Visit to Raiderland

For the first time in several years, we took a trip to Lubbock to visit friends, show the kids the Texas Tech Campus and attend a Tech football game. Pop, Moe and Asher came along as well and we all had fun showing the kids around campus and eating at some of our favorite old places. We rented a historic home just a few blocks and short walk from campus. It brought back a lot of memories for Philip, Pop, Moe and I. The first night in town Pop and Moe kindly stayed with the kids while Philip and I meet up with some of our best friends from college, the Fellers. Sadly, Rachel came down with a stomach bug on Saturday, so she and I stayed home that afternoon so she could nap and recover while all the boys, Pop and Moe went out to Raider Alley. Rachel seemed well after a nap, so we joined the rest of the family at the game a little before half time. Even though it was a sad game for Tech, it was so fun to show the kids the Masked Rider, Goin' Band and stadium. Thankfully, no one else got the tummy germ, and we had a good lunch with friends before heading back home, stopping by to check out a cotton field on the way. Hopefully we won't go so long between visits again.

Preschool Fall Program

Nathan and Rachel participated in their preschool's Fall program and they were both so cute! They sang their hearts out and enthusiastically did the motions and dance moves. Pop and Moe were able to come watch as well as Levi, Joel, Philip and I. We all enjoyed the show! After they finished performing they took us to their classrooms and proudly showed off all of their fall work.

Halloween 2019!

We had another great Halloween! This year our costumes were Super Mario Brothers themed. The boys were thrilled for us to all dress up as the characters from their favorite video game. Philip was Bowser, I was Toad, Levi as Luigi, Joel was Mario, Nathan was Yoshi and Rachel was Princess Peach. The kids and I enjoyed a trip to the local pumpkin patch/corn maze, one day after school. The Sunday before Halloween we enjoyed our "Trunk of Treat" and the kids brought home loads of candy.  The night before Halloween we carved pumpkins, and the kids did a great job designing and helping carve their pumpkins with cute and creative faces. I was working on Halloween, but Philip helped all the kids get into their costumes and over to a neighbor friends house for pizza and trick or treating. By the end of the celebrating we had over 27 pounds of candy! It was crazy. I set aside some to use in Christmas stockings, gave away some to our co-workers and let the kids make bags full of their favorites to eat over the next several weeks. It was a fun holiday and the kids are already planning what we should dress up as next year.