For Halloween this year Emily went as a zombie softball player. She had a couple friends over, Kayla and Olivia, and we handed out candy at the house and then walked the neighborhood. The girls crushed it with lots of candy and a fun evening!
Ellie spent the evening out with friends Harper, Mkensey, Naomi. The next day they went to Knotts Berry farm to ride rollercoasters. As for a costume they all went in together on their interpretation of a "construction worker".
Can't believe we are now in October and the first 7 weeks of school are in the rear view mirror. Girls are going great. Emily is really liking 3rd grade and Ellie is doing great so far in middle school.
Jeff and Jody and Co. came up back in August - right after school started. After a nice dinner at the club we left the kids at home to put themselves to sleep and the adults went to the Pageant of the Masters.
End of summer neighborhood pool party.
Ellie got her braces off about a month ago and is looking more grown up every day. Not to mention she never stops eating and moving...
Over Labor Day the girls went down and spent some time in SD with Jeff and Jody and Co.
While they were in SD I took my first international trip since COVID struck. Spent a week in SEA, several days in Maylasia and then on to Thailand. The highlight was probably touring the grounds of the grand palace in Thailand.
The other week Ellie went to Disney with her entire softball team. They left the house at 7am and didn't back until ~10:30 pm. They had a blast and the best part there were no parents!!
WAAAAAAY back in mid-July we took a week long trip to Hawaii (I finally have a few mins. to get the pictures posted). Awesome trip and we had a great time celebrating Bob and Jamies belated 50th wedding anniversary which had been postponed because of Covid. We also had to rearrange things at the last minute because Ellie softball team was playin in Western Nationals the week we were supposed to be in HI. Thankfully we were able to go a week earlier and still get to spend time with Bob and Jamie and the Leshners. Fantastic vacation.
