Family Pictures Fall 2012

 

 

The end of soccer Fall 2012

 Soccer is (finally) over.  The boys ended with a great season.  Logans team came in 5th place and he had the most blocked goals on his team.  He loved playing goalie and became really good at it through out the season. 

 Porter's team was undefeated throughout the season.  They were kind of the dream team of little league soccer.  They knew how to pass the ball and play as a team.  It was so much fun to watch his games.  Porter was great, he scored almost every game and was a great team player.

At the end of the season there is a tournament for each age group.  There were games on Saturday and Sunday.  When we first found out about the Sunday games we talked with our boys about not playing on Sunday and that we weren't going to play the Sunday games no matter what.  As the end of the season got closer the harder it got to keep that commitment.  My boys both really wanted to play.  Porters team really needed him and so did Logans.  It felt like we were letting the team down.  And it was only one game that was after church.  I was feeling a lot of guilt and anxiety because of it, then the friday before the tournament started I read an article from the first presidency about keeping the sabath day holy.  It was so what I needed to hear as a mom and to be able to be strong for my boys and to help them to make right choices.  Saturday came and the boys played hard.  They both felt good about their games and were okay with being done on Saturday.  It also gave Porter a great talk for primary on Sunday:)

Halloween 2012

For Halloween this year we celebrated for about a week straight.  It was fun when it all started and by the time Halloween got here, along with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy I was ready for it to be done.  We started out the festivities going to the boys school Trunk or Treat.  It's something the PTA puts on.  They donate all the candy to pass out, each family gets a pumpkin and they have food to eat.  It's fun for the kids to see their school friends and teachers all dressed up, and it's short and sweet. 

The next event was our ward Trunk or Treat.  They have a chili cook off and then everyone decorates their cars and passes out candy.  This one is fun too for everyone to see our church friends. 

Then here in Ohio they have Beggars Night which is when the city decides when trick or treating will happen and the time frame for it.  Like this year it was on the 30th from 6-8pm.  We had Hurricane Sandy hitting us throughout the day and the night before, so it was freezing.  We didn't have very many trick or treaters.  Olivia was done fairly quickly and Logan and Porter hit every house at least once:)

 Our kids couldn't decide what to be so for each thing they dressed as something different.  Porter was a Mummy, Captain America (which I didn't get pictures of) and a mad scientist.

 Henry was a lion for the school trunk or treat and he was done with that about 15 minutes after we got there. 

 Olivia was little red riding hood, but everyone thought she was dorothy so the next thing was was Dorothy, then on Halloween night she was Aurora.

Logan was Frankenstein at both trunk or treats.  Then on Halloween he decided to be Harry Potter.
It was busy, but fun! And we'll probably end up doing it all again next year!