crazy hair day

just in case ...

just in case

i haven't mentioned it before ...

i HATE science fair projects

and this picture a friend sent off of pinterest

sums it up perfectly!

starting him young

now that i go to school every morning

and alex has started riding with me

we have a daily routine of stopping for starbucks ...

together.

and i love it.

minnesnowta

and just like that ...

it's winter.

we just had an overnight storm

that left us with about 10 inches of snow.

it is beautiful

and

the kids love playing in it

it's just too bad it can't be 80 and snowy ;)

isn't this a nice boulder the plow left in our driveway ;)

throwback

although halloween was a week ago

someone just sent me this picture

and it is probably my favorite from the day ...

thanks, luke.

sit and reach

do you see a familiar name?!

only took me this long to realize he was up on the wall in the middle school!

way to go, drew!

because 3 isn't enough ...

the end of an era

this year on the lions

wraps up drew's run in youth football

of course we still have LOTS of football to watch

but to know the next step is high school football is CRAZY!

as the season progressed

drew realized more and more

that he was interested in playing center

he worked with stacey and ben

and even got the opportunity to fill in as center for a few plays

he was THRILLED

little did he know the REAL excitement would come in the championship game

once again it was the lions vs the bengals (aka the warriors)

the lions took an early lead.

as the 4th quarter progressed

the coaches decided to have a little fun

drew told them they should try him out at tight end.

they put him in

threw him a pass

he dove ...

AND HE CAUGHT IT!!!

he was 100% for pass completion

and had more yards for the season than our actual tight end.

he was just a LITTLE pumped :)

who knew?!

;)

the lions went on to win their 4th championship in a row!

way to go, lions!

it's been SO fun to watch you

drew ...

it has been SO fun to watch your love for football grow

and to watch you grow as a player

i am SO excited for what lies ahead

keep giving all you have

keep your positive attitude

and you will continue to have fun

i have no doubt!

it's that time ...

YAY!!

happy halloween

i started out this halloween like any other day

EXCEPT

i thought i might add a little flair to my outfit

well ...

within 30 minutes i changed paths

decided it would be fun to walk into the office

and starbucks

in full costume

i could always just take it off, right?!

it was so much fun.

i got a lot of looks

AND

a lot of smiles

which made it totally worth it!

before leaving home

our neighbor

who had lent me the costumes

told me i should take tigger and try to get someone to wear it

WELL ...

the person i found

OUR PRINCIPAL

didn't quite fit in the tigger costume -

so we switched

he did the kindergarten parade dressed as pooh

and the kids LOVED it!!

i spent the entire morning as tigger

and then decided to dress down a bit for the afternoon

not quite sure why no one would make eye contact with me at target ;)

fast forward to our night ...

it isn't often that halloween is on a friday

so the boys were SUPER excited

drew put together his own costume this year

and good will pulled through for us yet again

alex also created his costume -

he was a 'ninja'

and does not care about the difference between black and navy ;)

and ben was a blue basketball playing morph

alex decided to stick around the neighborhood

and trick or treat with jack and oliver

drew went with ryan and luke

cute theme, huh?!

and ben went with sam and jack

stacey and i stuck home and handed out candy for a bit

and found a PERFECT way to stay warm

 

even though it was only 40 degrees i felt perfect

walking with alex once it got dark

each of the boys got around 5 lbs of candy

and my ONLY complaint

is they didn't bring home ONE heath bar

seriously.