Road Trip!

We had a fun one night getaway with my friend Amy and her 3 kids.  We took our (6) kids to Salem.  One of Amy's kids qualified for a regional championship for XC.  It was fun how it all worked out.  These are friends we met in Ann Arbor, MI, when we both attended a church together at Univ. of Mich.  We both ended up in the Seattle area within a year of each other.  We still get to see each other every so often.  We had them over for dinner a week ago and Amy was saying that she wasn't excited about taking her kids to Salem alone (her husband had a work conflict and couldn't go).  So I said that I wished I could go with her and as we talked more about it, we decided - why couldn't the kids and I go.  So we did!  We had a fun spur of the moment adventure.  Lots of quality time with friends we love. 

Trick or treat 2013

We had a fun night with Army Man Austin, Robin Hood, and Pirate Ezra. Austin wore a hat that my brother sent out that was one of his official army hats when he was in the Army.  Made me proud!   It only rained a little  :)  We did a little trick or treating in our neighborhood and a little with some friends who have sidewalks and streetlights.  Much safer!

Sounders

Took the whole family to the last home game this past Sunday.  62,000 fans!  Ezra was in awe of the whole thing.  He has never been to a big game like that.  He startled when the fireworks went off.  It was really fun to get to experience the whole thing through his eyes.  Sounders played pretty well, but I do hate that soccer games are allowed to end in a tie!