The Best Halloween EVER!!

I love the fact that my kids are getting older and really enjoy Trick or Treating.  Mike and I anticipated our evening being the same as it was last year.  We go to the houses on our cul-de-sac and then the girls are ready to come home and give out candy.  Not this year!  The girls were unstoppable!  Miss Social Ava had a lot of houses throughout the neighborhood that she had to go to!  Not sure why since all her friends were out trick or treating! Rachel enjoyed every piece of candy.  And didn't understand that she was lagging behind.  The older girls were so patient and waited with their fingers on the doorbell until Rachel made it to the porch. We stayed out until 8:30 this year.  The latest ever!  The girls got so much candy!  And we weren't home to give out any of our candy so we will be eating candy for quite a while I am afraid.  I got a couple of pictures but forgot my camera because again, I didn't expect the night to go as it did!

Halloween Weekend

We had a very busy weekend.  On Friday night, Molly's school had the annual Fall Fundraiser.  We always have fun there.  I didn't bring take any pictures because I helped serve the food.   The kids played carnival games, did cake walks, and we ate a yummy taco dinner.  The highlight of the evening was when our name was drawn for a raffle.  We won two nights and three days at a condo in Steamboat!  We can't wait to go there.  Now we have to decide if we go in the winter to ski or the summer to the hot springs. 

It was so nice not to have soccer on Saturday.  We were able to sleep in a little and lounge around for a while.  Then we carved our pumpkins.  In our pjs.  So much fun.  The girls actually did a lot of the work themselves!  It gets better every year.

Today we went to Mile High Farms.  I have been looking for a inexpensive pumpkin patch to attend for a few years now.  We had to drive to Eastern Colorado but we found one.  So much fun and the weather was BEAUTIFUL!  Hard to believe we got a bunch of snow 3 days ago!  We did it all at the patch. 

Happy Halloween!  I will post more pictures of my little trick or treaters tomorrow night!!

Fun in the Leaves

The girls favorite fall chore is raking leaves.  They don't seem to mind raking big piles as long as they can jump into them.  I love raking leaves too as long as it's warm!  This year the weather cooperated so we decided to get a "head start" on our leaves.  We still have two big trees in our yard that haven't started shedding their leaves yet but our backyard was covered so I am sure that we will have several more raking sessions!!

Soccer

At the last minute,  Ava decided to play soccer this season.  It was truly a social thing.  It was appealing to her only because her friends were playing.  The practices consisted of picking flowers, and giving piggy back rides to all the players.  At least she was having fun right?  Well, she surprised us during the last game.  A new side of Ava appeared.  She ran as fast as I have ever seen her run before and she almost scored!  We were very proud of her!  The season ended just in time for the cold weather to begin!!  We are looking forward to Spring soccer. 

Hiking with Daddy

Mike decided to spend some quality time with the girls and take them on a hike.  There are so many gorgeous places to go around here.  They drove into the valley only about 15 minutes from here.  Beautiful!

Raccoon Run

Last Friday, Ava's school had their annual fundraiser for the PE department.  The kids raise money and get donations on how many laps they run around the track.  Ava was quite the trooper and continued to run after she tripped and scrapped her elbow.  Molly and Rachel had a great time and loved the popsicles at the end!

East Coast Trip

I have been putting of writing this blog... Somehow writing it will make it seem like a distant memory.  Mike and I had an amazing time on our trip.  I was NOT ready to come home!  Mike was.  I did miss the girls but if I could have just seen them for 10 minutes, I would be good.  Nothing like coming home and jumping right back into it all!  No slowly getting back into the swing of things.

We didn't take many pictures.  Boston is an amazing city and I can proudly say we walked the entire city almost everyday!  Good thing because we also ate our way through the city! Oh my gosh... the food!  The seafood.  I think we had 3 or 4 lobster rolls!   And we didn't gain much weight so the walking helped!  We did they touristy things.. went on the Freedom Trail, a duck tour, and ate at all the touristy restaurants.  We had a pint at the first bar in America.   I must say the North End's Italian food rivals Little Italy in New York City.  The cannoli's were AMAZING!  I may just do a mail order!   The older I get realize how important and interesting history is!  At one point on our duck tour we were heading down the same street that Paul Revere rode up! 

After 3 glorious days in Boston, we headed to Connecticut.  We took the scenic route and saw some amazing beaches and trees.  We were about a week early to see the major leaf colors.  We stayed at a gorgeous resort right on the water in Westbrook Connecticut.

The highlight of the trip was seeing my college roommate Amanda!  She got married and was the most beautiful bride!  It was so great to see her on her special day! I wish we had more time together!
After the wedding brunch we headed to Newport.  I couldn't get enough of this city.  There was the shipyard, the church were the Kennedy's got married, and my favorite part was the mansions!  WOW!  We didn't have much time so we choose one house to see the Breakers.  Built by the Vanderbilt's.  This mansion was over 100,000 sq. feet!  Right on the cliffs of the ocean.  Amazingly beautiful!  This picture doesn't do it justice!

An amazing trip with my amazing husband!  What a wonderful reconnection.  It so nice to have uninterrupted talk time!  I can't wait to do it again! 

Thanks to my wonderful parents for taking care of the girls!  I know it had to be exhausting all the running they had to do!!