October 2013

We finally cashed in on our Christmas present from Grammy and Gramps which was a weekend away without the kids!!!!  It was AMAZING!!  Grammy and Gramps came up from Virginia to stay with the kids, while Josh and I headed to Montreal!  I had not been since high school, and Josh had never been, so it was really fun to explore together.  We stayed in a very cute hotel and enjoyed being on our own schedule!  

What's a trip these days without a "selfie?"

Ripton Ridge Run 

This was the first year that the kids participated in the Ripton Ridge Run.  It's a 5 or 10k race for the true runners, but they also have a mile run through the woods for the kids.  This was the first "organized" run that the kids did. They did great!  It was fun to see them enjoy being outside with their friends and moving!  We hope to make this a yearly event for us! 

Cooper and Isabel with their buddies, Camden and Hayden

Jumping jacks to warm up! 

Sporting #17 in honor of Uncle Chan!

Ribbons for everyone! 

Halloween

What's an October post without Halloween pics?  We had a nice Halloween. The kids were quite happy in their costumes.  We went to the annual jack-o-lantern event at Helen Porter Nursing Home. 

We also went to the Swift House Inn for a Page One Literacy event that the college kids were putting on.  This was a great time.  They had cookie decorating, face painting, Halloween crafts, coloring, pumpkin decorating, and of course, reading!  We were lucky to have the Perine kids join us for this! 

The actual night of Halloween was not great weather, but we braved the rain and hit some houses on South Street from Gramma Ali's house.  The kids still love handing out candy from Gramma Ali's house the best.  I think Cooper knows every other kid that comes to the door!