paper to them. Anyway... here is my cute stuff- haha.

 

Kerrville Triathlon

In between birthday partys around here is pretty boring- lol. Actually... most of the time we enjoy the peace and quiet, but days kind of run together, with the same old routine. We had one weekend in September that took us out of the normal rut. Mike, Carrie, and the boys came to stay with us, so that Mike could do a short version of a triathlon in Kerrville, on September 23. It was actually a good break for them too... from working so hard on "house mucking" in Houston. They arrived Friday evening and Mike needed to be in Kerrville early on Saturday morning. Ron and I decided to go watch and take pictures. (Carrie went on her own personal run- training for a marathon. The boys stayed at our house, on their "devices"- ha :) I didn't get great pics...but at least captured a few highlights. My favorite, is the one where he is running and both feet are off the ground. :)