October

We had a fantastical October!!

We took the kids to the Idaho Penitentiary.
It's a pretty amazing place. The kids kept on saying that they NEVER wanted to do anything that would make them go to jail. That's not the reason why we took them there, but it was a great way to teach them about making good choices.










We went to a fun movie night at the Barn in the neighborhood. They filled up a bathtub with candy and we watched The Black Cauldron and the big kids watched Monster House.



Andrew spent a week at MOSS with his classmates. He had an awesome time.




Levi and his friend, Brig and I went to the Aquarium. We fed the tropical fish, sharks and sting rays.






We went to a Harvest festival at Farr West and painted pumpkins.



Levi had a sick day. Poor boy!


Nathan got into watching Cake Boss on Netflix so he decided that he would make his own birthday cake. It was amazing!!


At the very last minute, a friend offered us tickets to Disney On Ice. It was amazing!!!




Nathan and Levi went shopping for Halloween costumes.


We went to the Hidden Springs Halloween party and had a blast!






We had the most beautiful Fall and I loved all the colors.


Benjamin had his end-of-season soccer party.



At times our month was just exhausting!


We had a fun evening eating soup, carving pumpkins, frosting cookies with the Ramey's.










Levi had a fun preschool Halloween party.

September

September was a month of getting used to new schedules.

We scheduled piano lessons for the three oldest kids on Tuesday since we didn't have anything that day but then Spencer's scouts needed to be changed and so it is now on Tuesdays. Next, Andrew's soccer practices were changed from Monday and Thursday to Tuesday and Thursday. Shortly after that change he got a new coach who felt that they needed more practices so they practice Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Then, Sarah decided that she wanted to join a swim team and the nights she can practice are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Benjamin's soccer team only practiced one day a week last season, but are now practicing two nights. You guessed it, one of those nights is Tuesday (the other is Wednesday). So, we started the school year with just three piano lessons on Tuesday and now have SEVEN things to do that evening. Also, in September we had five Open Houses all on different nights. The kids have great teachers and I know it's going to be a great year!
Most Saturdays we had at least two soccer games. Andrew's team struggled a bit with getting a new coach and a lot of new boys added to the team but his heart is still all soccer! Benjamin's team added a goalie this Fall and he had a lot of fun playing that position.




We had a fun visit from Nonnie. While she was here we celebrated her birthday which was on the 13th.


Sarah had a weird skin thing going on on her feet so after trying four different ointments, she had a biopsy done and had to get two stitches. It ended up being a simple allergic reaction to a pair of shoes that quickly got donated.


Levi had his first dentist appointment and totally ROCKED it!!!


One Saturday we went to the National Museum day. I LOVE this day!

Family Pictures

One Sunday, Nathan decided that we needed to take a family picture. He knew just where he wanted us to take them and called a friend from the neighborhood to meet us there after church. Here are a few of the pictures taken that day.














I think our kids are looking SO grown up! Boy howdy, do we have FIVE CUTE KIDS!!

Spirit of Boise

The Saturday of Labor day weekend we got up early so we could see the hot air balloons at the Spirit of Boise. It was early, but oh, so worth it!





This face has written all over it how early our morning was!!


We met our good friends,the Teems there. Thank goodness because they brought enough food for themselves and our family!


Afterwards we went to the Saturday Market downtown and checked out Freak Alley.