Happy November

Wow...is that correct??  November ...already??  Really!?!?  Seriously!?!?  Where has this year gone??  I know I've said it before...but these years fly by quicker and quicker the older I get!!  Why is that??


Yesterday, I stumbled upon this article:

Living in a Garage  {www.raisingarrows.net/2005/12/stuff-things/}


Just another reminder that our family needs to scale back on our "things" BIG TIME!!  It's a very motivational read...well, at least it was for me!!  The space that the family of 11 was living in until their house was complete was only around 200 square feet smaller than our current house with our family of 6.  Hmmmmm....Got me thinking...again.

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Trick or Treating around our area got bumped to Nov 1st because of bad weather.  On our way over to our friends' house...when we stopped at the traffic light, white steam just pours out of our van.   Ugh!  We pull over...Danny discovers that there must be a leak in our radiator hose somewhere due to fluid being EVERYWHERE.  Oh geez...what do we do?!?!  I suggest going to WalMart and picking up treats...and just heading back home.  We know they kids would be heartbroken, but we'd have the van at home without more damage.  Danny decides sad children is NOT worth it...we put some water in the radiator and push on.

On the way, stopping at lights, the van is just steaming.  I'm sure it was quite the sight to onlookers!!  Probably a little worried that our ride was on fire!!  :)   We did finally make it...got our van parked in our friends' driveway...and there it still sits for Danny to work on Saturday morning.


 We were able to enjoy a great time hanging out on Beggar's Night with some really great friends of ours!  Here are some pics from our evening:

Liam & Zach's costumes:

Decorated yard & Trick or Treating:

Here is a pic of Frost in the light:

....and when the lights go out:

He got SO MANY compliments on his costume this year!!  Which he worked SO HARD on!  I'm so proud of him!!  There was a skull that he made light up on his staff, but it fell off during Trick or Treating.  He made the hat himself {with a little help from big sister}...which you can't tell in this pic, and I REALLY need to get a pic of it, but it has a hole on one side, which the whole inside of the hat lights up around another skull...his Me'maw helped him make the cape, and he added the cobwebs and spiders to it...he added all the lights, with some inspiration on design from me, and last minute help from Arlee.

Thanks so much to our friends for helping us out so much...one thing was a ride all the way out to our house to drop us all off after Trick or Treating.  We walked into our house with the aroma of our chili cooking in the crock pot while we were away.  A yummy ending to our day.