Geo Bee

It seems every year I hear about the Geo Bee and the Spelling Bee from Blake. This year was a first, we got to hear about it from Jacie. The Geography Bee was a couple weeks before the Spelling Bee so it gave her good practice. I never thought I would experience more nervousness sitting in the audience than being on stage, but it did happen. She did a great job.

Unwilling Leader

Carter was an unwilling shepherd this morning. Though he had two followers he did not want to touch them. Our favorite annual day is here again. Blake's "Excuse Note" assignment has our family in a tither. As you know from past posts, we have a hard time getting ready for school and today was no different. Between shepherding and digging in a receptacle for free Farm Show goodies we barely got to school on time. We are all eager to see how creative these students are this year!

We are finally at the stage where we can go trick-or-treating and we don't have tired kids but it's always a bit rushed on a school night. We usually enjoy going to Opa and Oma's for pizza and going around their neighborhood. Our tradition every year is to visit our neighbor Betty at her daughter's house so she can see them dressed up. Next year will be extra special since we don't live by her anymore.

Four Lil' Pumpkins

After a few busy weeks of packing up, fixing things, moving, and unpacking we needed a little reprieve from all the "house stuff." We went to our local pumpkin patch for a little break. We almost missed it because the patch was almost done, as it was towards the end of October. It's amazing how God provides even with little things. It was a nice afternoon for our family and every thing was free thanks to the family who owned it. We enjoyed dinner, a hayride and free pumpkins to adorn our new home. What a generous community we live in and what a wonderful husband I have. We are often on the receiving end of generosity thanks to my wonderful teacher husband and thankful parents to him.