Fall Happenings

It's fall in the desert and we are enjoying every moment. Owen and I have spent our mornings out for walks, feeding the ducks and playing on the swings... I have a whole post coming up on that tomorrow.
I can't believe it's already the end of first quarter in fifth grade. Kamryn came home with a perfect report card with all "A's!!' We offer her a date as a reward and so we'll be going out to dinner and to see Megamind next week. Way to go smarty pants!!
We are excited for Halloween this weekend!! I made the mistake of buying candy too early and now we can't stop stealing from the candy bowl. I'm sure by Sunday, we won't want a stitch of candy. Kamryn's costume came and is totally adorable!! Owen's minion hat was purchased off Etsy and the creator did a perfect job!! Now I just need to find a matching yellow shirt.

Owen has another cardiology appointment coming up on the 1st and I'm sure Dr Stock will be thrilled with Owen's progress. He feels better than I have ever seen him. So great, in fact, that I forget that there is anything wrong with him most of the time. He still turns blue when he plays, and is still on a liter and half of oxygen, but it's not nearly as drastic as it was pre-cath in September. We are so blessed that he is doing so well!

We spent our entire weekend doing fall cleanup. The garage is organized, under the beds and dressers cleaned out, there is alot of stuff ready to donate and many toys to sell on Craigslist. I'm also busy trying to plan our trip to the cabin next weekend, our trip to Stanford, the Hubs' birthday and we have a BIG surprise planned for our kids in December. I'm talking HUGE!!!

All the pictures in this post are from the kids' afternoon of making sugar cookies. Kamryn loves the work of frosting and then eating.. Owen just wanted to throw sprinkles at people and get his fingers smooshed in the frosting! They were totally disgusting cookies, but I guess that's what I get when I want to break and bake, rather than actually do the work of really baking them.