FALL: a somewhat quick recap...

Fall soccer: over... missed 2 games because of the flu. Here is a picture of a game where Briyanna played with the flu. My parents were coming to this game. I told her she had to play and not to tell her coach that she felt like poo-poo... meanwhile, she cried the entire way to Boise, but played a GREAT game with the chills (that would be why her warm up is on under her jersey).

Halloween costuming: over... thank goodness!!!!! I made it through fairly unscathed. I got a couple negatives, but as my government teacher always said, "You can make some of the people happy all of the time, you can make all of the people happy some of the time, but you can't make all of the people happy all of the time." It happens this time of year. With over 500 orders in one month, I'm bound to screw up a few times. For about a week, I was getting out 35-75 packages out a day. Here's a picture of the backseat full of packages on a late evening Boise post office run. It's a cell phone pic so forgive me for blurriness.

Halloween: over... (with a sigh of relief) I have no idea what my children are thinking when they come up w/ their halloween costume requests. As if I don't sew enough, they come up w/ insane ideas. Anyhow, Ethan was supposed to be Napoleon Dynamite.. he flaked on me, went as an injured boy (what the heck?), after I bought the darn kid moon boots... snot... Briyanna wanted to be a chef, so I had to make her a chef jacket, harder than I thought it would be but it turned out great. Her pants... I went to Goodwill, bought a pair of womens 2XL capri gingham pants, worked some magic on them, came out looking like they were made for her. YES! I am patting myself on the back for that one. Brenna was a nurse. I made everything from scratch for her. And I couldn't find a pattern I liked for the shirt so just made my own. Well, same for the pants too, but those weren't completely foreign to me. Berlyn was a pirate. So this is what I make every day, so I whipped her out fit out in a few minutes. Why can't everyone be a pirate?? And I had to wait til the day before halloween because, well, I like to procrastinate.




BSU vs. San Jose St. football game: also on Halloween... tons of fun. Went with my dad and Glenn Richter from church.



Sickness: not over. I want to die. Briyanna and Berlyn have had the flu twice. Ethan once, Brenna once, me once. That was loads of fun. So I'm not vomiting anymore, but now I've got Broncitis. Finally got antibiotics and an inhaler today. I fully expect to be 100% better by tomorrow. :) Actually, I just plan on sleeping tonight (as I blog at 1:42 am after taking codeine cough medicine).
Hunting: not over... (unfortunately, but don't tell anyone I said that) Ethan got his first deer. That was pretty exciting. We went hunting last weekend. Didn't see anything except 4 turkeys. But I took a good nap on some really bumpy back roads and got lots read in my book. Pictures of Ethan's deer and some scenery from our "drive."





And here are a few of my favorite pictures I took of the kids for my fall pictures. Most of these are downtown Nampa with the exception of the group picture. That on e is at the lake. You can see all of them on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=120428&id=713432962&l=88e7e761aa