Abby

We adopted Abby yesterday. She is an adorable, playful, 12 week old lab/pointer. She is under 10 pounds right now and shouldn't get larger than 30-40 pounds. Time will tell. She is primarily Matthew's dog, but our whole family is definitely loving her and spoiling her...

Halloween

This year we stayed home-no trunk-or-treat for us.

We ended up handing out candy to the trick or treaters that came to our neighborhood. Our neighborhood was incredibly insane with cars and people. There were traffic jams coming in and out and solid cars lining the streets. It was really surreal. I guess people from all over come to our neighborhood because it is safe and well lit. It was kind of exciting though really. Made for a fun night.

We had some neighbors over for dinner-pulled pork burritos in homemade tortillas-before filling up on junk.

Bethany went out in the neighborhood with a group of her friends. She was dressed as a storybook beauty in a 'dorthy' costume. Matthew went across the street with his friends. They went to a kids party for hot dogs before coming back to hand out candy and go trick or treating. He didn't want to dress up this year, so he just wore his ninja mask. He gave all his candy away and came home empty handed (fine by me). Niko dressed up as a knight and handed out candy with us. He went out with Mike and I up and down a few streets. It ended up being a very enjoyable night.

Thursday morning was a tough morning ot get out of bed. But we managed to get everyone to school and all had a great day.

We ended up carving pumpkins later in the week, just for the fun of it.

Advocare

Mike and I have started to sell Advocare. We mainly signed up for the discount, but if you are interested in the product let us know.

It is the only performance product allowed on the floors of certian compititions just because of it's quality and integrity. There's a reason why there is so much attention on it right now.

Ending October

Finishing out October-
So after a Rx'ed inhaler with albuterol, Niko's cough greatly improved.

Bethany had her first Science Olympiad state tournament.  She recieved one ribbon in one of the events she participated in. Her team as a whole brought in several ribbons. They all did well and have a lot to work on before the next tournament in January.

All three of the kids finished up their first quarter of the school year.

Bethany got all A's and made the Principal's List with her 4.25 GPA. The trick is keeping it up there for the semester grades. She is doing great though.
Niko is doing well too. He is working hard. He can work harder in some areas, but we are proud of his effort nontheless.
Matthew is in the same boat. They are both improving and learning and working hard, but sometimes lose focus in the day to day.

Matthew and I have walked to/from school a couple times and it has been a lot of fun...aside from dodging the giant grasshoppers along the side of the road.

Niko had his fall festival at school. His class was in charge of all the activities with very little adult involvement. They did a fantastic job with the game booths. It was a fun night of activity. Love how Skyview is such a family environment. Love that everyone is on the same page and so involved.

By the way, the colors around town are amazing! We've been using our fireplace and loving the fall weather. So cozy!