October

Started off our October with a kayak trip with the kiddos.  The water level was low so there was a lot of paddling on this longer trip.

All that paddling and these kids wanted lots of stops and breaks.

Ella finishing the trip very proud!

Had my first hair appointment since May!!  It felt so good.

And what is October with out the annual Octoberfest stein holding competition. LOL!

I came in 2nd but should have held on longer. LAME! 

The kids painted their pumpkins double sided this year.  Eli did Luigi on one side 

And Mario on the other.

Josie did a pickle and Ella a witch

And then a ghost for J and spider for Ella on the other side. I don't think Ellas spider looks much like a spider....

We did our annual halloween camping where the kids get to go around the campground and trick or treat.  Ella is a zombie football player

Josie a ninja

And Eli is Luigi

The groups kids all dressed up

There were some very cool decorated campsites like this Mario themed one that Eli sure liked.  I mean Luigi liked!!

Josie looking so grown up!!!

The weather was so great our Halloween trip and it looked to be a repeat the next weekend and we wanted to take advantage.  Some camp grounds were closed because we were getting to the end of season.  We had such an amazing view from our site with the lake, sunrises and sunsets.  The weather was absolutely beautiful!

I took full advantage of golden hour.  Wish we were all dressed up and not in our camping clothes...

Merica!

Absolutely great day on the lake.  No swimming though cause the water was cold..it is the end of October.

And the kids school pictures came back and it is another year of good pictures!!

And the end of soccer as the CHAMPIONS!  Their team came in first place.  It was so fun and I am so proud of how the girls played!  Great job girls!

Pic with friends and their medals! whoop whoop!

And at the end of this month we lost my dad.  I will do a separate post but October ended with a cloud of gray.  More to come...

September

 September in full swing with back to work and school and that includes school pictures, even for me! LOL!  That is just a whole lot of me....

We had spirit week at work including hippy and twin day

Nailed twin day!

We were able to visit some friends after a soccer and it was SO GREAT to catch with them.  It had been WAY to long.  We met at their "lake house" and Ella got the taste of driving with a golf cart.

Clearly we all felt safe, including her! LOL

JK!  She did just fine.  She was a little nervous at first but by the end I had to tell her to SLOW down!

We had many soccer games and it was really fun to watch the girls play.  

And many practices too!  

Another Be the Light glow walk for suicide and mental health in the books 

And lets not forget about the awesome weather we had and were still able to boat.  We had quite the crew!  What fun!

And that is a wrap of September.  Back to schedules and routines with fun scattered in there!