I adore the viola and softball pumpkins Michelle and Natalie created all by themselves. They really make Halloween seem more complete. Of course we've decorated, made the traditional Halloween shaped sugar cookies, light the pumpkin spice scented candles and have started making things like stew or chili and cinnamon rolls for dinner, but seeing these pumpkins and busting out the costumes for Natalie's "Halloween Clash" softball tournament made Halloween feel real. *small pumpkins provided by my ministering sister, G.
I loved their team costumes so much! They played three games back to back to back on Saturday morning. The first game was a little rough, the second game was really good and well matched, and the third game was against the team expected to win the tournament. But the umpire was so kind and really helped the girls enjoy the game even if they were behind by quite a few points. After day one of the tournament we made sure to watch Despicable Me 2 to really dive into the role of purple Minion.
This fall has been perfect for fall foliage with warm days and chilly nights gradually causing the leaves to change color and put on quite the show. The camera can't quite capture the sunrise and cold morning air.
On Halloween there was a chipmunk infestation in our neighborhood. My favorite was named Dale.
We had plenty of help handing out candy this year, including Rosie the Riveter. Kate (dressed as Stitch) and Natalie helped at one point as well and it was so fun to be around the fire together on the driveway with the music and everything. Danny was at a friend's house and I missed the opportunity to catch him dressed up as a BYU basketball player but I did get this one of him and E before they went to a Halloween party the next night.
The next day was school as normal except at the middle school. It was the day of the fall social and Natalie and I, since she's part of Unified Club and I help students who are as well, got to skip most of 4th period and all of LEAD to help set up. I think the kids had a lot of fun! The most surprising part for me was hearing the girls on the dance floor SCREAMING when new songs came on. I should have gotten a copy of that playlist because they liked everything from YMCA to Party in the USA to FE!N (clean version) and Hot To Go! (which Kate had to explain to me because I couldn't tell what screaming H-O-T-T-O-G-O stood for). lol
On Saturday we took down all the Halloween decorations and put up the Thanksgiving ones. I love gratitude! I am so grateful for my coworkers’ hard work, kindness, and talents. We have a lot of things happen over the course of a day or week or month and being around such wonderful humans certainly makes my life better.
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