And then there were FOUR (finally got it updated). . . : October 2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The Chewbacca Spam

Chewbacca. The Spam. I didn't really know how to tell him to pose. So we just kind of winged it, and in the last picture he kind of looks like a Chewbacca pirate. My funny little Chewbacca man.

Sweet Annalise the witch. She kept saying she was a bad witch and would turn you into a toad. But I think she's a good witch. Unless she has to do something she doesn't want to do, and then you better watch out.

Jace the Enderman

Jace is an Enderman. From Minecraft. He also picks the most difficult costumes to trick or treat in, it seems. But I think it looks pretty cool. At his class party today he won't really be able to participate with the costume on, but at least he can show everybody what it looks like before he takes it off and eats the treats and plays the games. Love my little Enderman.

Oliva as Anna

Miss Olivia dressed up as Anna, from Frozen. I think she makes the cutest little Anna. Her hair is prefect for it, and we added a dash of freckles on her nose and she plays the part really well. She was trying to curtsy there at the end. It's a lost art form, haha. But the attempted really well.

Ramblings

Today is Halloween. We have already dressed up three times. We dressed up once on Saturday to go to a little town trick or treat thing, then we dressed up yesterday because the town moved the day of trick or treating to yesterday, because it's raining all day today. And then the kids dressed up today for school and their class parties. I am so over dressing the kids up in their Halloween costumes. They are, per usual, getting tons of candy that they will probably cry and whine about wanting over the next few weeks until I get frustrated and then pick all the good things out for myself and throw the rest away. But I'm sure they'll cram as much down their throats as they possibly can before that happens :)

Anyway, a few things of late. We have been super busy. Having three kids in school and doing three sets of homework is kind of kicking my butt. Sometimes I feel like maybe I should just homeschool, and I might even have more time and have to do less schoolwork than them being in actual school. I was feeling so overwhelmed with life the other day already, and then I pulled out Cameron's folder and saw his homework packet for the week and basically started crying. He has it the worst, and I'm torn between calling his teaching and being a cry baby about it or just sucking it up and helping him power through it. Its exhausting.

But anyway, on another exhausting but exciting note is that we FINALLY started building our house. So every spare minute that Brice has and then every spare minute that I have, we're out working on it. Obviously it's more essential that Brice have the spare minutes than me. But I'm trying to go out and help where I can, and also be there for moral support. We're also really thankful that Uncle Troy has been out helping quite a bit. We've had a lot of answered prayers so far when it comes to the house, some that I think we kind of are taking for granted, but when I stop to think about it, I see the help of the Lord in us getting it started and finding the time to do what we've done so far. It's been a long time coming and it'll take a lot MORE time, so we're not done being tested on our patience. But I'm excited and grateful that it's actually been started!!

The kids are of course staying busy with school and other fun things. The boys are doing swimming again and Jace is doing archery this year, which he is pretty stoked about. I'm not sure we'll put in the commitment that the archery team would like. I'm not about all day tournaments that are towns away, but we'll participate in what we can. Liv is doing a little dance class that she is super excited about. And Leesie is just busy being the baby. Perfecting her cuteness and her fit throwing.

Anyway, these are some pictures from a few minutes when we had an afternoon of outside play time. I think maybe we had just dropped Jace off at archery and that's why he's not pictured?